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KS3 · Year 7 - Foundations · Term 2 - Voices Across Time · Week 5
Pages: My Last Duchess - Robert Browning (extract)
A dramatic monologue set in Renaissance Italy. The Duke shows a visitor a painting of his late wife and reveals - without meaning to - that he had her killed.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read lines 1-24; gloss "Frà Pandolf", "countenance".
Task
Answer five literal questions: who speaks, to whom, about whom, when, where.
Success criteria
Identifies speaker, listener, subject.
Lesson 2
What students do
Read "I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together". Model the implied meaning.
Task
Pair-talk: what does the Duke mean? Use "This suggests…".
Success criteria
Voices an inference about the Duke's commands.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model a paragraph on jealousy using "She had / A heart… too soon made glad".
Task
Annotate teacher model: highlight point, quotation, explanation.
Success criteria
Labels the three parts of a PEE paragraph.
Lesson 4
What students do
Model how the Duke's power shows in "Notice Neptune… / Taming a sea-horse".
Task
Write a paragraph on how Browning presents the Duke as controlling.
Success criteria
Paragraph names a feature and explains character.
Lesson 5
What students do
Plan: one paragraph on jealousy, one on power.
Task
How does Browning present the Duke?
Success criteria
Both paragraphs use quotations and clear explanations.
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