High Rise Mystery Unit KS3
**Full unit on the novel High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson **
Aimed at Year 7
6 weeks worth of lessons (3 lessons a week,18 lessons in total)
Includes a homework menu
Includes summaries for each of the 62 chapters in case there is not enough time in the term to read the whole text
Unit Aims
We will use the detective novel, High Rise Mystery
We will read for pleasure
We will unpick the plot with all its twists and turns
We will look at structural techniques a writer uses (such as paratexts and epistolary form), how they help shape the plot and their effect on the reader
We will ‘zoom in’ on the language choices a writer makes, considering how they help us picture the characters/events/locations and how they make us feel
We will listen to the author’s top tips and use our understanding to write independently and creatively
We will complete a weekly homework from a menu that offers reading, writing and creative choices














