Sherlock Holmes: "The Sign of Four" Chapter 1

In these comprehension worksheets, after reading "Sherlock Holmes and the Strange Mr. Angel," "Sherlock Holmes and the Important Exam," and "Sherlock Holmes and the Dangerous Road," students complete comprehension questions on the stories.

A series of activities based on Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of The Beaver takes your class through vocabulary, reading comprehension, and literary analysis. A good packet or collection of assignments for a reading circle.

Helpful for your unit on Elizabeth George Speare's Sign of the Beaver, a list of reading questions are a good way to check for understanding after your class finishes a chapter. Each two chapters have three or four questions, and the...

Students read and analyze chapter six of the Sherlock Holmes novel, "The Sign of Four." They answer discussion questions, and apply events in the chapter using the scientiic method.

Who wears a Inverness cape, a dear-stalker hat, and smokes a calabash pipe? Why, it's elementary. It's Sherlock Homes, of course. But are these clues drawn from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories or from adaptations? Trace the evolution of...

Students enter and experience the world of Sherlock Holmes and hard-boiled detectives in this unit on mysteries. They review and analyze the ""Whodunit Requirements" and the "Mystery Contract" that accompany this lesson. Each student...

Devil's agent or big, nasty dog? Introduce young readers to The Hound of the Baskervilles, with an audio retelling of one of Sherlock Holmes' most famous crime novels. Learners listen to the tale and observe Holmes' deduction methods.

Seventh graders determine how character decisions in the novel Sherlock Holmes effect the future of the story and move the story forward.

Read and define new vocabulary words with your class, then read the final chapters of Dragonwings. They choose a writing activity to complete and then share it with the class. They also work in groups to complete a newspaper relating to...

A series of review questions from The Sign of the Beaver allow your learners to address and reflect on their reading. Questions are grouped from chapters 1-10, 11-20, and 21-25. You will find that most questions access the knowledge and...