The Perfect Murder

We have done an introduction to Jeffrey Archer.

The BBC has compiled a lot of information about him. Here 

is the link.

The question is who is Jeffrey Archer?

Archer can be compared with the characters in his own stories. We will watch the three short clips to give you an idea about what I mean (sorry about the quality of the pictures!)
To make life easier here is a short document telling a bit about the life of Jeffrey Archer.

Our second story in the book of short stories called "A Twist in the Tale" is The Perfect Murder.
Your homework for  Friday is to do the following two worksheets:-
1. Some general questions about the story 
2. As I explained before Christmas each story has a theme and an area of vocabulary.
In the case of The Perfect Murder many words are to do with the judiciary (rättsväsandet).
I want you to complete this worksheet .


If you would rather work on paper there are hard copies of the worksheets available


The interesting thing about the story is the fact that it is quite autobiographical.
There are many parallels between the narrator in the story and Jeffrey Archer.
Try to find three parallels.

This Friday we will continue with the Uganda project.

Until next Tuesday I would like you to read "Clean Sweep Ignatius" which is a very short story about corruption in Nigeria.

Finally- a bit of fun!

One day you’re standing in the line of the school cafeteria when suddenly you hear a deep voice behind you speaking:

”Hey, you! There’s a contract out on that English teacher Mike.

There’s a hundred thousand Swedish crowns in it for you if you waste him.”

”What?”

”You heard- a hundred thou to wipe him out”.

”How interesting” you think and get a group of friends together to plan the perfect murder.

Present your plan for the others…..

Are you a good detective ?

Try out your hand at www.mysterynet.com

There's even a twist section!