Students extract evidence from 'The Speckled Band' in order to create a Police Report on the key suspects in the story.

Lesson developed to help pupils understand The Speckled Band through the retrieval of information and creation of a crime scene report on Stoke Moran. Pupils are encouraged to assess the effectiveness of examples before creating there own.

Two lessons focusing on the character analysis of Dr Roylott and Helen Stoner using extracts from 'The Speckled Band' focusing on inference and analysis skills

Two lessons introducing the topic of descriptive writing using Sherlock Holmes text as a stimulus, alongside an image of a crime scene.

Three lessons developed to enhance descriptive writing skills. Include lessons based on descriptions of characters and setting, incorporating peer assessment, group work and independent up-leveling techniques.

An introduction to the context and character of Sherlock Holmes through analysis of three different adaptations of the character. Lessons are

8 lessons on teaching Tess of the d'Uberville at AS level developed after a AQA training course in Yorkshire. Includes differentiated activities, introduction to tragic conventions, independent research projects, self assessment progress counters, links to Romanticism and social context.