Jekyll and Hyde - Full Unit of Work for Higher Ability Students

This unit of work has been designed and delivered to high ability GCSE students. It begins by introducing students to contextual factors that influenced the creation and ideas of the novel, before taking a chronological approach to exploring each chapter. This exploration is completed through a variety of activities which highlight key parts needed for the exam, while also broadening students’ ability to analyse language and syntactic choices made by Stevenson. The unit ends with a lesson in which students create a visual tension graph of the novel to explore the ways ideas and tension are built across the text. There are also assessments provided throughout the unit, with the AQA mark scheme adapted into student friendly feedback sheets, as well as feedback stickers which can be used by students for peer and self assessment. An analysis support and challenge scaffold is provided with the writing opportunities of the unit. Finally, the final two lessons are based around revision of the context and novel which can be delivered at a later time after the completion of the unit.