Sherlock Holmes what do we know about him? Who is he? Where does he live? What is his job?

? Does he work alone? Is he a real person? How does he look like? Why is he so famous?

Sherlock worksheet script

Sherlock: Just tell me what happened from the beginning. Criminal: We had been to a bar, nice place, and, er, I got chatting with one of the waitresses, and
Karen weren't happy with that, so...when we get back to the hotel, we end up having a bit of a dingdong. She's always getting at me, saying I weren't a real man.

Sherlock: Wasn't a real man. Criminal: What? Sherlock: It's not "weren't", it's "wasn't". Criminal: Oh. Sherlock: Go on. Criminal: Well...then I don't know how it happened, but suddenly there's a knife in my hands.....and
me old man was a butcher, so I know how to handle knives. He learned us how to cut up a beast.

Sherlock: Taught. Criminal: What? Sherlock: Taught you how to cut up a beast. Criminal: Yeah, well, then I done it. Sherlock: Did it. Criminal: Did it! Stabbed her, over and over and over, and I looked down, and she
weren't.....wasn't.....moving no more. Any more. God help me, I dunno how it happened, but it was an accident, I swear. You've got to help me, Mr. Holmes! Everyone says you're the best. Without you...I'll get hung for this..

Sherlock: No, no, Mr. Bewick, not at all.

Hanged, yes.

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Where is SH What is the man accused of? How did he murder the woman? Why is it important that the mans father was a butcher? Why did the man kill the woman? Do you think he is guilty? Why do you think SH is correcting the mans grammar? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Werent/wasnt Learn vs. teach Done/did No more/anymore Hung/hanged Who was Sherlock Holmes?

The author, (Sir) Arthur Conan-Doyle wrote his first Holmes story, A Study In Scarlet, in 1886. Sherlock Holmes, a fictitious character was based on a real man, Dr Joseph Bell, a renown forensic scientist at Edinburgh University whom Conan-Doyle studied under. Conan-Doyle wrote 56 short stories & 4 novels. The collection is known as The Cannon. The first Sherlock Holmes film was produced in 1900. In 1939 the novels were developed as a series of films starring Basil Rathbone, establishing the trademark deerstalker,

pipe & spyglass as a global visual icon.

Conan Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories that feature Holmes. The first two stories, short novels appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887 and Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in 1890 , respectively. Conan Doyle said that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Sherlock Holmes, Bell was noted for drawing large

conclusions from the smallest observations. Michael Harrison has argued in a 1971 article in Ellery Queen's
Mystery Magazine that the character was inspired by Wendell Scherer a "consulting detective" in a murder case that allegedly received a great deal of newspaper attention in England in 1882. Perhaps one of the quirkiest twenty first-century homages to Holmes belongs to the award-winning American TV series House, which began transmitting in 2004, starring the British actor, Hugh Laurie. Now into his fifth season, Dr Gregory House is in many respects a medical Sherlock Holmes, and series creator, David Shore, has admitted that even Dr House name is meant as a subtle homage. The show draws heavily upon Holmes archetypes, such as House reliance on psychology to solve a case, his reluctance to accept cases he does not find interesting, his drug addiction (Vicodin instead of cocaine), his home address (apartment 221B), a complete disregard for social customs, personal talents (playing piano and guitar, rather like Holmes violin), as well as Holmes characteristic ability to judge a situation correctly with almost no effort. Dr House confidant is Dr James Wilson.

Taken from www.sherlockholmes.com 1. Do you know any other book/movie characters with sharp mind? 2. Name 3 other book/movie companions.

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Sherlock: Just tell me what _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _from the beginning. Criminal: We had been to a bar, nice place, and, er, I got chatting with one of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
and Karen weren't happy with that, so...when we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the hotel, we end up having a bit of a ding-dong. She's always getting at me, saying I weren't a real man.

Sherlock: Wasn't a real man. Criminal: What? Sherlock: It's not "weren't", it's "_ _ _ _ _". Criminal: Oh. Sherlock: Go on. Criminal: Well...then I don't know how it happened, but _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ there's a knife in my
hands.....and me old man was a _ _ _ _ _ _ , so I know how to handle knives. He learned us how to cut up a beast.

Sherlock: Taught. Criminal: What? Sherlock: Taught you how to cut up a beast. Criminal: Yeah, well, then I done it. Sherlock: D__ it. Criminal: Did it! _ _ _ _ _ _ her, over and over and over, and I looked down, and she
weren't.....wasn't.....moving no more. Any more. God help me, I dunno how it happened, but it was an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, I swear. You've got to help me, Mr. Holmes! Everyone says you're the best. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you...I'll get hung for this..

Sherlock: No, no, Mr. Bewick, not at all.

Hanged, yes.

What language mistakes did Sherlock correct? Do you think he is a good teacher?