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Activity
Key
Sherlock
Holmes:
The
Sign of
Four The Sign of Four
DOMINOES Four
Dominoes
BEFORE READING
1
2
WORD WORK
Sherlock Holmes
e
Dr Watson
d
Miss Morstan
a
Thaddeus Sholto
f
Major Sholto
c
Mordecai Smith
g
Jonathan Small
h
Tonga
b
Sentences a, b and c are all true.
c3
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that:
a, d and e happen in the next chapter
d2 e1 f2 g3
WORD WORK
b
c
d
e
f
telegram
waste
retired
governess
fingerprint
g
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j
received
situation
impatiently
souvenirs
Activity pages 28–29
READING CHECK
B2 c3 d1
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that:
The things that happen in the next chapter are: a 3, b 1, c 6, d 5, e
2, f 4
Activity pages 12–13
READING CHECK
F (he reads about Major Sholto’s death)
F (he thinks Captain Morstan visited Major Sholto)
T
T
F (he doesn’t understand why it is important)
T
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2
servant/solve/ugly/gentleman/whips/revolver/lamps/crosses/
passages/sign
b gentleman
g lamps
c revolver
h whips
d passages
i ugly
e crosses
j servant
f sign
1
2
DOMINOES
Dominoes
three
Four
laboratory
twins
measure
examine
suggest
expect
a6
b
c
d
e
f
g
b2 c5 d3 e1 f4
true
true (for Sherlock Holmes)
false (they travel by cab)
false (he isn’t interested in her money)
true
true
WORD WORK
1
C
F
S
O
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T
O
Activity pages 20–21
READING CHECK
2
d
e
f
f
g
h
Activity pages 36–37
READING CHECK
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that:
b, c and e happen in the next chapter
An Indian servant takes Holmes, Watson and Miss Morstan along
a dark passage to a room, where a short, ugly man is waiting for
them. He looks about thirty years old. The man introduces himself
as Major Sholto’s son, Thaddeus Sholto. He explains that Captain
Morstan died by accident after an argument with Major Sholto
about some treasure which they had acquired in India. Sholto
and his servant buried Captain Morstan’s body and said nothing
to the police. Sholto tells Thaddeus and his brother Bartholomew
about Captain Morstan’s death and the Indian treasure. Thaddeus
goes on to explain how he and his brother searched the house
for a dark hairy man, but found only a footprint. Now, after some
time, Bartholomew has found the treasure. Thaddeus Sholto says
that they must go to Bartholomew’s house to ask for their part of
the treasure.
a2 b1 c3 d6 e7 f5 g4
thorn
city
ladder
tar
enormous
crouch down
space
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a1, b3 and c2
GUESS WHAT
1
a
b
c
b
c
d
e
GUESS WHAT
WORD WORK
1
e2 f3
WORD WORK
1
GUESS WHAT
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
nervous
curtains
chest
bodyguards
divide
painting
terrified
breathe
nodded
GUESS WHAT
Activity pages 12–13
READING CHECK
b3
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
2
1/3
1/3
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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drainpipe
punish
candles
attacks
associates
tread
introduce
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DOMINOES Three
Dominoes
three
GUESS WHAT
g
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
ahj, bgl, cei and dfk
h
WORD WORK
b
c
d
Activity pages 42–43
READING CHECK
b2
c1 d2 e2 f1
g3
coal
launch
leader
e
f
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a Wiggins arrives at Baker Street with ten or more other boys.
b Holmes asks the Baker Street boys to find the Aurora.
c Mordecai Smith is not found.
d Watson takes Toby back to his owner.
e Mrs Hudson is worried about Sherlock Holmes.
Activity pages 48–49
READING CHECK
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
1
2
a3
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
1
M
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C
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A
N
T
F
F
e
f
g
natives
delays
muttering
GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a4 b1 c5 d2 e3
Activity pages 56–57
READING CHECK
1
2
b
c
d
e
f
a2
‘Is Mr Sherlock Holmes here?’
‘Do you have a revolver?’
‘Are you all right?’
‘Perhaps you’d like a glass of whisky?’
‘Your friend Mr Holmes is a wonderful man.’
b4 c5 d1 e6 f3
WORD WORK
1
2
crew/repairs/whisky/cigar/wig/tower/remind/certain/give up
b wig
f whisky
c give up
g certain
d repairs
h tower
e remind
i crew
2
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disguised
rebels
jewels
guilty
financial
trick
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cousins
plunge
gate
defend
merchant
Open answers.
Open answers.
Project A pages 72–73
1
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a and c
Activity pages 62–63
READING CHECK
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
True
False (he thinks he can see a dog)
True
False (he shoots a poisoned thorn)
True
DOMINOES
Three
Dominoes
three
b
c
d
e
f
g
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WHAT NEXT?
