Temporary strike plate with locking features

A method of locking a door to a door frame wherein the door lacks an internal lock, the method comprising:

• opening a door hinged to a door frame;
• attaching a strike plate to a recess of the door frame, wherein the strike plate comprises an extension coupled thereto, the extension having a inner portion and an outer portion, the outer portion positioned for adjoining to the strike plate, the extension shaped for extending past the frame of the hinged door after installing the strike plate to the door frame, and a flexible elongate member attached to the outer portion of the extension, the flexible elongate member having a proximal terminus with a primary closed loop and a distal terminus with a terminal closed loop, wherein the primary closed loop is shaped for mating with the extension and the terminal closed loop is shaped for engaging with a lock;
• closing the door;
• wrapping the flexible elongate member around a laterally extending flange of a lever handle of the door;
• and
• locking the distal terminus of the flexible elongate member to at least one of the extension or to an intermediate portion of the flexible elongate member using the lock.

A door locking assembly comprising:

• a door frame having a recess;
• a door hinged to the door frame, wherein the door lacks an internal lock;
• a lever handle extending from the door, the lever handle having a laterally extending flange extending therefrom;
• a strike plate fastened to the recess of a door frame;
• an extension coupled to the strike plate, the extension having a inner portion and an outer portion, wherein the extension adjoins to the extension at its inner portion and extends past the door frame of the door;
• a lock;
• and
• a flexible elongate member which extends from the outer portion of the extension, the flexible elongate member having a proximal terminus with a primary closed loop and a distal terminus with a terminal closed loop, wherein the primary closed loop mate with the extension, wherein the terminal closed loop engages with the lock, and wherein the flexible elongate member wraps around the laterally extending flange of the lever handle when the door is closed and locks the distal terminus of the flexible elongate member to at least one of the extension or to an intermediate portion of the flexible elongate member using the lock.