High Rise Mystery Unit KS3

**Full unit on the novel High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson **

• Aimed at Year 7
• 6 weeks worth of lessons (3 lessons a week,18 lessons in total)
• Includes a homework menu
• Includes summaries for each of the 62 chapters in case there is not enough time in the term to read the whole text

Unit Aims

• We will use the detective novel, High Rise Mystery
• We will read for pleasure
• We will unpick the plot with all its twists and turns
• We will look at structural techniques a writer uses (such as paratexts and epistolary form), how they help shape the plot and their effect on the reader
• We will ‘zoom in’ on the language choices a writer makes, considering how they help us picture the characters/events/locations and how they make us feel
• We will listen to the author’s top tips and use our understanding to write independently and creatively
• We will complete a weekly homework from a menu that offers reading, writing and creative choices