In this unit students will be developing the key concepts and processes through learning about how Conan Doyle’s original ‘Sherlock Holmes’ stories have been adapted for a variety of moving image, including the 2009 film version starring Robert Downey Jr. and the 1984 television version with Jeremy Brett. Students will develop their understanding of features of the detective genre and detective hero, and their understanding of the author’s craft by analysing the writing of an author from the literary heritage.
Students will be required to complete a descriptive, ‘what happened next’ writing task, which will assess their written skills in three areas:
- Writing imaginative and thoughtful texts
- Using paragraphs
- Using interesting vocabulary
The unit will also implicitly develop their understanding of relating texts to their social, cultural and historical traditions.
The unit aligns itself with GCSE English Language units in Creative Writing and English Literature, 19th century texts.
All resources included:
- Skeleton SOW - easily adapted for your school pro formas
- Skeleton lesson plans - easily adapted for your department’s pro formas
- Basic powerpoints
- Extracts
- Video clips
- Relevant images
- Selected Sherlock Holmes short stories (pdf)
- Homework sheet
- Creative writing assessment and planning sheet
- Worksheets
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