Hi, I'm Mr. Buckingham, and it's really lovely to see you here for today's lesson.

Now, we're going to be looking at one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories today and taking on a role from this story in some role play.

I think you're going to really enjoy it, so let's make a start.

Today's lesson is called Exploring a Fictional Mystery in the Victorian Era, and it comes from a unit called, "Sherlock Holmes, Descriptive and Letter Writing." By the end of today's lesson, we'll be able to summarise the key events of a mystery based on a journalistic report and empathise with a character from the report.

So in this lesson, we're going to be reading a fictional news report based on a real Sherlock Holmes story, "The Hound of the Baskervilles," ready to write in role to Sherlock Holmes as one of the characters from the story and from the report.

You'll find the news report in the additional materials for this lesson, and I'll be reading aloud to you as well.

Here are our keywords for today's lesson.

My turn, your turn.

Journalistic report, inference, mystery, summarise and empathise, well done.

So a journalistic report is a report from a newspaper or a magazine, it's a news report.

The inference is a conclusion drawn from information and evidence in a text.

A mystery is a puzzle or problem that requires solving, and when we summarise, we pull out the key information and ideas from the text.

When we empathise, we're getting inside a character's head.

So let's look at our lesson outline for today.

We're going to start off by reading and understanding a journalist report based on the Sherlock Holmes story, "Hound of the Baskervilles." Then we'll move on to summarising that report and empathising with a character from the report and from the story.

So we're going to be writing our own letter to Sherlock Holmes based on a fictional mystery, and we'll take on the role of one of the characters in the story and write to Sherlock Holmes in role.

But first we're going to read a fictional journalistic report, a newspaper article about that mystery.

And the journalistic report tells of a mystery set on Dartmoor in Devon, a county in Southwest England.

And Dartmoor, you can see in the picture, is kind of a wild bleak moorland and it can be very bleak and desolate, particularly in bad weather.

And that's the setting for the story, "The Hound of Baskervilles," which is the basis for the journalist report we're going to read.

So before we read the report, let's look at some vocabulary it contains.

It contains the word reignite.

If you reignite something, you're bringing it back to life.

For instance, you might reignite a flame if it's gone out.

Plaguing means affecting badly.

If you've been plagued by bad dreams, you've suffered from them from a long time.

Foul play can refer to a human having harmed someone.

If we said someone died due to foul play, it might suggest they could have been killed on purpose.

If you fuel rumours, you're making people believe them.

So you're adding fuel to the fire of those rumours.

And if something is demonic, it's like a demon.

It's really evil or unpleasant.

Your ancestors, I'm sure you know, are the family that came before you.

And the heir to an estate is the person who inherits it when the previous owner dies.

So an estate could be the land you live on or the home you have.

When you die you can't keep that obviously, so it passes to your heir.

And also that might be true of a title.

If you're the Lord of a manor, when you die, someone else will inherit that title.

If something is satisfactory, it is good enough.

And a superstition is a belief in something supernatural.

So if you believe in luck and fate, you might be considered superstitious.

That would be the adjective to describe someone who believes in superstitions.

So now let's listen to the journalistic report about the event in "The Hound of Baskervilles," and you can find it in the additional materials for this lesson.

So this fictional journalist report, a news article, is based on the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Hound of Baskervilles," which was published in 1902.

Let me read it to you.

"Mysterious death on Dartmoor "stirs Baskerville curse rumours.

"The moors of Devon have been shaken "by a mysterious and unsettling event "that has reignited age old rumours "of a curse plaguing the Baskerville family.

"Sir Charles Baskerville, a well-respected gentleman, "was found dead in bizarre circumstances "near his home, Baskerville Hall.

"The local community and authorities "are puzzled by the incident, "with details surrounding his death sparking intense fear.

"Sir Charles was discovered "in the early hours of the morning by a local farmer, "lying near the entrance to his estate.

"Despite the absence of any visible injuries "that would suggest foul play, "the expression of terror on Sir Charles's face "and the reports of strange sounds heard on the night "of his death have fueled rumours that the legendary Hound "of the Baskerville is more than just a family myth.

