Jekyll and Hyde - Higher Ability Lesson Bundle - The Carrew Murder

The starter provides students with a range of facts which connect to one historic event: The Whitechapel Murders. They are asked how this might be linked to the novel. Students then consider how Jack the Ripper was linked to the novel by public imagination through the ‘The Illustrated Law Courts and Weekly Record’, with a challenge question which asks them to think about what this might reveal about Victorian reading habits. As a class, then read chapter 4, giving students responsibility for thinking about and finding evidence for one of the following 4 areas:

• Gothic Imagery
• Foreshadowing
• Moon Imagery and Mythology
• Duality
  Once reading of chapter 4 is complete, students explore two extracts from the chapter to consider the presentation of Mr Hyde and the description of Jekyll’s ransacked rooms. To consolidate, students write an analytical response to the following question: “a fog rolled over the city in the small hours…”: How does Stevenson create a dark / mysterious atmosphere in chapter 4?