'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring duplicity in a model essay
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use model responses to refine my own writing about ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’.
Key learning points
- A successful essay will have a clear overarching argument.
- Select main quotations and supporting quotations to support your overarching argument.
- Main quotations should be analysed; supporting quotations don’t need to be analysed.
Keywords
Trangressions - wrongdoings or offenses against rules or moral standards.
Clandestine - secretive or hidden, done in a concealed or sneaky way.
To harbour - to shelter or hide, providing a safe place for something.
Common misconception
All quotations in an essay require analysis.
Some quotations are useful for supporting your argument but do not require detailed analysis. These should embedded directly into pupils' sentences.
Teacher tip
If pupils have completed their own essay writing, you may wish them to compare their own essays to the success criteria created in learning cycle 1.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson for this lesson.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Depiction or discussion of serious crime
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What happens in Chapter 7 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?
Q2.In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which is the most nuanced interpretation as to why Stevenson makes the structural choices he does in the novella?
Q3.Which social class is presented as most hypocritical in 'Jekyll and Hyde'?
Q4.What is being described here: 'a detailed evaluation, expressing opinions on merits and faults'.
Q5.When writing an essay on 'Jekyll and Hyde', your quotations should....
Q6.When using context in an essay you should...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete this sentence: A successful essay will have a clear argument.
Q2.What can be used to support your explanation of a writer's method in an essay?
Q3.Which elements below contribute to a successful essay?
Q4.Match the different elements of an essay to their definition.
States the paragraph’s main idea and links to overarching argument.
Quotations which support your topic sentence, and require analysis
Quotations which support your topic sentence, but don’t need analysis
The final sentence of a paragraph which links to your topic sentence.
Q5.Which statements are true of supporting quotations?
Q6.Complete the sentence: When writing an essay you should always aim to link back to the writer's .
To help you plan your 10 English lesson on: 'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring duplicity in a model essay, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 10 English lesson on: 'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring duplicity in a model essay, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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