"'The air was filled with a sound not of this earth, "'a howling that chills the bone.

"'It was the Hound, mark my words,'" "said, Mrs. Agnes Morton, a longtime resident of the area.

"'No one can convince me otherwise.

"'That poor man, Sir Charles, "'was terrified of the legend of the Hound.

"'And now it seems it's claimed him.

' "The legend of the Hound, "which dates back to the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "tells of a demonic hound "that haunts the Baskerville line, "seeking revenge for the sins of their ancestor.

"This terrifying tale, combined with the unexplained nature "of Sir Charles's death, "has left the local people petrified.

"Local police have conducted a thorough investigation, "but they have yet to provide a satisfactory explanation "for Sir Charles's death.

"The only evidence is a set "of footprints found near Sir Charles's body, "which are described by witnesses "as larger than any dog's prints should be, "suggesting an animal of enormous size.

"The heir to the Baskerville estate, "Sir Henry Baskerville, Sir Charles's nephew, "who had been living overseas, arrived home yesterday "to take ownership of Baskerville Hall.

"However, the sinister nature of his uncle's death "has cast a shadow over his return "and many locals fear for his life.

"As rumours continue to swirl around the moors of Devon, "the question remains, is the legend of the Hound "of the Baskerville simply an outdated superstition "or does it explain the untimely death of Sir Charles? "For now, the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles "lingers as impenetrable as the fog "that often envelops the moor." Okay, now you've heard the report, can you decide if these statements are true or false? And I'd like you to correct any statements which you think are false with the accurate information.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done, good job.

So A says the dead man was Sir Henry Baskerville.

That is, well done, false.

The dead man was Sir Charles Baskerville.

Sir Henry Baskerville is still alive.

The police have been unable to explain the death, that's true.

C says, no one heard anything unusual on the night of the death.

That's false, local people heard strange sounds including a howl.

And D says there were no signs of injury on the body.

That is true, really well done if you've got those.

You really understood that story.

Now let's see if you can put these events in chronological order based on the journalist report, starting with number one.

Remember chronological order means time order.

So start with number one as the event that came first, all the way up to number four, the last event.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done, good job.

I bet you notice that the first event is the local people hearing those howls.

Number two would be that Sir Charles's body was found with no signs of injury.

Number three would be that the police have failed to explain the death.

And finally, Sir Charles, Sir Henry, sorry, has arrived at Sir Baskerville Hall, Sir Charles has died and Sir Henry, his nephew, has now taken that title.

He is the heir to Baskerville Hall and he's arrived to claim his inheritance.

So we can make some inferences about people and events from a journalist report above and beyond what's been told to us so we can work out some extra details about them based on what's inside the text.

So let's look at this sentence, "Sir Charles Baskerville, "a well-respected gentleman, "was found dead under bizarre circumstances "near his home, Baskerville Hall." Well, the word sir and gentleman and the fact that he lives in a hall with a name allow us to infer that this is a wealthy person who might have some power, some influence in the local area.

So possibly Sir Charles was one of the most important people in that local area where he lived.

Let's look at another paragraph, "The legend of the Hound, "which takes back to the wicked Hugo Baskerville, "tells of a demonic hound that haunts the Baskerville line, "seeking revenge for the sins of their ancestor." So here we can infer that Hugo Baskerville must have done some bad things.

He's described as wicked and it says that the Hound is out for revenge for the sins of the Baskervilles' ancestor, which is Hugo.

So Hugo must have done something very bad if this Hound is apparently seeking revenge for those things.

So you've worked out something else other than was just told to us in the text and that is making an inference.

So what inferences can we make from this passage? Pause the video and see if there's anything else you can work out that isn't just told to us in this piece of text.

Have a good.

Well done, good job.

So maybe you said that we can infer that many people in the local area are saying that Sir Charles has been killed by the Hound of the Baskervilles, which people believe is not just a myth but a real creature.

We can tell that because it says that it has fueled rumours that the Hound of the Baskervilles is more than just a myth, that suggests people in the area are talking about it as if it must be real.

And we could also infer that local people believe that that expression of terror on Sir Charles' face came from seeing the Hound before he died.

