The Woman in Black Multimodal Unit Scheme of Work

This is a complete scheme of work/unit (6 weeks, 24 full lessons) for study of both the novella by Susan Hill alongside the 2012 film adaptation by James Watkins, assessing reading and media skills. Each lesson contains a starter, development, main task, feedback/peer assessment and plenary.

As this is a multimodal unit, there are two concurrent strands, with students studying extracts from the novella and, every fourth lesson, comparing and contrasting the prose narrative with the 2012 film adaptation. There is a 50:50 weighting to the literature/film pedagogy, with pupils never viewing the film beyond where they have read in the narrative. Pitched towards higher ability, pupils analyse the GCSE-level text and learning how to read and analyse film. This is a great unit for introducing students to media and film study via a familiar literature medium and would work well for Years 8-11 (US Grades 7-10).

Even though there are 24 lessons, there is enough content for much more (8 weeks… with content still to spare). As the size of the file is too large for TES, when you download, you will receive a link to the Google Drive folder containing all of the files above, which you can download as a whole.

Contents of the Bundle:

24 x lessons (each week (4 lessons) has a different focus)
The Woman in Black (2012) in 1080p with English subtitles.

• Rated 12A (suitable for ages 12 and up) in the UK and PG-13 in the US (parental guidance for those under 13).

In Addition:

• Medium-term plan
• Pupil and teacher versions of each lesson PowerPoint, so that answers/models are not revealed to students before you reveal them yourself
• Extracts booklet, ready to print (editable version included, too)
• Embedded videos in PowerPoints and all video clips included
• A folder of additional resources, containing the eBook, LitChart, knowledge organisers and Teachit worksheets
• All mark schemes used to assess pupils
• Embedded videos in PowerPoints and all video clips included.