Grade 9 Jekyll and Hyde Gothic London Laboratory Settings Lesson

This lesson covers key Gothic Victorian settings and context for Jekyll and Hyde, an audience’s expectations, extensive analysis and questioning of various scenes and possible extracts, key quotes with grade 9 analysis notes, as well as a writing frame to support all students.

Key vocabulary, terminology, and paragraph structuring is included, as is an easy way to link all context fluidly into writing, and targets for students to use to mark and improve their own work.

QUOTE ANALYSIS PROVIDED FOR:
"a fog rolled over the city in the small hours”
“black winter morning”
"like rows of smiling saleswomen”

Key research is provided for:
The Gothic
The Uncanny
Gothic Monsters
Setting in Jekyll and Hyde

Suitable for many questions, including:
How is the setting of London presented in the novella?
How do the descriptions of the street and door create an unsettling atmosphere?
How does Stevenson use setting to build tension?