CRIME story STUDENTS

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

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. Handed out is one reader and one answer sheet.

You will have two weeks  to complete this part of the project. 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.

Assignment A.

B. Read the summary in your reader

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 in your reader, and then you will understand why the story is called "The Norwood Builder". Write down the answer to the question "Why is the story called "The Norwood Builder" on your answer sheet.

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

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. Write them down on your answer sheet.

track 1

D. MATCH

On your handout you see six words in bold. Match them with their definitions. Write your answer down on your worksheet.

E. Missing words

Read the police report. There are words missing. Find the missing words while listening to track 2. You can read along - the text is on the next page of your reader. Fill in the missing words on your worksheet.

track 2

The Art of Deduction

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

G. Listening

Listen to Track 3 of the story.

Put the answers to the questions below on your answer sheet.

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

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

Discuss in English and write down at least two 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?

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.

J. Look for two more answers in the text.

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

Wisper these words to your neighbour. How do you pronunciate these verbs? Write the verbs on your worksheet in the right box. 

For example the word: started ends in an -it sound and managed ends in an -t sound.

decided                              asked                           finished

                     arrived                          happened

owned                          executed                             helped

                reminded                          stopped

wanted                               killed                            talked

L. Interview

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

Think of the answers to the inspector's questions. Some of you have to play the dialogue in front of the class.

The inspector's questions 1:

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?

The inspector's questions 2:

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

7. What do you think happened to Mr Oldacre?

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.

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. What is the motive of the criminal?

Use about 50 to 100 words to write down the ending.