Crime Fiction SOW

Unit of work - 20 Lessons examining a range of Crime Literature, looking at a variety of themes, tropes and conventions. 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. 2 Assessment activities, 1 reading and 1 writing.

Resources Include:

• Lessons on themes, characterisation, analysing language and structure, and many more.
• A range of activities for each extract
• Repeat questions for each lesson linked to the lesson prior
• Discussion tasks
• Annotated quotes in each lesson
• Model paragraphs
• Key context lessons and worksheets
• A variety of creative writing activities and tasks
• Reflection/plenary activity for each lesson
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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.