Sherlock Holmes LESSON 2, 3, 4, 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

LESSONS TWO & THREE

Find a partner to work with on this project.

Discuss the following questions IN ENGLISH!

Who am I?

I am SHERLOCK HOLMES

extra clue

magnifying glass

What do you know about
Sherlock Holmes?

Where do I live?

I live in London.

Do you know my address?

My address is 221B Baker Street

What is my profession?

I am a detective.

Who is my best friend?

My best friend is Dr. John Watson.

Do you know any Sherlock Holmes stories/film?

(books) The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, (serie) Sherlock, (films) A Game of Shadows, Enola Holmes

What is my character like?

I'm excentric & rather arrogant. I smoke a pipe but also do drugs. 

Sometimes I don't eat for days because I believe that stimulates my brain in thinking clearly. My apartment is messy, it is filled with documents and just stuff, but I can always find what I am looking for.

The Art of Deduction

Deduction has everything to do with what you see.  Watch the YouTube video. Watch closely! 

Deduction:

the process of finding an answer by using what is already known to be true.

If you see footprints in the snow, and you know that the snow started falling after dark, deduction will tell you that somebody was here last night.

an opinion or solution reached by this process.

His missing jacket led me to the deduction that he had left.

F. "Deduction, my friend"

Sherlock Holmes is able to guess things as a result of considering the evidence that he has and the things he sees.

We are going to watch the YouTube video, and try to answer the questions. The video will be paused for 5 minutes after you see the questions on the screen. 

extra instruction

Discuss your solutions with your partner.. Write down your solutions on the stencil. We will review your solutions in 5 minutes.

The author

Who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Watch the videos about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Dear reader

You are going to solve a murder. 

You will pair up with one of your class mates and do the assignments in this lesson up.  Each couple will need one reader and one answer sheet.

We will work on this part of the project for the next two weeks. You will only work on it during class. 

This project is an English project, so speak and write in English as much as you can, please.

We wish you luck in solving the Norwood  murder. 

Mrs. H. and Mrs. K.

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE 

PARTNERS.....

NOW IS THE TIME!

Assignment A.

B. Read the summary

You are going to listen to the beginning of a Sherlock Holmes story called "The Norwood Builder". But first you are going to read the summary on your worksheet, and then you will understand why the story is called "The Norwood Builder".

B. Why is the story called "The Norwood Builder"?

The victim "The Norwood Builder" is from a place called Norwood. And Norwood is a suburb of London.

Read silently

then

Discuss with your partner IN ENGLISH

Assignment A.

C. Find the mistakes

The summary is not completely accurate. It contains five pieces of information that are not true. Listen to track 1 carefully, read along and identify the mistakes.

B./C. KEY

1. They are finishing breakfast, not dinner.

2. The man comes in very loudly, not quietly.

3. Holmes has not heard of him - he hasn't read the newspaper.

4. Holmes guesses the man is not married because his clothes are untidy.

5. The headline says that the builder from Norwood is missing, not that his body has been found.

track 1

Listen carefully

Then with your partner.....

fill in the 5 mistakes on your worksheet.

Finished? 

Go to D - do matching

Who, what, where?  

221B Baker Street 

Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson are at home (Sherlock Holmes' home)

John Hector McFarlane (a lawyer) rushes in - running from the police

    - suspect in murder of a builder in Norwood

    - wants Sherlock Holmes to investigate the murder

D. MATCH

On your worksheet you see six words in bold. Match them with their definitions.

D. KEY

1.c

2.e

3.b

4.f

5.a

6.d

Discuss IN ENGLISH with your partner and

fill in the answers on your worksheet.

Finished?

- Read text 'track 2' 

- Can you fill in police report E

E. Fill in the Police Report

Read the police report. There are words missing. Fill in the missing words while listening to the rest of chapter 1. You can also read along - the text is on the next page of your worksheet.

E. KEY

1. 50 - 59

2. his parents

3. fire

4. house

5. open

6. bedroom

7. Mr McFarlane

8. garden

9. heavy

10. wood

11. office

track 2

Listen to track 2

Fill in the missing words of the Police Report.

(E. on your worksheet)

Finished? 

Prove your answers from the text of track 2.

