Jekyll & Hyde: society as the villain
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowedge of 'Jekyll and Hyde' from their first reading of the text and their first deep dive. Pupils use their knowledge of the characters, themes and settings, as well as their more nuanced understanding of Stevenson's techniques, to apply context thoughtfully and tentatively to their interpretations of the text. This prepares pupils for their next deep dive, 'The dark side of the Industrial Revolution', where they will further explore how the novella's context informs their interpretations.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the novella.
- Pupils know the main characters in the novella and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have a detailed understanding of how societal status is presented in the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the novella and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: light and dark and silence.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the novella to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative langauge to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of langauge or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowedge of 'Jekyll and Hyde' from their first reading of the text and their first deep dive. Pupils use their knowledge of the characters, themes and settings, as well as their more nuanced understanding of Stevenson's techniques, to apply context thoughtfully and tentatively to their interpretations of the text. This prepares pupils for their next deep dive, 'The dark side of the Industrial Revolution', where they will further explore how the novella's context informs their interpretations.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the novella.
- Pupils know the main characters in the novella and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have a detailed understanding of how societal status is presented in the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the novella and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: light and dark and silence.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the novella to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative langauge to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of langauge or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
Literature
Jekyll & Hyde: society as the villain
In this unit, pupils explore how the society the characters of 'Jekyll and Hyde' inhabit affects their interpretation of them. They first look at structure and the Gothic, before thinking carefully about how to use context. They then look at hypocrisy and write an essay about it in the novella.
7 lessons in unit
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