“Whodunnit” style lesson.
Students are introduced to different contextual factors of the play, and must decide “Who killed the 80’s”
Differentiated resources included.
Recall context starter
Reading and comprehension
Discussion of Policeman’s prejudice against class
Writing - inference and analysis
Thinking question plenary
Worksheet which encourages students to recognise different word classes by colouring examples of each word class in a different colour to form a coloured image.
Lesson 2 - Introducing Mrs Johnstone
Inference starter task based on book cover.
Discussion of differences between a play and a novel.
Reading with comprehension questions.
Students explain how the scene is linked to context.
Presentatiopn of character plenary.
Differentiated resources included.