Due Date:
11/1/2016
Subject:
Reading 7 - 4100
Arthur Conan Doyle – WebQuest (40 points) – Homework Assignment
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Neatness counts! If I cannot read it, you do not get the points.
-5 points each day it is late. Last day to hand it in is Friday (11/04/16)
Instructions: Today you will be learning about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous fictional character, Sherlock Holmes. You will also be learning about the mystery genre and how good mysteries are made.
Complete the following quests in your notebook. (Label each quest and number each answer!):
Quest #1: Web Search
- Do a Google search for “Sherlock Holmes Biography”:
1. List the first three websites listed in the search results.
2. Which website would you use if you were doing a report on Sherlock Holmes? Why?
- Do a Google search for “Sherlock Holmes Interesting Facts”:
1. Choose one of the websites – be sure to list the name of the site
2. List three interesting facts you find
Quest #2: Mystery
- Do a Google search for “5 elements of a good mystery”
- Click the following link: The Five Essential Elements of a Mystery – US – Penguin (it should be the first link)
1. List each element in your notebook and give a short description.
Quest #3: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Biography
- Go to the following website: http://www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk/
- In the website, click on the link towards the top of the page “About Sherlock Holmes”
1. List five things you learn about Conan Doyle’s life
2. What was the first story and novel that introduced Holmes and Watson?
3. What are the characteristics that make Holmes attractive to his readers?
Quest #4: Facts about Sherlock Holmes
- Go to the following website: http://www.sherlockian.net/world/
- Answer the following questions:
1. What is Holmes’s address?
2. When is his birthday?
3. What is the name of Holmes’s friend and what was his most recent job?
4. Who is Holmes’s arch-enemy?
5. Name “The Woman”.
6. What musical instrument did Holmes play?
Due Date:
10/28/2016
Subject:
Reading 7 - 4100
Directions: This should be completed in your notebook. Copy each word, write part of speech, definition, and a sentence. Use the dictionaries at the front of the classroom. NO CELL PHONES! This WILL be graded. If you cannot find the word in the dictionary, try using the root word.
“The Adventure of the Speckled Band”
Vocabulary List
1. affected
2. aperture
3. averted
4. blandly
5. dog-cart
6. counterpane
7. draught
8. fain
9. fortnight
10. herald