Part of the KS3 English curriculum.
KS3 English Year 8: The Case Files: Sherlock Holmes and Victorian Detective Fiction is a step-by-step online learn guide for Key Stage 3 pupils in Years 7 to 9. It covers victorian London: crime, science and the rise of the detective, the conventions of detective fiction, watson as narrator: why does Doyle use him?, the Speckled Band: Helen Stoner's account and building suspense, the Speckled Band: Dr Grimesby Roylott as villain, A Scandal in Bohemia: Irene Adler and Victorian women and the Red-Headed League: following Holmes's deduction, then brings it all together with mixed retrieval and unit challenge.
There are 23 short steps of about 15 minutes (roughly 6 hours of learning), each made of bite-size explanations with key words, tables and examples, and every bite-size is followed by an activity you check straight away. Key terms include Victorian, Context, Convention, Clue, Narrator, First-person narrator, Suspense, Archaic, Villain, Simile, Angel in the house and Expectations.
