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“The Sign of Four” Chapter 11 “The Great Agra Treasure” Lesson:

Unit/Theme: Sherlock Holmes      Level: Honors

Subject: Seventh Grade English

NYS Standards/ Benchmarks: E3b: The student participates in group meetings, in which the student gives reasons in support of opinions expressed. E5a The student examines the reasons for a character’s actions , taking into account the situation and basic motivation of the character.

OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES:

• Students will identify the elements of a story’s resolution.
  
• Students will be assessed on their reading comprehension.
  
• Students will be able to identify important events in the chapter.

RESOURCES

• Sherlock Holmes text
  

QUOTABLE QUOTE

"Whoever had lost a treasure, I knew that night that I had gained one."

-(Watson referring to his relationship with Morstan.) pg. 102.

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

• Students will have read Chapter 11 prior to the lesson.

  ACTIVITIES
  

• Silent reading (20 minutes.)
  
• Update Sherlock Holmes quoteboard.
  
• Students will focus on the next two chapters as the points in the story where Doyle explains all the reader’s questions (loose ends) and indicate the future of the characters.
  
• Students will briefly identify and discuss important events in this chapter (it’s short.) NOTE: The major purpose of this chapter is to solidify the relationship between Morstan and Watson and reveal that the box allegedly containing the treasure is empty.
  
  VOCABULARY:
  
  bon vivant n. A person with refined taste, especially one who enjoys superb food and drink.
  
  a priori adj.
  1. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.
  2. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.
  3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.
  
  ASSESSMENT
  

• "Sign of Four" Chapter 10 quiz.
  

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