A resource to support students' understanding of three key characters from The Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle. There are three grids for students to complete with information about Helen Stoner, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Roylott. Using a 'point, evidence, explain' structure, students complete the grids with key information about the Dr. Grimesby Roylott: Dr. Grimesby Roylott is a medical doctor who lived and worked for many years in the British colony of India. He now runs Stoke Moran, the broken-down estate of his once-wealthy family. Dr. Roylott is given to violent rages and is The speckled band!” and died. The sisters were in the habit of locking their doors and shuttering their windows—Roylott keeps a wild cheetah and baboon around the property as pets—so Julia’s death fully baffles Helen. By the time she comes to visit Holmes and Watson, Helen herself has become engaged The Adventure of the Speckled Band Vocabulary Words affected showed a liking for aperture opening averted turned away bile-shot eyes eyes whose whites are colored brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow blandly showing no concern or worry bramble-covered covered with prickly shrubs or bushes camp-bed folding bed clinched fists clenched fists
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Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Helen Stoner is the twin sister of Julia Stoner, who died under mysterious circumstances two years prior. Helen enters into the story when she comes to London to seek Holmes’s help in solving this case. The Stoner twins lived in adjacent bedrooms in the crumbling Stoke Moran Manor in rural Surrey, both of them in the The speckled band by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Publication date Topics Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction, Holmes, Sherlock, Readers -- , Readers Publisher Copenhagen: Aschehoug Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. 45 pages: 19 cm Sat BBC Radio 4 Extra. Sun BBC Radio 4 Extra The speckled band - summary. GCSE English. The speckled band. At the very beginning of the story, Dr. Watson introduces the case. He explains that he has only just been able to release details of this case because of the 'untimely death' of a lady to whom he vowed to keep the details secret. "It is perhaps as well that the facts should now come
The Adventure of the Speckled Band: Characterisation
A Sherlock Holmes Adventure: The Speckled BandThis tale ranks among the best of the Sherlock Holmes short stories and holds the eighth position in the compi THE SPECKLED BANDby Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes stories are perennially popular, and "The Speckled Band" is among the best. It was its author's personal choice, coming at the top of a list of 12 as "the grim snake story," "an echo of which" Doyle said could be found "in all parts of the world." The speckled band by Doyle, Arthur Conan, , author. Publication date Topics English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers, Readers for new literates, Readers -- , Anglais (Langue) -- Manuels pour allophones, Anglais (Langue) -- Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabétisés, English language, Readers The murder in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” takes place in a crumbling and isolated manor belonging to the once-noble Roylott family whose wealth is now gone. Although he is destitute, Dr. Roylott —the last remaining member of the Roylott family—still feels entitled to the life of an aristocrat in which he lives well without working. His greed Answer. The building was of gray, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. In one of these wings the windows were broken and blocked with wooden boards, while The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality The Adventure of the Speckled Band Arthur Conan Doyle. This text is provided to you “as-is” without any warranty. No warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, are made to you as to the text or any medium it may be on, including but not limited to warranties of merchantablity or fitness for a particular purpose Speckled Band and Masterpiece Mystrry (4 stars) S David H de Lorge. The current Sherlock series, with Benedict Cumberbatch, is making a bit of a hit. Tonight PBS had a ~5 minute feature of the the show's Twp producers (one of whomplays brother Mycroft). They were commenting on how entertaining the stories could be, even when, "like The