A Study in Scarlet

• English
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 5

ELOs

• Attempt a quiz on colours.
• Share their views on why first impression of a person is important.
  
• Identify and match the pairs of words and phrases used in the text with their meanings. 
  
• Read the short read ‘A Study in Scarlet', and answer the questions based on the same. 
  

Why might first impressions of people be important?

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Cardinal

Chestnut

Magenta

Scarlet red

What is Arthur Conan Doyle famous for?

Characters:

Sherlock Holmes - Detective

Dr. John Watson - Narrator and Sherlock's room-mate

Stamford - Common friend of the two

Settings:

A Study in Scarlet begins with Dr. John Watson, the narrator, settling in London to recover from a wound and illness he sustained while acting as a military doctor during the Second Afghan War. One day he runs into an acquaintance, Stamford, while at a bar. Watson confides in his friend that he needs a new living arrangement, as his previous one was too expensive. Stamford responds that another friend of his has also expressed this desire, and takes Watson to the university laboratory where his friend –Sherlock Holmes –is working on an experiment.

Students, as you read, try to look for something scarlet in the story.

TS Interaction

As you read the story, did you find something scarlet?

"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

What do you infer about Holmes from the given extract?

1. Holmes is beyond description.
2. Holmes is expression less.
3. Holmes is a difficult person to be dealt with.

What piece of information does Holmes identify about Watson upon their first meeting?

1. That Watson was wealthy.
2. That Watson had been in Afghanistan.
3. That Watson had been wounded.

Holmes's and Watson's new abode is on?

1. Dover Street
2. Downing Street
3. Baker Street

The true profession of Sherlock Holmes was known to Stamford.
State True or False.

1. True
2. False

Identify the synonym of the word - 'eccentric'.

1. conventional or usual
2. reasonable or normal
3. strange or weird

According to Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes behaviour is eccentric. Justify.

Sample answer

A number of Watson's observations suggest that Holmes is eccentric. He doesn't greet the others. But run towards them with a test tube crying, "I have found it!'' Without being told he notes Watson has been in Afghanistan. As he talks about the experiment, he claps his hands like a delighted child and bows to an imaginary crowd.

Home-fun (NB work)

Holmes is passionate about his work. Elucidate. (50-60 words)

Success Criteria:
Now I can:
*Share  views on why first impression of a person is important.
*Identify and match the pairs of words and phrases used in the text with their meanings. 
*Answer intermittent questions based on the story - 'A Study in Scarlet'. 

1. Agree
2. Strongly Agree
3. Not Sure
4. I need some help