Jane Eyre - Setting Descriptions!

This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make precise interpretations regarding Charlotte Bronte’s use of language throughout setting descriptions in Jane Eyre. In particular, students analyse the language used in the descriptions of Lowood Institution and Thornfield Hall, considering the specific language techniques used and their desired effect upon the reader.

The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which students learn through:
Defining and exemplifying the descriptive writing techniques, through an interactive group activity;
Identifying the language techniques that Bronte uses in her description of Lowood and Thornfield;
Analysing the effectiveness of Bronte’s descriptive writing techniques;
Considering the importance of the names of settings in the novel;
Creating their own descriptions of settings, using Bronte’s model example, a structure strip, and the techniques that they have gathered over the course of the lesson;
Peer assessing each other’s learning attempts;

Included is:
Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive;
Descriptive devices cards;
Selected extracts (from chapters 4 and 11);
Settings structure strip;
Writing to describe helpsheet;
Comprehensive lesson plan.

There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. These resources were originally taught to GCSE students, but with subtle adaptations they have also been used with both younger and older (up to A Level) students. Worksheets are provided as word docs (so that you can edit) and PDFs (to protect formatting).

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