I hope you have been enjoying the Sherlock stories. If you have already read the Red-Headed League, you might want to try making your own comic book version of the story. In my class, we used MakeBeliefsComix to make comics. In pairs, students each chose a page of the story to summarize. They tried to fit the details into 3-6 frames of a comic. Below is an example; it summarizes the very first part of Red-Headed League. In this example, Sherlock Holmes is a woman and Watson is a penguin. This just shows how much creative freedom you have when you make your own comic! Why don't you give it a try? You can also try reading a real comic book adaption of the Red-Headed League illustrated by JT Morrow and Sophie Rohrbach. You can find it on Amazon here.
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Introduction The original Sherlock Holmes stories were written over a hundred years ago by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories have been modernized for television and movies. Why and how do you think the stories were changed?
Watch The BBC television show Sherlock is set in modern times. Notice how they modernized this part.
Watch the original click in its full length here from the BBC. Think Can you think of another way to modernize this part. What might be other evidence that someone is careless and drinks too much? Put your answers in the comments below. Teachers, you can download a printable handout for this lesson here.
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