Who, what, where?  - update

221B Baker Street 

Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson & Mr McFarlane

victim = Jonas Oldacre - builder from Norwood - 50+ = missing after a fire behind his house - bed unslept - safe open - blood in bedroom & on walking stick

suspect = John Hector McFarlane

 

Inspector Lestrade & 2 other police officers come to arrest McFarlane

G. Listening

Listen to Track 3 of the story.

Answer the following questions (ex. G on worksheet):

1. What time did Mr Oldacre arrive at the office?

2. Who was the witness when the draft was signed? 

3. How did Mr Oldacre travel?

4. How did Mr McFarlane contact his parents?

Track 3

KEY

1. Mr Oldacre arrived at three o'clock.

2. The witness was one of the clerks at the office.

3. He travelled by train.

4. He contacted his parents by telegram.

Listen carefully

THEN

discuss IN ENGLISH

Fill in G on worksheet

Update - McFarlane's story

Yesterday afternoon Oldacre came to his office. McFarlane doesn't know him.

- asks McFarlane (lawyer) to write his will (testament)

- leaves everything he owns to McFarlane 

- says he knows McFarlane's parents - but McFarlane can't tell his parents

- McFarlane's clerk witnesses the signing of the draft of the will

- McFarlane has scraps of paper with notes to prove the story - looks like notes were written on a train.

- Oldacre leaves office & McFarlane sends telegram to his parents that he would be home late

- 20:30 gaat McFarlane naar huis Oldacre - they go to bedroom to look at documents from safe (open)

- they read documents and seal some into envelopes with wax seal

- McFarlane leaves and stays in hotel (midnight)

- in the morning he reads story in newspaper and goes to find Sherlock Holmes

H. Do you know a reason for ... ?

Discuss in English and write down 2 possible reasons for the following questions in English:

1. Why didn't Mr Jonas Oldacre sleep in his bed?

2. How did the fire start?

3. Why was there blood on the walking stick and in the bedroom?

4. What was in Mr Jonas Oldacre's safe?

You have 10 minutes to discuss the above. Write down your reasons. We will discuss them in 10 minutes.   

SPEAK ENGLISH!

I. Vocabulary - Complete the sentences

Look at the words and phrases. Complete the sentences with the words from the box above.

You will have 3 minutes to complete the exercise.

KEYS

1. express train, points

2. on trial, proof

3. will, witness

4. clerks, draft, (wax) seal

3 minutes

J. Look for two more answers in the text. (TEXT H)

question 1

Why did Mr Oldrace want to leave all his money to Mr McFarlane?

question 2

What happened in Mr Oldrace's bedroom? 

K. Pronunciation: Watch

K. Pronunciation

Put the words in the correct columns. 

Assignment K in your worksheet.

decided                              asked                           finished

                     arrived                          happened

owned                          executed                             helped

                reminded                          stopped

wanted                               killed                            talked

L. Interview

One of you is inspector Lestrade. The other one is Mr McFarlane.

Think of the answers to the inspector's questions. Write them down on your answer sheet. USE FULL SENTENCES.

The inspector's questions:

1. State your name.

2. What is your profession?

3. Are you pleading guilty to the    murder of Mr Oldacre?

4. How did you meet Mr Oldacre?

5. Why were you not suspicious when you heard that Mr Oldacre wanted to leave you his possessions?

6. What do you think happened to your walking stick?

7. What do you think happened to Mr Oldacre?

Finished?

Practice your interview!

M. Listening assignment

First read the statements in your reader.

Listen closely. Do you know the answer while listening?

Fill in T (true) or F (false) on your worksheet.

KEY

1.  True       8. False

2. False      9. False

3. True      10. True

4. False     11. True

5. True      12. False

6. False     13. False

7. True      14. True

N. characters and evidence

Make a list of all the characters in the story. There are four.

Make a list of all the evidence in the story. Can you name all nine?

O. Invent a possible ending

Pair up and talk about a possible ending. Write your ending down on a piece of paper. The ending should explain the elements of evidence as much as possible. 

Where is the body?

What is the motive of the criminal?

Who is guilty? Guilty of what crime?

IN OTHER WORDS....SOLVE THE MYSTERY!

Use about 200 words to write your ending to this story.

HAND IN

- about 200 words

- full English sentences

- hand in

- will be graded with V or G

- stories will be read aloud next lesson

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