Murder Mystery Lesson 2: Study in Scarlet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Murder Mystery

• The test is on 17 April.
• You are going to write your own murder mystery story in class.
• Handwritten on paper.

Learning objectives for this lesson

1. Read (or listen) to chapter 1 'Mr Sherlock Holmes' of A Study in Scarlet. (The full text is in the assignment on Moodle or use the audio clips with the text in the next slides.)
2. Find out the meaning of some of Sherlock's 'sophisticated' vocabulary.

• Join class 3C

• Join class 3D

Start with chapter 1 (two parts)

• While reading (or listening) look out for something scarlet in the story.

"If we don't get on, it will be easy to part company", I answered.
In the above statement whom does 'I' refer to?

1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Stamford
3. Dr. Watson

Can you think of a reason why Arthur Conan Doyle picked Watson as the narrator of the story? The title character is Sherlock Holmes after all.

This story was written in 1887 when forensic science wasn’t as advanced as it is now. Do you think Victorian readers would have been impressed with Sherlock Holmes?

Continue with chapter 3

When did you come across something scarlet in the story?

Watson and Sherlock meet

• Now you may have a look at the first meeting from the 'updated' version in the BBC series.

Vocabulary practise

Write a paragraph (50 words) in the style of Sherlock Holmes using a selection of 'sophisticated' words.