The Woman in Black (PPT 3: Setting)

A fully-resourced sequence of lessons focusing on the setting of Eel Marsh House in The Woman in Black. (Follows on from my resources on 'The Woman in Black (PPT 2: Character)). Originally created for KS3 but easily adapted to higher abilities. This scheme uses extracts from the text but also works if reading the story as a whole.

Includes:

• A lesson on the description of Eel Marsh House as Arthur arrives focusing on how Hill builds tension through setting.
• EXT. activities/competitions to draw Eel Marsh House based on the description and a writing task imagining that they are Arthur Kipps, stepping into the house for the first time.
• A lesson exploring the pivotal moment Arthur’s beliefs in the supernatural begin to change after seeing the woman in black at the burial ground. Includes an Agony Aunt letter writing activity).
• Abridged extracts with included for differentation.