Crime Fiction SOW

20 Lessons examining a range of Crime Literature, looking at a variety of themes, tropes and conventions. Pupils encounter a diverse range of crime texts, from classic detective fiction to psychological and gothic crime, while developing their skills in reading, analysis, evaluation and creative writing.

Texts include: The Speckled Band, The Case of the Registered Letter, Lamb To The Slaughter, The Cask Of Amontillado, The Count of Monte Cristo, Silence Of The Lambs, The Secret History and Murders At The Rue Morgue.

The SOW also includes 2 assessment activities: one reading assessment and one creative writing assessment.

What’s Included?
20 detailed, ready to teach lessons
Lessons exploring themes, characterisation, language, structure, genre, and more
A range of activities for each extract
Retrieval questions in every lesson, with questions revisiting and building on previous learning
Discussion and analytical tasks
Annotated quotations and detailed language analysis
Model paragraphs and model answers
Key context lessons and accompanying worksheets
A variety of creative writing activities and tasks
Reading and comprehension activities
Evaluation and extended-response tasks
Reflection and plenary activities for every lesson
2 assessment activities with opportunities to assess both reading and writing skills
A Crime Fiction 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.

Please note that Lamb To The Slaughter, Silence Of The Lambs, The Secret History extracts have not been included due to copyright. Lamb To The Slaughter can be found online, and for Silence Of The Lambs and The Secret History the link to the sources is in the notes of the first slide of the lessons that require them.