Sherlock Holmes Short Story Study

Weebly Page Due: April 12

Comments on Weebly Page Due: April 17

1) Select your short story from the list of available titles

2) Obtain a copy of your short story from the itsLearning webpage
3) You must annotate your paper.
a. Use a software on your computer to annotate on the pdf
Ideas of way to annotate your pdf digitally
o OneNote
o Notes HD
b. Annotations should draw attention to key information about witnesses,
suspects, evidence, crime committed, etc. to assist yourself in
completion of the project
4) Create a character list
a. On the character list
All characters named
Description of characters (if provided)
Important information about characters (if provided)
b. Provide cartoon characters for your individuals
Ideas of locations to create characters:
o http://www.weeworld.com/
o http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
o http://www.voki.com/
o USE CHARACTERS FROM BELOW COMIC/ANIMATION
5) Create an evidence list
a. On the evidence list
Identify the evidence provided THROUGHOUT the story (not just the
evidence that lead to the determination of the culprit)
Connect to suspects (if possible)
b. To increase your project to exceeding the standards (and getting a
better score), provide a graphic to organize this information
Ideas of locations to create graphic
o https://www.canva.com
o https://www.picmonkey.com/design
o https://piktochart.com/
o https://www.easel.ly/
6) Summarize your story or crime using a comic strip or animation
a. You should include
Important characters
The overall crime & result
Who did it & how
b. This can be completed from the viewpoint of the perpetrator, Sherlock
Holmes, or an outsider
Ideas of locations to create comics
o https://www.pixton.com
 o http://www.toondoo.com/
o http://www.storyboardthat.com/
Ideas of locations to create animations
o https://www.powtoon.com/
o https://goanimate.com/
7) Create a weebly free account
a. Provide Mrs. Jones your e-mail to provide you access to modify the
weebly website
b. Add a page under the appropriate book for YOUR short story
c. Upload your materials to the weebly page you made
d. This should be polished and professional for maximum credit
Typos and non-visually pleasing are items that denote NOT polished
and professional
8) Look through 2 other projects providing feedback
Acknowledge something your peer said about their story
Build on their story by comparing it with your own short story
Conclude with your take away from their short story