VIDEO: SHERLOCK HOLMES

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• A picture of Sherlock Holmes

• A picture of detectives today

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• A picture of teacher Arthur Conan Doyle

• A picture of author Arthur Conan Doyle

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• A forensic scientist

• A police officer

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• Someone investigating a crime

• Someone committing a crime

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• A prison where detectives practice

• A house where detectives practice

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• Someone checking a book for fingerprints

• Someone checking a door for fingerprints

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Piper: I love detective stories, and my (1) favorite character is Sherlock Holmes! Sherlock Holmes is probably the most (2) _____________ English detective, the star of hundreds of stories, TV shows and movies today. Detective stories are very (3) ________________ , but Sherlock Holmes was the first, the original storybook detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sold the (4)________________ Sherlock Holmes book in 1987, 130 ago. Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in 1959. At Edinburg University, he studied to be a doctor and a (5) ______________ . Conan Doyle used ideas from science and medicine when he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes was a character in a book – he wasn’t real. But Conan Doyle read news stories about real (6) ___________ and used them in his book. And sometimes, real police officers used ideas from Sherlock Holmes stories to catch the real (7) ________________ !

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Piper: I love detective stories, and my (1) favorite character is Sherlock Holmes! Sherlock Holmes is probably the most (2) _____________ English detective, the star of hundreds of stories, TV shows and movies today. Detective stories are very (3) ________________ , but Sherlock Holmes was the first, the original storybook detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sold the (4)________________ Sherlock Holmes book in 1987, 130 ago. Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in 1959. At Edinburg University, he studied to be a doctor and a (5) ______________ . Conan Doyle used ideas from science and medicine when he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes was a character in a book – he wasn’t real. But Conan Doyle read news stories about real (6) ___________ and used them in his book. And sometimes, real police officers used ideas from Sherlock Holmes stories to catch the real (7) ________________ !

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Piper: I love detective stories, and my (1) favorite character is Sherlock Holmes! Sherlock Holmes is probably the most (2) _____________ English detective, the star of hundreds of stories, TV shows and movies today. Detective stories are very (3) ________________ , but Sherlock Holmes was the first, the original storybook detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sold the (4)________________ Sherlock Holmes book in 1987, 130 ago. Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in 1959. At Edinburg University, he studied to be a doctor and a (5) ______________ . Conan Doyle used ideas from science and medicine when he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes was a character in a book – he wasn’t real. But Conan Doyle read news stories about real (6) ___________ and used them in his book. And sometimes, real police officers used ideas from Sherlock Holmes stories to catch the real (7) ________________ !

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Piper: I love detective stories, and my (1) favorite character is Sherlock Holmes! Sherlock Holmes is probably the most (2) _____________ English detective, the star of hundreds of stories, TV shows and movies today. Detective stories are very (3) ________________ , but Sherlock Holmes was the first, the original storybook detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sold the (4)________________ Sherlock Holmes book in 1987, 130 ago. Conan Doyle was born in Scotland in 1959. At Edinburg University, he studied to be a doctor and a (5) ______________ . Conan Doyle used ideas from science and medicine when he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes was a character in a book – he wasn’t real. But Conan Doyle read news stories about real (6) ___________ and used them in his book. And sometimes, real police officers used ideas from Sherlock Holmes stories to catch the real (7) ________________ !

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