The Red Room

The Red Room by HG Wells (PowerPoint, worksheets and overview)

The Red Room by H.G. Wells unit of work is made up of a 63-slide editable PowerPoint presentation, a five lesson overview, a copy of the story, and 9 worksheets. The resources contain a range of lessons, tasks and activities designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the literary context, plot, characters, language and themes of this widely C19th short story.

The Red Room by HG Wells teaching resources include a collection of activities for pupils of all abilities:

• A scheme of work overview with 5 four part lessons covering social, historical and literary context, plot, characters and language

• Analysis of the characters of the narrator and custodians

• Extension activities

• Cloze exercises and questions to consolidate knowledge and understanding

• Literary context understanding influences - the Gothic influence - activity and notes

• A copy of the text to display

• Analysing HG Wells’ use of language to build mood and suspense in the story

• Essay question with planning guidance

• 5 lesson unit of work overview

• A 63 slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)

• 9 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint slideshow

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