Resources on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sir Arthur C. Doyle

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Some time ago, my vocational students asked me to take them to the movies. I agreed, as usual, but under one condition: to do all the exercises I would prepare for them. This might sound weird coming from me because I've always prepared handouts for all activities but remember I'm now dealing with teens, not adults!
As soon as we decided on Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, I started googling and outlining some activities. Soon it became clear that my starting point should be The Final Problem - why? Because I want them to READ, right? So, I downloaded and printed several copies of the book from here and took them into class. I had 4 students who immediately wanted to read it - yeap, not bad in a vocational class of 12! I also sent them some links and now, a week before going to the movies, it's high time to get down to the real business.
I split the activities into three parts: before going, on the day/location activities, and after going and having watched the movie. However, for obvious reasons, today I only posted the "BeforeGoing" Activities based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's biography, writers and types of writing, fiction and nonfiction as well as vocab on books I believe they should be familiar with at this stage. I'm well aware I could have used vocab on publishing,editing... books but first, because they're weak students, I do not wish to demotivate them with long activities; second these are supposed to be activities for a movie.
Hope you enjoy them. Next week, there will surely be some more.
Have a nice weekend :)))