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Lucy and Henry’s investigations - The blue stone adventure
Product: Book
Trim size in cm: 20x27cm
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9788859035909
Publication date: 01/05/2024
Suitable for: Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)
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Lucy Holmes and Henry Watson are looking for clues that can help them solve the mystery of the blue stone. Through reading this intriguing story and many captivating challenges, children aged 8 to 10 will be able to improve their comprehension skills of the written text… and help the two protagonists solve the riddle!
Lucy Holmes and Henry Watson are the protagonists of the series of workbooks Text Comprehension… in crime designed to help primary school children improve their ability to understand written text. Since they are direct descendants of the famous Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. John H. Watson, the series offers some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous stories, revisited and enriched with many captivating challenges.
Practice reading
The volume aims to give children practice in situations that require more in-depth and reflective reading, leading to an understanding based on inferences and deductions, which is fundamental for solving the proposed puzzles. In particular, the puzzles are designed to stimulate the fundamental components of the comprehension process through activities that refer to the 10 skill areas involved in text comprehension indicated by Professor Rossana De Beni and Professor Cesare Cornoldi of the University of Padua.
By framing the QR-codes in the book with your smartphone, it will be possible to listen to the audio tracks with the narration of the story.
To fully enjoy reading a text, an experienced reader must be able to understand in depth the nuances and implicit information.
THE SERIES
The series Mini Mysteries on Text Comprehension – Lucy and Henry’s investigations, aimed at children in the last two years of primary school, has as its protagonists Lucy Holmes and Henry Watson, the descendants of Sherlock Holmes and his right hand man Doctor Watson from some famous adventures born from the imagination of the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories in the series have been adapted in a modern way and optimized to be suitable for children in the fourth and/or fifth grades of primary school. They are intended to offer children fun stories and stimulating puzzles in order to practice a playful understanding of the text.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUME
Each volume in the series features an engaging story complete with many puzzles to solve, designed to enhance reading skills:
Each volume presents the text on the left pages, and the riddle to be solved on the right pages
The solutions can be found at the end of the volume
Fun stickers complete the enjoyment
THE VOLUMES IN THE SERIES
Lucy and Henry’s investigations - The Red-Hair League
Lucy Holmes and Henry Watson are called to investigate the dissolution of the Red-Hair League, and soon discover that, behind the history of this bizarre and extravagant association, hides a cunning criminal plan. And they will do everything in their power to unveil it.
By reading the story and carrying out the proposed activities, children from 8 to 10 years old will be able to improve their understanding of written text.
Leaf through the cards which have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:
THE AUTHORS
Enrico Angelo Emili works as an associate professor in Didactics and Special Pedagogy at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. He carries out his research in the field of special educational needs, accessible literature, inclusive teaching and assistive technology.
Luciana Lenzi worked for decades in schools as a teacher and alongside the school as a tutor and pedagogical coordinator of after-school activities and learning centers. She has created educational materials trying to overcome the "exclusively for some" in favour of "inclusive for all." She has written books and done training for schools, MIUR and the University of Bologna (Master of psycho-pedagogy and teaching of DSA). She has a degree in Education.
Emanuele Rosada After graduation, he worked as a learning tutor in after-school and educational centers. As a consultant, he contributed to the creation of teaching materials with Luciana Lenzi and Enrico Angelo Emili.
Lucy and Henry’s investigations - The blue stone adventure
Lucy Holmes and Henry Watson will have to investigate the case of Mr. Baker, who, during the late evening of a London Christmas, is attacked by a group of scoundrels and, in the scuffle, loses a hat and a goose. As always, a series of situations will lead our heroes to investigate the hidden underworld meanderings of the human mind. Children aged 8 to 10 will help the two protagonists solve the riddle by carrying out many activities to enhance their ability to understand the written text.
Leaf through the cards which have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation of the product:
THE AUTHORS
Enrico Angelo Emili works as an associate professor in Didactics and Special Pedagogy at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. He carries out his research in the field of special educational needs, accessible literature, inclusive teaching and assistive technology.
Luciana Lenzi worked for decades in schools as a teacher and alongside the school as a tutor and pedagogical coordinator of after-school activities and learning centers. She has created educational materials trying to overcome the "exclusively for some" in favour of "inclusive for all." She has written books and done training for schools, MIUR and the University of Bologna (Master of psycho-pedagogy and teaching of DSA). She has a degree in Education.
Emanuele Rosada After graduation, he worked as a learning tutor in after-school and educational centers. As a consultant, he contributed to the creation of teaching materials with Luciana Lenzi and Enrico Angelo Emili.
