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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 3 - Gothic and the Uncanny · Week 4
Pages: Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde - the door scene
Stevenson, 1886. Utterson and Enfield see the strange door where Hyde tramples a child. Sets up the duality at the heart of the novella.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read door description aloud.
Task
Highlight every word suggesting neglect or threat.
Success criteria
6+ negative adjectives identified.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: why focus a whole scene on a door?
Task
Pair-talk on the door as threshold/symbol.
Success criteria
Door linked to hidden/secret self.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model: "Stevenson uses setting to suggest…".
Task
Write paragraph on the door as Gothic symbol.
Success criteria
Symbol explained; quote embedded; effect named.
Lesson 4
What students do
Introduce doppelganger concept.
Task
Bullet-list how Hyde mirrors Jekyll.
Success criteria
Recognises two sides of one identity.
Lesson 5
What students do
Recap paragraph criteria.
Task
How does Stevenson present the sinister?
Success criteria
Sentence stem used; two embedded quotes.
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