This unit of work is fantastic for introducing the crime genre and detective stories to KS3 students. It includes 18 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, exemplar answers, activities to exploit drama, debates, creative writing opportunities and short stories. This works well with a boy heavy group, who get very excited when they use the clues to solve the crimes before the ending is given away!
Lesson 1: An introduction to crime
Lesson 2: How writers use narrative hooks
Lesson 3: Crime Scene Investigation
Lesson 4: Captain Murderer by Charles Dickens
Lesson 5: Using Voice in Captain Murderer
Lesson 6: Writing feedback
Lesson 7: About His Person by Simon Armitage
Lesson 8: Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl
Lesson 9-11: The Darkness Out There by Penelope Lively
Lesson 12: The Trial of Mrs Rutter
Lesson 13: Perform and peer assess
Lesson 14: The Red Room by HG Wells
Lesson 15: Planning your own detective story
Lesson 16: Writing your own detective story
Lesson 17: Writing feedback and improvement
Lesson 18: Who killed Vic Timberlake?
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