The Remains of the Day

This unit contains everything you need to teach ‘Remains’ at Key Stage 5, and will save you hours of preparation time! It includes 26 lessons and is fully resourced with lesson PowerPoints, contextual information, essays, quizzes and opportunities for extract analysis. The page numbers refer to the Faber and Faber edition. This unit of work has been designed for the IB but is adaptable to fit other exam board specifications.

Lesson 1: Introduction to ‘Remains’
Lesson 2: Context
Lesson 3: Plot Review
Lesson 4: The Prologue
Lesson 5: Great Houses Research
Lesson 6: Introduction to Mr Stevens
Lesson 7: Stevens’ journey
Lesson 8: Englishness
Lesson 9:Essay planning
Lesson 10: Stevens and his father
Lesson 11: Miss Kenton’s letter
Lesson 12: Stevens’ father
Lesson 13: The Conference
Lesson 14: Mortimer’s Pond
Lesson 15:Guilt and Delusion
Lesson 16: Denials and Excuses
Lesson 17: Mis Kenton and Mr Stevens
Lesson 18: Comparing Key Scenes
Lesson 19: Democracy and Autocracy
Lesson 20: Stevens confronts reality
Lesson 21: Appearance and Reality
Lesson 22: Mrs Benn
Lesson 23: The End
Lesson 24: Stevens’ memories
Lesson 25: End of Unit Quiz
Lesson 26: Interview with Ishiguro