SHERLOCK SERIES. Reading activity. 4th ESO

Remember to have a look at the reading tips

This is the version we will be dealing with in class.

If you want to start reading Scandal in Bohemia. there are two versions:

                        LEVEL 2                                                LEVEL 3

                       AUDIO 2

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The Strand Magazine

video tour here

A reconstruction of Sherlock Holmes sitting-room in Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes Museum)

BACHILLERATO STUDENTS *****

If you are interested in reading the  ORIGINAL VERSION  you can download it here

The stories included in the  graded readers are: (being the highlighted the one to be read in class)

A Scandal in Bohemia

Five Orange Pips

The Speckled Band


Maybe you would enjoy watching the video (no subtitles at all)



For those of you who want to try the original version, I encourage you to read the summary below:

Taken from www. study.com

A Royal Affair

The story opens with Sherlock Holmes' famous partner, Dr. John Watson, paying Holmes a visit in his Baker Street apartment. Holmes has received a mysterious message that he concludes is from a wealthy German in Bohemia, a central region in what is now the Czech Republic.

A masked and richly-dressed 'Count von Kramm' arrives. He turns out to be the King of Bohemia and needs Holmes' help. He plans to marry a Scandinavian princess, but first needs to destroy evidence of a previous relationship he had with Irene Adler, a retired English opera singer. She possesses some letters from him and a large photograph of them together. The king is convinced she'll use the photograph to ruin him out of jealousy. Holmes agrees to take the case.

The mysterious Count von Kramm, who turns out to be the King of Bohemia

Equine Recon

Planning to do some recon, or gather preliminary information, the next afternoon Holmes meets Watson at his apartment disguised as 'a drunken-looking groom, ill-kempt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and disreputable clothes.' Holmes explains that he's been posing as a horse groomer in Adler's neighborhood in order to gather information on her daily habits. She's a beautiful woman with a regular schedule and a frequent male visitor named Godfrey Norton.

Holmes sees Norton arrive at her home, Briony Lodge, and go inside to talk with Adler. Norton leaves in a hurry for the Church of St. Monica, and Adler does the same. Holmes follows them and discovers they're having an impromptu wedding. They even ask him to serve as a witness. Later, after recounting his adventure to Watson, he forms a plan to get inside Adler's home and locate the photograph and letters.

Ms. Adler and Mr. Norton being married while Holmes serves as witness

Smoke and Mirrors

Holmes and Watson return there that evening when they know Adler will also return. Holmes is dressed as a clergyman and has paid a 'gang' of scruffy-looking characters to stage a fight on Serpentine Avenue. He's instructed Watson not to interfere. When Adler arrives, the 'fight' breaks out around her. Holmes steps in to 'help' her, but gets 'knocked out.' The grateful Adler has him brought into her house to recover.

Holmes protecting Adler from the fight on her street

When Holmes gives the signal from inside, Watson throws a smoke rocket into her window and shouts 'Fire!' The ruffians in the street repeat the alarm. Adler, thinking her home is on fire, races to a hidden panel and starts to rescue the photograph. Holmes tells her it's a false alarm and escapes to meet Watson on a nearby street corner.

The One That Got Away

As the two re-enter the Baker Street apartment, a mysterious boy in an ulster (long overcoat) says, 'Good night, Mister Sherlock Holmes.' Holmes has no idea who it is. The next morning, Holmes, Watson, and the king return to Briony Lodge to steal the photograph and letters. However, the house is deserted. A woman tells them they were expected and that Adler and Norton have permanently skipped town. Inside, Adler has left a different photograph of herself in an evening gown for the king and a letter for Holmes.

The letter explains that Adler realized Holmes was behind the 'fire.' Dressed as a boy, she followed Holmes and Watson home to confirm this and greeted them. She has kept the photograph they want but explains that she won't use it against the king unless he provokes her since she's found a man she loves more.

Since the King of Bohemia doesn't need it, Holmes keeps the new photograph for himself. Ever afterward, Holmes refers to Irene Adler as ' thewoman,' showing his newfound respect for the brilliant mind of the woman who once outwitted him.

Or maybe you would  also want to  read it in Spanish

And now... did you know that there is a very famous series where you can find a chapter named "Scandal in Belgravia"?

Which series is it?

FOR BACHILLERATO AND THOSE 4TH ESO STUDENTS WHO WANT TO HANDLE IN SOME EXTRA TASK:

• 4TH ESO: Read A Sccandal in Bohemia in the original version
•  BACHILLERATO: Read   Five Orange Pips or The Speckled Band in the original version

• Write a summary of the story (following the model above)
• prepare an oral presentation to be develped in class. 
• You will handle in both the summary and the outline of the oral presentation                     

                                            before 11/2/2018        00:00      

                                    To the mail: mariajosegarridoortega@gmail.com

• Then, you will do the oral presentation in class

FOR J.F.C.S.  1ST BACHILLERATO A

• Follow this link
• Pay attention to the part which deals with the allusions of other stories of Sherlock, choose one of them and download it (here) 
• Write a summary of the chapter you have chosen (following the model above)
• prepare an oral presentation to be develped in class. You can comment on everything you want: the author, the story, the series.... 
• You will handle in both the summary and the outline of the oral presentation                       before 11/2/2018        00:00      To the mail: mariajosegarridoortega@gmail.com
• Then, you will do the oral presentation in class