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Following are the assignments for each member of the team, according to the list number:

List number 5 --Search for biography of the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and do a time line with the main events of his life. List number 6 --Do a sequence of events of the story.

**The Hound of the Baskervilles** =**Summary**  =  The story began in September when Watson and Holmes were eating breakfast and the bell rang. It was Dr. Mortimer from Devonshire that want to tell them about the suddenly and mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville that was about three months ago. He began talking about a story of Sir Hugo who also was a Baskerville and it had been killed by the hound in the moor. Then they went to look for Sir Henry Baskerville who was the only left of the Baskerville family. Holmes stayed in London to resolve another cases while Dr. Mortimer, Watson and Sir Henry went to the Baskerville Hall in Devonshire. When they were walking they saw somebody was looking at them they could though it was a Stapleton or Selden the prisoner that escaped. They saw that a man was been killed by a hound, he was wearing the same cloth as Sir Henry but it was Selden. The hound thought that was Sir Henry they think because of the smell of the cloths and everything. They meet also Mrs. Laura Lyons that wrote a card to Sir Charles before his death. The Stapletons asked Henry to go with them and have dinner wth them he agree and Holmes arrived and together with Dr. Mortimer and Watson can kill finally the hound at the end Mrs. Stapleton who was Mr. Stapletons bother s they were husbands not siblings. So Mrs. Laura Lyons and Mrs. Stapleton helped very much. At the end they get to the conclusion that why Sir Henry´s shoes one disappear is that he had a maid working for him the brought him a shoe so the hound can smell it and kill him. They also discover that the hound was not supernatural as they thought in the beginning his eyes were painted of phosphorus paint and he was certainly big. And that Mr. Stapleton was also a Baskerville and that’s why he wanted to kill everyone in that family to stay with all the fortune they had have for many generations.
 * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle**
 * Colegio San Patricio**

**Sequence of events**  The first thing happened in a September in 221B Baker Street in London. John Watson finished his breakfast and began reading newspaper. Sherlock Holmes was eating; when the bell rang, it was Dr. James Mortimer. He was a doctor from Devonshire. He began talking about the suddenly death three months ago of Sir Charles Baskerville. He also starts talking about the other Baskerville family. Then Dr. Mortimer was telling a story that happened to Sir Hugo Baskerville in 1640. It was about the things he does and how did he die. And it was of the Hound. They continue to discus about the sudden death of Sir Charles, he and his old family once they live in the Baskerville Hall. After that the Dr. told Holmes that near were was Sir Charles body they found footprints but they were not close to the body but they were fresh and clear, and they looked like a huge hound footprints. Later on they went to visit to Sir Henry hotel but he was angry because one of his shoes disappeared again. Watson, Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry went to the Baskerville hall. Sir Henry that night heard a very strange noise just like if it was a women crying, but Barrymore was surprise and he just tell that there were only 2 women, the maid that lives in the other side of the house and the other Mrs. Barrymore. After that Sir Henry discover that he was saying a lie. The next morning Sir Henry and Barrymore argued about Selden, an escaped prisoner. Then they found a letter that say ¨ Please, please, burn this letter, and be at the gate by ten o´clock. L.L.¨ Then they went to look to Mrs. Laura Lyons that lived in Newtown. She told many things about what had happened. Before they begin the search for the mysterious man on the moor, they meet the Stapleton’s. It began with Mrs. Stapletons that was Mr. Stapletons sister and they came to live here 2 years ago. Selden had been chase by the moor and was killed by the hound, he was wearing the cloths that Sir Henry was wearing that morning so they believe that it was him but not it was Selden. Then Sherlock came and try to help they went to talk again with Mrs. Laura Lyons and she told the truth. Then they put Sir Henry´s life in danger. They get to kill the hound and resolve the mystery story and all the conflict it was resolved.

List number 8 --Compare and contrast this novel with novel "The Treasure Island". Compare and contrast setting, characters, and plot. List number 11 --Investigate a similar, real crime. Write a summary and document it, like when and where it happened. If you can find links, add them. List number 19 --Imagine you're the author, how would you change the end of the story? Write at least 100 words.

**A New Ending ** Sir. Henry was killed by the hound and Stapleton was the new owner of the house. Stapleton had gone to the old house, before the fog had caught him. Watson and Holmes were helping the wife of Stapleton because she was really bad by taking her to the nearest hospital. In the old house there was a boat waiting for Stapleton. He went to the port and took a ship to South America. Later he will come back to claim the house. This was the first case in the one that they didn’t found the truth. Three months later Stapleton came to the house and claimed it, but he didn´t get back with her wife because he had made very bad things.

**The Hound of the Baskervilles ** This case begins in London, when Dr. Mortimer came to see Holmes and Watson. Dr. Mortimer tells them about the case of the hound of the Baskervilles. He told them about how everything began with Sir. Hugo, and then about how did Sir. Charles died. He told that Sir. Charles had died because of his hearth. The next person that was the owner of the lands was Sir. Henry. The three persons in the room thought that Sir. Henry was in danger because of the hound that could attack again. The next day Dr. Mortimer came with Sir. Henry to talk about the hound and other things. They said that the moor was where the hound was attacking. When leaving, Watson and Holmes saw someone chasing Dr. Mortimer and Sir. Hugo, they didn´t know a lot of that man, only that he had a beard that Holmes thinks that is false. Later, when reached the house of Sir. Henry, they talked about the death of Sir. Charles. Later, Holmes said that he needed to work in another thing because he didn´t found very interesting the case. When Watson was alone with Sir. Henry they went to see Stapleton. In there they find him catching butterflies and his sister. Then, Watson went with Laura Lyons, she told her that she was seeing with Stapleton. All of the information Watson had found he sent it to Holmes. One day Watson went to the moor, and found some little houses, he waited to see who was behind all these. Later, Holmes came and talked, they said that the sister of Stapleton was his wife, and why did Laura was seeing him. After talking they heard someone screaming, they ran to the place where the sound was coming and found the prisoner that had escaped dead. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then they hide, near the house of Stapleton, the fog was coming and then Sir. Henry came out of the house and the hound of the Baskervilles was chasing him. Watson and Holmes both shot the dog. Then they went to the house and find the wife of Stapleton with her skin of color black and blue. She said that he went to the old house, but that they couldn’t go because of the fog. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The next day they found that Stapleton was dead. He used the legend of the hound to obtain the house of the Baskervilles, because he was part of the family, but with another name. He told to Laura to send a message saying to Sir. Charles to wait outside for her, but she didn´t go. The hound went instead and as Sir. Charles was very weak of the heart he died when he saw the hound covered with phosphorous paint. He was planning to do the same with Sir. Henry.