Nancy Timmins

Mary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street with a strange story to tell. Her father vanished ten years ago : four years later she received a beautiful pearl, and since then she has received a pearl every year. Now she has been invited to meet the sender of these pearls and asks Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson for their help. This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text.
As well as the story, this reader contains : wide range of activities practising the four skills ; FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 7) Dossiers : The British in India and The Andaman Islands Story recorded in full.