Introducing the Detective club rules- can be used to understand a text or as a stimulus for creative writing in this genre.

Brilliant 4 page story, can be used to show how to manipulate setting/structure/Language choices:KS4

A self-contained one-off lesson using a short piece of fiction to practice retrieval and PEPE questions. Can print resource from slides and read as class; model answers contained within so can peer/self=assess and green-pen easily. Ideal for Y5/Y6.

PPt containing links to popular Gothic cartoons/films: good as an introduction to common features and engaging for lower abilities.

Introducing what this technique is with a series of extracts for annotation.

Full lesson created for Y8 Higher ability, exploring writer's craft in character of Dr Roylott.

Full lesson looking at Gothic conventions in design, character and writing.

Series of links to various popular Gothic films/cartoons. Use as a whole lesson for students to observe and make notes of common features; good as an introduction and for lower ability classes.

An engaging series of riddles and problems for students to solve; used alongside detective stories/Sherlock Holmes' The Speckled Band.

Images of popular children's texts, use in a guess who style manner, great for developing questioning skills/character study.

Visual and potentially kinaesthetic lesson idea to teach sentence structure and word types; could be made into actual Lego blocks resource.

Slide by slide literacy tasks- could be used for lesson starters or in Form Time.

Variety of resources and lessons created for a middle ability Year 8 class; allows for plenty of reading time in class: produces a book review.

A short but detailed explanation of the influential factors on this author and his novella. Could be used as an extended homework resource/project or simply as is. Looks at other Literature/Science/Religion/Society and the Biblical allusions within the novella.

Brief but detailed resource exploring the contextual influences on H.G Wells’ writing. Can be used without addition or as a homework stimulus for further research.

Suitable for KS3 or KS4, a set of character images which can be cut out and used to create revision/quotation pages.

Generic poetry activity to encourage multiple interpretations via group work- no poems named so can fit any cluster/task.