https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y Reader's Journal/ Chapter 1 en-us 2020-11-15 17:46:36 UTC 2021-12-05 19:23:25 UTC hello@padlet.com jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929765990 What are the key events?
Dr Watson returns to London after  serving overseas in the Afgan war and starts looking for  an inexpensive place to live.  In some time he bumps into his former colleague Stamford  who introduces  Dr Watson to Sherlock Holmes. They discuss Sherlock's shortcomings to determine their compatibility. They agree to meet and view an apartment on Baker street.

]]> 2021-12-05 17:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929765990 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929766359 What do we learn about the characters?
Dr Watson, an ex army doctor, objects to loud noises because of shaken nerves, gets up at all hours, and is “extremely lazy.”
Sherlock Holmes is well up in anatomy, a 1st class chemist , a man that it is easy to draw out but   can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him, has a passion for definite and exact knowledge.]]> 2021-12-05 17:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929766359 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929767430  What are the main themes of this chapter? 
British imperialism
stress from wartime experiences
loneliness 
people's  eccentricities
roommates]]> 2021-12-05 17:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929767430 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929767736  
to become convalescent/ a crony/to  go halves with   sb/ to amass with/ by no means/ shortcomings/in the dumps]]> 2021-12-05 17:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929767736 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929767923  ''I.....was therefore as free as air....''
''You are as thin as a lath and as brown as a nut.”
“It is not easy to express the inexpressible,”
as delighted as a child with a new toy]]> 2021-12-05 17:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929767923 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929768432  What have you learned about the world of the story? How does it compare with real life nowadays?  
How a chemical lab looked like in the 19th century]]> 2021-12-05 17:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929768432 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929768845 What do you think will happen next?
Sherlock Homes and Dr Watson will visit Baker Street and start renting a flat together. Sherlock will astonish his brand new flatmate with his deduction skills and they will start investigating cases together]]> 2021-12-05 17:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929768845 jelbrus https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929769513 Wars in Afganistan? How many wars have been  there? Who fought? Why?
Means of transport in the late 1800s in London
Chemical labs in the 19th century and the 21 st century]]> 2021-12-05 17:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jelbrus/oscg06fl68t4ch8y/wish/1929769513