Tag: Sherlock Holmes

• Book Review: Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer

  What a delightful caper! Nancy Springer did it again, but perhaps this time she has upped her game. I enjoyed this newest of the Enola Holmes series the most of all. Take note, “gentle reader,” as Nancy calls us, you will need a dictionary to get the most enjoyment out of this book, just like…

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  May 8, 2023

  books, Essay

  Enola Holmes, private detective, Sherlock Holmes, Victorian Era

• The Adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  It’s halfway through the second quarter of the school year and I’ve finally reached my favorite part of 8th grade literature, the beginning of an extended unit on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First we read his short story, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”, which serves as a warm-up to third quarter when we take…

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  December 6, 2015

  Essay

  8th grade, A Study in Scarlet, Africa, Agatha Christie, Belgian Congo, Body of Proof, Bones, C. Auguste Dupin, Columbo, Dr. House, Dr. Joseph Bell, Dr. Watson, Edgar Allen Poe, England, Heart of Darkness, Hercule Poirot, Joseph Conrad, literature, Monk, Perry Mason, Psych, Queen Victoria, Rizzoli and Isles, Scotland, Sean Spencer, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, teaching, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Great Mouse Detective, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mentalist, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mysteries of Laura, Victorian Era, Vienna, Walt Disney

• Obsession: Calvin Klein Has Nothing on Me

  Obsession: ob·ses·sion (əbˈseSHən) noun; plural noun: obsessions; (1) the state of being obsessed with someone or something. Ex: “she cared for him with a devotion bordering on obsession”; (2) an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind. Ex: “he was in the grip of an obsession he was powerless to resist”.…

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  July 5, 2015

  Essay

  Anastasia, Aristotle Onassis, British Royal Family, Calvin Klein, Christina O, Downton Abbey, Faberge, Faberge eggs, Jeopardy, JFK, Kathleen Kennedy, Kennedy family, Lord Grantham, Obsession, Peter Carl Faberge, Prince Philip, Romanovs, Rosemary Kennedy, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Trivial Pursuit, Victorian Era