It wasn't just normal fear, it was fear relating to the Hound.

Now, those inferences may or may not be correct, but they're reasonable inferences based on the information we see in the report.

Really well done if you made some similar inferences, good job.

So let's think about this, what makes this story a mystery? What unanswered questions are there about this situation? Pause video and think what needs to be explained here? What unanswered questions are there about this situation of Sir Charles' death? Pause the video and have a think.

Well done, good thinking.

So maybe you said, well, we need to know how did Sir Charles die? Was it just natural causes or was something else involved? We need to know is the Hound real or just mythical? If the Hound is real, why has no one reported seeing it? Did the Hound kill Sir Charles? And if so, how without leaving any marks? Is it safer Sir Henry to be at Baskerville Hall or is he at risk in the Hound as well? And if the Hound isn't real, then where did the footprint and the howl come from? So there's lots and lots of unanswered questions that make this a mystery.

At the end of that news report, we're still left with all these questions that are puzzles that are mysterious and that's where Sherlock Holmes is going to come in.

So let's do our first task assessment.

We're going to do some role play.

So this is a talk task.

We are going to imagine we are Sir Henry Baskerville, the new owner of Baskerville Hall, and a journalist turns up at Baskerville Hall to talk to you about what has happened.

So we're going to be talking to each other in this task.

So in pairs, I'd like you to take on the roles of Sir Henry Baskerville and the journalist.

If you're at home, you could ask an adult to take on the role of the journalist and you could be Sir Henry or you could try and play both roles yourself.

So in role you're going to ask and answer questions.

The journalist might want to ask questions like this, what do you believe happened to Sir Charles? How do you feel about the police's handling of the matter? Do you feel safe at Baskerville Hall? Do you believe the Hound is real? How is the local community reacting? And I bet journalists, you can come up with some ideas of your own as well.

So pause the video and have a go at acting in role as the journalist or Sir Henry, have a go.

Really good job, well done.

So here are some of the responses we might have heard from Sir Henry.

Maybe he said, "It looks to me "as though Sir Charles died of terror.

"So we must find out what scared him so much." Maybe he said, "The local police have tried their best, "but I'm afraid, I think they "may need help from outside the area." He might have said, "The local people are petrified, "they've even started locking their doors at night.

"I need to reassure them that they are safe." And finally maybe he said, "Frankly, no, I don't feel safe.

"Someone's scared Sir Charles to death, but I may be next." So I've tried to show there some of the feelings Sir Henry might have based on the story and some of the responses maybe he would give to the journalist.

Really well done for doing that role play so well.

Okay, so now we've understood that report, we're going to move on to summarising it and empathising with Sir Henry some more.

So we now have the context for our letter to Sherlock Holmes.

We are going to write to Sherlock Holmes in role as Sir Henry Baskerville, asking for his help in investigating this mystery.

Who killed Sir Charles or how did Sir Charles die? So why might Sir Henry do this? Why would he want Sherlock's help with this case? Pause the video and have a chat with the person next to you or have a thing on your own.

Well done, good thinking.

So there are many reasons Sir Henry might want to ask Holmes for help.

Maybe he wants to know how his uncle died and if he is safe, he might want to know if the Hound is real.

The local police, as we know, have not been able to give any answers.

So he wants someone to provide those answers and he wants to reassure the local people that they're safe by solving this mystery of the Hound once and for all.

Remember if he's the Lord of Baskerville Hall, that he's going to be an important local person and he feels responsible towards the local area and wants to make sure that people feel safe living there.

So our letter is going to include several different sections as we write in role as Sir Henry to Sherlock Holmes.

We'll start with an introduction where we explain what has happened.

Then we'll give a first paragraph where we give one reason Holmes should help and then we'll give another reason Holmes should help in a separate paragraph.

And finally we'll make a conclusion where we try and persuade Holmes that he must help us to solve this mystery.

So in that introduction, we'll have to summarise what has happened very briefly.

Now we've only got a paragraph.

So we cannot give a long detailed explanation like we saw in the journalist report.

We're going to have to be brief, and remember a summary is brief because it only includes the key points of some events.

