Alias Grace Full Unit Plan | Senior English | Novel Study Analysis Resources

A sophisticated and engaging teaching unit for Alias Grace, designed for senior English classrooms. This resource supports students in analysing a complex historical text that explores identity, memory, truth, and the construction of narrative.

Through structured lessons and guided analysis, students examine the novel’s layered narrative structure, unreliable perspectives, and blending of fact and fiction. The unit emphasises contextual understanding, including 19th-century society, gender roles, class systems, and the treatment of mental health, enabling students to critically evaluate how meaning is shaped.

This is a comprehensive, classroom-ready unit that develops advanced analytical skills and prepares students for senior assessment.

What’s included:
Structured lesson sequence 10 weeks
Contextual study (historical context, gender, class, crime, mental health)
Language features and stylistic analysis activities
Narrative structure and perspective exploration
Character analysis (Grace Marks, Dr Jordan, supporting figures)
Theme analysis (truth, memory, identity, power, storytelling)
Symbolism and motif analysis tasks
Close reading and quote analysis activities
Analytical paragraph scaffolds (PEEL/TEEL)
Exemplar analytical responses

How to Use
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