GUESS WHAT
b
c
d
e
f
b1 c6 d2 e4 f5 g9 h8 i7
Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar, Jonathan Small
For the murder of Achmet. For life.
Major Sholto and Captain Mostan.
Playing cards.
Two maps of the Agra fort.
Major Sholto
With the help of Tonga.
WORD WORK
The boys are dressed in dirty clothes.
Holmes explains that the Aurora is a black boat.
Holmes tells the boys to search the banks.
Jonathan Small’s associate kills people with poisoned thorns.
People from the Andaman Islands are very short.
Watson falls asleep in his chair.
Watson decides to visit Miss Morstan in Camberwell.
Miss Morstan is worried about Thaddeus Sholto.
Holmes talks to himself in a strange way.
disappointed
cannibals
thrilled
speed
companion
Activity pages 70–71
READING CHECK
WORD WORK
b
c
d
e
f
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a1 b3 c2 d2 e3
exhausted
committed
GUESS WHAT
fire
furious
race
GUESS WHAT
WORD WORK
b
c
d
False (Holmes offers Jonathan Small a whisky and a
cigarette)
False (she was very calm and not troubled)
2/3
2/3
Major John Sholto
Yesterday evening
At his home – Pondicherry Lodge
68 years old
His sons
He’d fallen seriously ill
Because of his very poor health
For five years
He worked as an officer in the British army in India and the
Andaman Islands
His twin sons – Thaddeus and Bartholomew
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Answers
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Activity
Key
Sherlock
Holmes:
The
Sign of
Four The Sign of Four
DOMINOES Three
Dominoes
three
2
3
4
Possible answer:
At about midnight last night Mr Bartholomew Sholto was
discovered dead by the famous detective Sherlock Holmes in
his room at his home, Pondicherry Lodge, in Norwood, south
London. He was 32 years old. He was alone when he died. Mr
Sholto had recently discovered some valuable Indian treasure in
the house. It is believed that he was murdered in order to steal
this treasure. He had lived in Pondicherry Lodge since his father,
Major John Sholto, died. Years ago Major Sholto hid the treasure
in a secret room in the house. Mr Sholto leaves one twin brother
behind him – Thaddeus.
a Just after the sun went down.
b On the launch the Aurora in the river Thames.
c He was shot dead by Holmes and Watson and he fell into the
river.
d His friend, Jonathan Small, Mordecai Smith – the captain of
the Aurora – and a small boy.
e He had tried to kill Holmes and Watson with poisoned thorns.
f He had killed Bartholomew Sholto with a poisoned thorn and
taken the treasure from him with Johnathan Small.
g He had helped Johnathan Small to escape from the Andaman
islands.
h His friend, Johnathan Small, Mordecai Smith, the small boy,
and the empty treasure chest.
Open answer.
2
3
Devil’s Island is one of three islands in the Caribbean Sea near
French Guiana. In 1852 a prison was opened on Devil’s Island – in
the Caribbean Sea near French Guiana – by the French Emperor
Napoleon III.
From 1852 to 1938 over 80,000 French prisoners were sent to
the island. Many were never seen again. A lot died of terrible
illnesses. Few prisoners escaped. The only ways out were
through the jungle or by boat.
In 1854 a new law meant that Devil’s island prisoners had to stay
on in French Guiana for the same time again as they had been in
prison – or for life if they had been there for over eight years.
In 1885 a new law meant that criminals who were guilty of a
number of smaller crimes were sent to the island, too. A few
women were also sent to French Guiana. The idea was for them
to marry some of the men after they left prison. In 1907 this plan
was stopped.
In 1895, the French army captain Alfred Dreyfus was sent to
Devil’s Island on January 5th as an enemy of France. He was
innocent.
A plan to send women prisors to French Guiana was stopped in
1907.
In 1938 the French government stopped sending prisoners to
Devil’s Island, and in 1952 the prison was closed. Most of the
prisoners went to France, but some decided to stay in French
Guiana.
Open answers.
Project B pages 74–76
1
Timeline of the Andaman Islands’ History
200 BC
People were living on the Andaman islands.
The 9th century The name ‘Andaman’ was first used by Arab
travellers.
1290
Marco Polo wrote about the islands, but
perhaps only saw them from a ship.
1789
A prison was built by the British in Port Blair.
1796
The prison closed.
1839
Dr Helfer, a German visitor, was killed.
1858
A second British prison was built.
1872
Lord Mayo was murdered by an island
prisoner.
1896
The British started building a new prison –
the Cellular Jail.
1902
The Cellular Jail was finished.
1942
The Japanese army attacked the islands.
1945
The Japanese army left the islands.
1947
The Islands became part of newly independent
India
2001
The island population was about 315,000
2004
A 10 metre high Tsunami hit the Andaman
islands. 7,000 people were killed.
DOMINOES
Three
Dominoes
three
3/3
3/3
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Activity
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Sherlock
Holmes:
The
Sign of
Four The Sign of Four
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