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Sherlock Holmes

Lycée activities

Should you dote on the most famous English detective adventures, here are a few suggestions to introduce Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for your students ( Seconde). We selected interesting and useful sites and resources

Warm up

You can start by a virtual tour of the Sherlock Holmes’s museum

To make this visit even more interesting, here are two possible treasure hunts. Select the one that is most appropriate for your students:

The advanced level handhout comes with the teacher answer key

General resources on Sherlock Holmes

One of the most comprehensive sites is the Sherlockian
here comes a whole page on Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

How to use the lesson

First give your students the following handout from the Teachit website

Fab fact sheet: Sherlock Holmes and Victorian England. Click here
In depth introductory exercise:students build up the story using given clues. Click here

Then different activities are available

How to be a literary detective , a unit aimed at preparing pupils for GCSE.
(Based on 'The Speckled Band' and The Cay) Click here
Pre-teaching exercise - build up the story using a series of clues. Click here
Scrambled text. Click here
Teacher copy. Click here
Looking at how Doyle presents his arch villain. Click here
Fill in the boxes with character information. Click here
Use details from the quotations to explain how setting affects plot and atmosphere. Click here
How is suspense built up in this extract? Click here

Interactive exercise

Sherlock Holmes study

A treasure Hunt level 1 for "Collège" pupils