Week 13

What students do

Re-read three key Signalman passages: descent, second warning, final scene.

Task

Build a quotation bank of six tension-building details.

Success criteria

Six quotations covering setting, language and structure.

What students do

Discuss Dickens's three main tension methods: setting, repetition, ambiguity.

Task

Pair-talk: match each quotation to one of the three methods.

Success criteria

Matches all six quotations to a method.

What students do

Model an introduction: "Dickens builds tension through setting, language and structure".

Task

Write an introduction and one body paragraph on setting.

Success criteria

Introduction names three methods; paragraph quotes the cutting.

What students do

Model a body paragraph on language ("For God's sake clear the way!").

Task

Write a second body paragraph on Dickens's use of language.

Success criteria

Paragraph quotes a line and names a language feature.

What students do

HT2 assessment: 60-minute analytical response under timed conditions.

Task

How does Dickens build tension in The Signalman?

Success criteria

Three paragraphs each quote and explain one method (setting, language, structure).