Creative Writing Assessment - Ghost Story

The Woman in Black KS3 SOW

KS3 Unit of work on The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, but could be adapted for KS4. At least 18 lessons (with reading time, likely more), in this fully resourced KS3 unit of work, designed to take students through the novel chapter by chapter while developing their reading, analytical and creative writing skills. **Students develop their ability to:** Read and understand a full length novel Explore characterisation and relationships Analyse how Hill presents characters and key ideas Explore Gothic conventions and the features of the ghost story Analyse how setting creates atmosphere and tension Explore how Hill creates suspense and fear Analyse language and the writer’s choices Explore narrative and structural choices Make inferences and develop interpretations Select and use relevant evidence from the text Consider how context influences characters, events and ideas Develop analytical and evaluative responses Discuss and explore different interpretations Apply techniques from the novel to their own creative writing Plan and develop effective creative and analytical responses **What's Included?** Detailed, ready to teach lessons, with additional reading time for the novel Lessons covering Chapters 1-12 A range of activities for each chapter 8-10 comprehension and retrieval questions for every chapter Recall and recap activities throughout the unit Activities designed to check understanding and develop interpretation Analytical questions and discussion tasks Questions exploring character, setting, atmosphere, tension and key ideas Opportunities to analyse Hill’s language and choices Tasks encouraging students to support their ideas with evidence from the text Key context lessons and contextual activities A range of creative writing activities 2 assessments with dedicated preparation: 1 reading assessment and 1 creative writing assessment Detailed vocabulary bank and supporting worksheet for the creative writing assessment Reflection and plenary activities throughout the unit A homework sheet of 24 homework tasks of varying difficulties. Pupils are to choose one task each week to complete that matches their confidence and ability. Lessons Include: * Lesson 1 - Introduction & Context * Lesson 2 - The Victorian Ghost Story * Lesson 3 - Chapter 1 * Lesson 4 - Chapter 2 * Lesson 5 - Chapter 3 * Lesson 5 - Worksheet - Tracking Tension in Ch3 * Lesson 6 - Chapter 4 * Lesson 7 - Assessment Prep * Lesson 8 - Assessment - The Woman * Lesson 9 - Chapter 5 * Lesson 9 - The Woman in Black – Gothic Concepts Worksheet * Lesson 10 - Chapter 6 * Lesson 11 - Chapter 7 * Lesson 12 - Chapter 8 * Lesson 13 - Chapter 9 * Lesson 14 - Chapter 10 * Lesson 15 - Chapter 11 * Lesson 15 - Victorian Attitudes Towards Illegitimacy Worksheet * Lesson 16 - Chapter 12 * Lesson 17 - Creative Writing Assessment