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Adventure 7: “The Crooked Man”
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Abstract: Holmes calls Watson to witness his last move in a case about the murder of a colonel. His wife is the prime suspect because they were having an argument when he died. Source: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (London: George Newnes, 1894)
Lexile Level: TBD
Origin: British
Genre: Fiction, HistoricalReading Level: 7.1 Language: English File name: 1169 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 Strategy: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read) Download Support Material Download MP3 View text as webpage Download PDF Mp3 Length: 0:36:26 Word count: 7119 Use PDF for printing
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