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Sherlock Quotations Lesson:

Unit/Theme: Sherlock Holmes      Level: Honors

Subject: Seventh Grade English

NYS Standards/ Benchmarks: E2a The student produces a report that includes appropriate facts and details.

OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES

• Students will recognize that the stories they read contain many quotations well known to Holmes fans.
• Students will begin the creation of a Sherlock quotation board.
• Students will be provided with silent reading time.

RESOURCES

• Sherlock Holmes text
  
• Oak tag
  

QUOTABLE QUOTE

"The main thing with people of that sort is to never let them think that their information can be of the slightest importance to you. If you do they will instantly shut up like an oyster. If you listen to them under protest, as it were, you are likely to get what you want."

-"The Sign of Four" Pg. 89

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

• Students will have become familiar with several stories before starting this lesson.
• Students understand the rules for using quotations.

  ACTIVITIES/ OUTCOMES
  

• Mini-lesson- Students will identify any quotations from books they have read.
• The teacher will recite one of the quotations from Sherlock demonstrating to the class what they should be doing.
• Group assignment: In small groups (3 or 4) students discuss quotes they like from Holmes and write them down in a notebook section.
• Students will share quotes orally and add them to several pieces of oak-tag.
• NOTE: This lesson should be ongoing as each story is completed. Time should be set aside at the end of each period for students to update it.
  
  ASSESSMENT
  
  
• Group work and sharing.
• Homework- Find a quotation you particularly like from any book, write it in your journal and be prepared to share.

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