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Adventure 7: “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Abstract: On the day before Christmas a man is caught in a fight and looses a goose and his hat. Sherlock Holmes is trying to figure out who the hat belongs to, when a blue carbuncle is found in the goose.

Source: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (London: George Newnes Ltd., 1892)


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: British
       
Genre: Fiction, Mystery/Suspense
Reading Level: 6        Language: English        File name: 1153
Sunshine State Standards:
LA.D.2.3.1-7: The student understands the power of language.

LA.E.1.3.1-5: The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms.

LA.E.2.3.1-8: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.


Theme: Mystery
Reading Strategy: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read)
 
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