Jekyll and Hyde - Higher Ability Lesson Bundle - The Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon

The lesson begins by considering an image to introduce / review the term ‘dramatic irony’, with a challenge questions asking students to explain how this technique is used by writers to build tension. Students then read chapter 6 ‘The Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon’, looking out for the following:

• When the reader knows something the characters do not
• When something happens that the reader doesn’t know about
• When the reader has unanswered questions
  Students then complete a short task which exemplifies the technique of ‘foreshadowing’ before analysing an extract from chapter 6 where they consider how dramatic irony and foreshadowing have been used by Stevenson to build tension. Finally, students identify key quotes from the chapter which have been used to create tension.