1. Learning Objectives
Should: Consolidate understanding of ‘The Sign of Four’ to date.
Could: Review quotations from the chapters so far and revise memory retention strategies to retain them.
Might: Continue to read and understand ‘The Sign of Four.'

2. If you’ve missed any reading you could catch up now.
Starter
Swap your chapter summaries so far with your neighbour. Read through to:
Remind yourself of the plot so far
Check for them that they haven’t missed anything out.
If you’ve missed any reading you could catch up now.

3. If you’ve missed any reading you could catch up now.
Character Profiles
Spend 10 minutes getting your four character profiles (Holmes, Watson, Miss Morstan, Thaddeus Sholto) up to date.
If you’ve missed any reading you could catch up now.

4. LO: Review quotations from the chapters so far and revise memory retention strategies to retain them.
This exam as a CLOSED BOOK exam – that means you will NOT have the book in front of you during the exam. Because of this, we need to learn quotes. For each chapter we have read so far find two important quotes. Using a page in your books display these quotes in a way that will help you remember them – memory techniques include using colour and pictures etc. Remember – you need to be able to analyse language for the exam, so quotations that you can explode for a 5 star paragraph are best.

5. Possible quotations to use…
Ch 1 – “But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.” Ch 2 – “You really are an automaton – a calculating machine,” I cried. “There is something positively inhuman in you at times.” Ch 3 – “There was, to my mind, something eerie and ghostlike in the endless process of faces which flitted across these narrow bars of light – sad faces and glad, haggard and merry.” Ch 4 – “In that sorry house it looked as out of place as a diamond of the first water in a setting of brass.” Ch 5 – “The features were set, however, in a horrible smile, a fixed and unnatural grin, which in that still and moonlit room was more jarring to the nerves than any scowl or contortion.”

6. Chapter 6 Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration
As we continue to read make sure you:
Listen carefully
Use your glossary to check any key words as we go along
Put your hand up and ask if there are any extra words we need to add to our glossary
Read to: “The answer should give us the – But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.”

7. Go on!
Challenge yourself.
Homework
Should: Test yourself, and ask someone else to test you, on the key quotes from the novel so far.
Could: Create a quotation ‘poster’ for your bedroom to help you remember quotations – you can add to this as we continue to read.
Might: ‘Explode’ one or two of those quotations.