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Level 2The Red-headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading Skills
BEFORE Reading
1 Match the pictures with the sentences.
A
B
C
1 And with that he took my hair in both his hands and pulled until I shouted
with the pain.
2 Mr Wilson pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the pocket of his coat.
3 Spaulding came into the office eight weeks ago, with this paper in his hand.
2 Look at the pictures and read the descriptions above.
Then read the back cover of the book. In pairs think about the following.
A Why is the newspaper B Why does the man
C What is the
important?
pull Mr Wilson’s hair? Red-Headed League?
While Reading
3 Read to the end of page 34 then answer the following questions.
A Who is Jabez Wilson?
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B What is the Red-headed League?
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C How does Jabez Wilson find out about the Red-headed League?
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D What are the conditions for getting and keeping a place in the League?
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E Why does Jabez Wilson come to see Sherlock Holmes?
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4 Read pages 35-38. imagine you are Sherlock holmes. Make notes on what you
find out about the following characters.
5 Read pages 41-42. Talk about the following questions.
a Why did Sherlock Holmes want to see the knees of Spaulding’s trousers?
B Why did he hit the pavement with his stick?
6 Read pages 44-53. imagine you are Peter Jones of Scotland Yard. Write a report
of what happened from when you meet with the others at Sherlock holmes’
house to when you arrest John Clay.
aFTER REading
7 Some years later Jabez Wilson
meets John Clay/Vincent Spaulding.
in pairs write the dialogue between
the two. What questions does Jabez
Wilson ask? how does he feel?
8 Write a newspaper article for the Morning
Chronicle the day after Clay is arrested.
give all details and invent a headline.
9 Sherlock holmes notices things about
people. Observe your partner. describe
what s/he looks like. What does his/her
appearance and clothes tell you about
them? Write as much as you can.
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