A perpetrator is someone who carries out a harmful or immoral act.

To orchestrate something is to arrange it for a desired effect, often secretly.

Culminated means to reach the end of development.

A maverick is someone who does things differently to others.

A multiple paragraph outline is a structured plan allowing you to map out information for each paragraph of your extended writing.

Planning a newspaper article about the solved  case of ‘The Speckled Band’

English

in 'Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories', pupils practise using analytical writing sentence structures, to formulate their arguments. In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils develop these skills further, applying them to a range of pre- 20th Century texts. 

in 'When the Sky Falls' pupils read fiction texts for fluency and comprehension. In 'Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories' pupils start to analyse the language choices of an author.

In this unit, pupils read and explore two famous Sherlock Holmes stories. They start by reading and analysing 'The Speckled Band' before using it as inspiration to write a newspaper article. They then read and analyse 'The Boscombe Valley Murder' before writing a comparison of the two stories.

Sherlock Holmes: short stories

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Starting with the first, order the features of a newspaper article in chronological order.

In the story 'The Speckled Band', who was the perpetrator in the death of Julia Stoner?

a person who does things differently to others

Which part of a newspaper article is designed solely to hook the reader?

Thinking of the story 'The Speckled Band', who could you interview for an informative quote about the solved case?

Where should you plan to create a conclusive tone when writing a newspaper article?

a piece of writing designed to inform the public on a recent event

a piece of writing to analyse an author's work

a piece of writing that you send to your friend with life updates

What is *not* a section of a newspaper article?

What happened to Roylott at the end of 'The Speckled Band'?

What killed Julia Stoner in 'The Speckled Band'?

the tests were unfamiliar with the venom of a swamp adder

there was only a small amount of poison in her body, so it went undetected

Why could the coroner report not accurately conclude the cause of Julia Stoner's death in 'The Speckled Band'?

In 'The Speckled Band', how did Holmes feel about Roylott’s death?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Planning a newspaper article about the solved case of ‘The Speckled Band’

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.