So what do you think are the key points of the journalistic report? Pause the video and talk your partner.

Well done, great ideas.

We'll share some more of those in a minute.

So which of the following are points we would include in a summary of the key points of this story? Pause the video and decide which of these would be included in your summary.

Have a go.

Well done, good job.

So A says that Sir Charles Baskerville was found dead with no signs of injury next to some huge dog prints.

That is really key, isn't it? I would definitely include that.

B says Agnes Morton heard a bone-chilling howl.

Well, it might be important that the howl was heard, but the fact that it was Agnes Morton who heard it isn't particularly important.

So I wouldn't include that one.

It's important to say that Sir Charles Baskerville was your uncle because Sherlock Holmes needs to know how you link into this story.

If you were just a random stranger, it wouldn't be a very persuasive letter, would it? Because we need to know what's the relationship between Sir Charles and Sir Henry, which is us in this case writing the letter.

And D says local people are concerned the death is linked to the legendary Hound of the Baskervilles.

That's an important detail because otherwise it might appear that he just was a normal dog that's scared Sir Charles to death.

But the fact that there's this legend adds another layer which is really important for Holmes to know.

So I think those three points are really important parts of our summary.

Really well done if you spotted those.

So can you explain why now? Why are each of the following points important to include in a summary of this case in our persuasive letter? What makes each of these points such an important one? Pause the video and have a go at explaining that.

Well done, good job.

So why is it important to mention that Sir Charles had a terrified expression? Well, that allows Holmes to know there's something suspicious about the death.

There's something strange going on here.

It wasn't just a normal death, there's something unusual.

Why is it important to know there are huge dog prints? Well, so that Holmes knows there's some evidence of a large dog.

It's not just completely a myth.

There's some evidence that this might be real.

And C says that there is a local legend about a demonic hound.

Why is that important? Well, it's important so that Holmes knows why those dog prints are significant.

So together those two pieces of information, the legend and the fact that dog prints were found, link together, don't they? To make those really important points.

Really well done if you manage to explain those well.

So let's do the first part of our second task for this lesson.

I'd like you to write a short summary of the case using no more than three bullet points.

You don't need to write in full sentences.

And I'd like you to write in the first person using I or my, and I'd like you to include only the key information you believe Holmes should know.

So look back at the journalistic report, the news report if you need to.

And here's a word bank to help you.

We've got hound, legendary, dog prints, Baskervilles, demonic, and unexplained.

You don't have to use those words, but they may help you out.

So no more than three bullet points in the first person telling Holmes the most important facts of this case.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done, really good job.

Here's an example of a summary of the case you could have written.

I could have written, "My uncle Sir Charles Baskervilles found dead "with expression of terror on face." Notice I'm using notes, not complete sentences.

Then I've said, "No signs of injury.

"Huge dog prints next to body," and, "Local people believe linked "to legendary demonic Hound of Baskervilles." So in just three bullet points there, I've told Holmes all the most important facts of this case.

I'm sure you did something similar as well.

Now could you try saying this out loud as complete sentences? Does it work, does it flow together? And are you telling Holmes all the key points? Pause the video and try and say your notes back as complete sentences to see if they work, have a go.

Well done, really good job.

So the rest of our letter is going to be focused on persuading Holmes to help.

In the introduction, we will be giving a summary as we've just practised of the case, but the rest of the paragraphs will be persuasive.

So we've got an introduction, talk about what happened, then we'll have our paragraph one, giving the first reason Holmes should help, then we'll give the second reason he should help, and then a conclusion, really trying to persuade him once and for all that he needs to come and help us solve the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

So to do this, we're going to need to think about the reasons Sir Henry will give for wanting Holmes to investigate.

And to do that, we're going to have to empathise with Sir Henry, put ourselves inside his head.

And if you empathise with someone, you are trying to understand their feelings and their perspectives.

So what might Sir Henry's main feelings be when he arrives at Baskerville Hall after the death of Sir Charles and what thoughts might be in his head? Pause the video and see if you can empathise with Sir Henry and think about what might be his feelings and what might be his thoughts, have a go.

