The Sign of the Four Lesson Plan

Students should read Chapters 4, 5, and 6.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Chapter 4: The Story of the Bald-Headed Man

Holmes, Watson, and Miss Morstan enter the ostentatiously-furnished apartment of Thaddeus Sholto, self-styled art collector and son of Major Sholto. Thaddeus Sholto is nervous, bald, and...