* The Speckled Band', 'Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Red-Headed League' and 'Silver Blaze'. * Manageable routes through with suggested assignments. * Approaches to individual stories; comparing stories; the context of the stories. * Focused activities on characterisation, writer's use of language, structure, setting and atmosphere, point of view and context. * Advice on planning, structuring and writing a comparative assignment with modelled paragraphs for a critical essay. * Ideas for an oral assessment of EN2/Literature; original writing coursework; activities that can be assessed for speaking and listening.