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KS3 · Year 7 - Foundations · Term 2 - Voices Across Time · Week 9
Pages: The Signalman - middle and ending
Three visitations from a spectre, each before a disaster. Dickens leaves the cause of the final death ambiguous.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read the three visitations; track the order.
Task
List the three warnings and the events that follow each.
Success criteria
Sequences all three warnings correctly.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss the final twist: did the driver shout the same words as the ghost?
Task
Pair-talk: is the ghost real, or in the signalman's mind?
Success criteria
Gives a reasoned answer with one quotation.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model how Dickens builds tension through short sentences ("For God's sake clear the way!").
Task
Write four sentences that build tension, including one short, sharp sentence.
Success criteria
Sentences vary in length; one is deliberately short.
Lesson 4
What students do
Model a paragraph on how Dickens uses repetition ("Halloa! Below there!") to build tension.
Task
Write a PEE paragraph on tension in one of the three warnings.
Success criteria
Paragraph names technique and explains.
Lesson 5
What students do
Plan two paragraphs: one on language, one on structure.
Task
How does Dickens build tension at the ending?
Success criteria
Two paragraphs cover one language and one structural feature.
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