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“The Adventure of the Cardboard Box”
His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Abstract: Miss Cushing receives a parcel in the mail that contains two severed human ears and Sherlock Holmes helps to crack the case involving her sister. Source: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow: A Reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes (New York: George H. Doran, 1917)
Lexile Level: TBD
Origin: British
Genre: Fiction, HistoricalReading Level: 6.6 Language: English File name: 1159 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: MysteryReading Activity: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read) Download MP3 View text as webpage Download PDF Mp3 Length: 0:41:42 Word count: 8646 Use PDF for printing
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