The Hound of the Baskervilles Lesson Plan

Sherlock’s Sage Advice

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to extrapolate a character’s thought process based on knowledge of that character.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

This activity may be paired with “Studying Sherlock and Dr. Watson” from Day 3.

Instruct students to take 10-15 minutes and free-write about Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes's characters and what sort of friends they think they would be: what would be their best attributes? Their worst? Would the students want one or both of them as friends? Why or why not? What kinds of advice do they think they'd get from each of the men as a friend?...