CLIL Jigsaw Reading: Murder mystery

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Sherlock Holmes

The Greatest Detective of Britain

Welcome to the Sherlock Holmes class!

"The Greatest Detective of Britain"

"Elementary, my dear Watson."

Plans for today

Today you are going to hear about Sherlock Holmes.

1. What do you know?

2. Writer

3. Sherlock Holmes (and his inner circle)

4. Kijk- en luisteropdracht

5. Activity

Planning/Goals for today

• Introduction
  
• Reading (Letters addressed to a famous detective)
  
• Speaking (Discussing in groups)
  
• You can ask questions in past tense
  
• You can summarize a letter in a few sentences
  

Who writes down the most words in one minute?

You have ONE minute on the clock.

 

Write down as many descriptive words (adjectives) as you can in your notebook.

Work individually.

What do you know about Sherlock
Holmes?

Benoem alles waar je aan denkt als je de naam Sherlock Holmes hoort. 

Sherlock Holmes

Look at the image.

Write down a question for every "WH-word":

Why

When

Who

What

How (much/many)

Have you ever seen a movie or read a story about Sherlock Holmes?
(PO niet meegerekend)

1. Yes
2. No

The writer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1859 - 1930

- Britse arts

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

Sherlock Holmes

- Inspired by Doyle's teacher

- Born in 1854

- Studied science, became a detective

- Messy!

- Weird habits: not eating

- Smoking and doing drugs: legal

Sherlock Holmes: clothes

Irene Adler: 'THE Woman'

John H. Watson

221B Baker Street

Sherlock Holmes: facts

- Four novels and fifty-six short stories

- Almost two hundred movies

- TV series on BBC and CBS

- Sherlock Holmes Museum

Kijk- en luistervaardigheden

Je gaat nu een korte introductie video over Sherlock Holmes bekijken. Tijdens de video worden er vragen gesteld die je moet beantwoorden.  

00:25

Welk uiterlijk kenmerk wordt niet genoemd die hoort bij Sherlock Holmes?

1. Zijn lange jas
2. Zijn pijp
3. Zijn vergrootglas
4. Zijn geruite jagers pet

00:40

Welk bij-persoon wordt niet genoemd

1. Zijn aartsvijand Moriarty
2. Zijn huishoudster mw. Hudson
3. Zijn rechterhand Dr. Watson
4. Mary de vrouw van Watson

01:35

Wat is het beroep van Sherlock Holmes?

1. Politie agent
2. Spion
3. Detective
4. Dokter

02:07

Sommige kenmerken zijn niet bedacht door de schrijver.

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

02:50

Wat is waar?

1. Het uiterlijk van Sherlock is vaak aangepast.
2. Het uiterlijk van Sherlock komt overeen met de boeken.

04:36

Sherlock Holmes heeft heel veel verfilmingen.

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

Solving a riddle..

Are you like Sherlock Holmes?

Jigsaw Reading: Murder mystery

Stage 1

• Three equal groups.
  
• Each group gets a letter (green, yellow or orange)
  
• Discuss the letter in pairs in your group.
  

After first reading:

WHAT ARE THE MAIN POINTS IN YOUR LETTER?

Working in pairs: tell the story to each other, practise retelling the story. When you finish find someone else in your group to practise retelling the story.

Stage 2

NEW GROUPS!

• Groups of three: ONE of each letter/colour.
  
• Focus on the main characters:
  
• Isabel Flagger, Mark Ram, Philip Jenkins
  
• Speak in English!
  
• Can your group solve the case?
  

Questions part 1

1. The arsenic was in both the yoghurt and the sugar. Which one killed Ram?
   
2. Who put the arsenic in the sugar?
   
3. Where had Mrs Flagger found the arsenic?
   
4. Did Mrs Flagger know it was arsenic?
   
5. Did Mrs Flagger poison Mark Ram deliberately or by accident?
   

QuestionsPart 2

1. When Ram came home from the Academy of Music, what was the first thing he did?
   
2. Why?
   
3. Who had put the arsenic in the drawer?
   
4. Who brought the arsenic into the house?
   

QuestionsPart 3

1. Why did Ram try so hard to get Jenkins to eat the yoghurt?
   
2. There was a little arsenic in the yoghurt, not enough to kill a person. Why?
   
3. If Phillip Jenkins had eaten the yoghurt what would have happened to him?
   
4. Who would have won the scholarship if Jenkins had eaten the yoghurt?
   
5. How did Ram know so much about arsenic?
   

What did Ram think when he found he had been poisoned?

Goodbye and 

thank you!

"Education never ends, Watson. It's a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last"

Homework

In your Plenda!
Wednesday

• Learn words 2.1 + 2.2