Well done, really good job.

So maybe some of his feelings will be this, confusion, he might be thinking what scared his uncle and was it the Hound? He might have fear, is he at risk of death? And frustration, why can't the police help with this? He might also have some concern for the local people.

They're upset and he wants to help them.

What about his thoughts? Well, he'll be thinking it's ridiculous how unhelpful the police have been perhaps.

If I can't make the community feel safe, people might move away.

Or I'll never be comfortable living here until this mystery is solved because he might feel in danger from the Hound himself.

Really well done if you came up with some similar feelings and thoughts, we've empathised with Sir Henry and his position at this point in the story.

So in order to be most persuasive, we want to include the best reasons why Holmes should investigate.

I wonder if you can rank these reasons from most important to least important.

Which of these are the most important reasons Holmes should investigate and which are the least important reasons he should investigate? Pause the video and have a think.

Now, we might disagree about this question.

You could have a different ranking to someone else, but we might agree that B and C are particularly important.

B says to ensure no one else dies and C says to make sure the community feels safe.

Those are obviously two really important reasons why this mystery needs solving.

People are very scared because they believe the Hound may be real and there's a risk, isn't there? If the Hound is real, then it could kill again.

And if the Hound isn't real, then who's responsible for Sir Charles's death? Could someone else be responsible, which isn't the Hound? All of those questions need resolving quite urgently.

So these are two really persuasive reasons why Holmes could investigate.

Okay, now that's trying to empathise with Sherlock Holmes instead.

So can you explain why each of these reasons to investigate might be persuasive to him? So pause the video and think what makes each of these a persuasive reason from Holmes' perspective, why he should investigate the mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

Pause the video and have a think.

Well done, good thinking.

So A says to ensure no one else dies.

Why is that persuasive? Well, this will make Holmes think that it's an important case worth investigating.

Human life is at risk so he could make a big impact if he solves this.

B says, to make the community feel safe.

Well, this will make Holmes understand that it's about more than one person.

It's about a whole area feeling scared and anxious.

So that means there's lots of people whose lives could be improved if he can solve the mystery.

And finally, C says, because the police are not helpful.

Well, this will make Holmes think he has a chance to beat the police and show off his superior detective skills by showing that he can solve a mystery which has left them stumped.

So all of these reasons will be very persuasive for Holmes.

Really well done for empathising with him so well.

So let's do our final part of our task for this lesson.

I'd like you to write a list of the three best reasons why you think Holmes should investigate the case.

You don't need to write in full sentences again, and I want you to make sure you're picking the reasons that are going to be most persuasive to Holmes.

And remember to think like Sir Henry, what is he worried about? You could start each reason with so that, because or to ensure.

So you're kind of saying, I would like you to investigate so that this, I would like you to investigate because this, I need you to investigate to ensure this happens or that this does not happen.

So pause the video and see if you can write your list of three really good reasons why you think Holmes should investigate this case.

Well done, really good job.

So here's an example of some reason Sir Henry could give for asking Holmes to investigate the case.

Maybe he could say so that no one else dies, so that the community feels safe, so that the mystery of the Hound can be solved once and for all because the police have failed to act.

And we can try and cover all these reasons in our letter, even though we're having just two paragraphs of reasons.

It will still work.

We'll just have to work hard to combine these together into those paragraphs.

So really good job at giving those really key reasons why we think Holmes should investigate this serious mystery of the Hound of the Baskervilles, great work.

So let's summarise our learning in this lesson.

We've learned that a journalistic report can be written about a crime and we can infer information from this report about people's concerns and worries.

We've learned that we can take on roles to help us empathise with people who are involved in the report.

We learned that if we want to write a letter persuading Sherlock Holmes to help solve a mystery, we need to summarise the mystery before we give key reasons why he should help.

And we've learned that we can write in note form to record these ideas.

Okay, we are now beginning to become prepared to write a letter to Sherlock Holmes because we've learned what mystery we're basing it on and we've thought about the key issues within that mystery and the key reasons why we might want Holmes to investigate.

You've done a fantastic job in this lesson and I'd love to see you again in a future one, goodbye.