English

Y9 English

Key Stage 3

Year 9

The Short Story

In this lesson, we are going to begin exploring short stories through the modernist writer, Virginia Woolf. We will practise our reading and comprehension as we read and begin to explore themes, characters and setting in her ghost story, 'A Haunted House'.

Reading for meaning: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

In this lesson, we will explore some of the structural choices that make the short story, 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf so effective. We will recap the key events in the story and read the story again with a focus on narrative style and structure.

Thinking about Structure: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

In this lesson, we will focus on language analysis and practise the process of exploring the effects of the writer's choices in a short story: 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf.

Language analysis: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

In this lesson, we will evaluate and explore 'The Haunted House' and our interpretations of it. Following on from our analysis of meaning, structure and form of  'A Haunted House', you have the opportunity to develop your own critical interpretation.

Giving a personal response: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

In this lesson, we will read a short story called 'Ten Minutes' Musing' by Alice Dunbar Nelson, who was among the African American writers whose artistic talents sparked the Harlem Renaissance. Today, we will develop our skills with comprehension and reading for meaning.

Reading for meaning: Ten Minutes' Musing by Alice Dunbar Nelson

This lesson, we will focus on a small section of the short story we have been reading, 'Ten Minutes' Musing' by Alice Dunbar Nelson, and think about how the writer uses language to communicate particular ideas and effects.

Analysing structure: Ten Minutes' musing by Alice Dunbar Nelson

In this lesson, we will focus on a short extract from 'Ten Minutes' Musing' by Alice Dunbar Nelson. We will explore how the writer uses structure to communicate particular ideas and effects in 'Ten Minutes' Musing'.

Language Analysis: Ten Minutes' musing by Alice Dunbar Nelson

In this lesson, we will work on developing a personal response to the short story 'Ten Minutes' Musing'. We will consider and evaluate different interpretations of the story and use them to formulate our own critical response.

Key Stage 3, English, The Short Story

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