Hello everyone, and welcome to your lesson on analysing Dr.

Roylott.

I'm Miss Sutherland, and I'll be teaching you today.

Our learning outcome for today is to be able to explain how an author has presented a character.

And that character that we we'll be looking at today is Dr.

Roylott from "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".

We have four keywords for today, and they are snarl.

To snarl is to make an aggressive growl or to say something in an angry voice.

Hurl.

To hurl is to throw something with great force.

Connotation.

A connotation is a feeling that a word evokes in the reader.

And tentative.

If something is tentative, then it is not fixed or certain.

I'll give you a moment to pause the video and note down any definitions that you wish.

Great.

Let's get started with today's lesson.

So in today's lesson, we have two learning cycles.

In the first one, we are going to be revisiting an extract that describes Dr.

Roylott, and we'll be looking at all the powerful words and phrases that give us an impression of him.

Next, we are going to be writing about Dr.

Roylott.

We'll be putting all of our ideas about him as a character into an analyst call paragraph.

So let's get started with analysing Roylott.

Let's dig a bit deeper into the way Conan Doyle presents him in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".

So here are some quotes used to describe Dr.

Roylott, who we know is Helen and Julia's stepfather.

Let's read them together.

"Ha! You put me off, do you?" said our new visitor, taking a step forward and shaking his hunting crop.

Remember, that quote is from when he visits Holmes.

In fact, all of these quotes are from when he visits Holmes.

Next quote.

"See that you keep yourself out of my grip", he snarled.

Next, Holmes describes him, Dr.

Roylott, as having a resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey.

And lastly, hurling the twisted poker into the fireplace, he strode out of the room.

I want you to think about how is Dr.

Roylott presented in all of those quotes? Are there any patterns that you can see? Pause the video and have a think.

You may have thought about the fact that he is potentially presented as aggressive in quite a few of those quotes, or violent in quite a few of those quotes, and threatening in quite a few of those quotes.

Generally coming across as quite a hostile person.

And that is consistent through Conan Doyle's description of him.

Well done if you said any of that.

Now, we're going to dig deeper into all of those quotes.

I've chosen to analyse the quote, fierce old bird of prey, to get a better understanding of Roylott.

So the first thing I'm doing in my analysis grid is I have written down my powerful word or phrase that I'm interested in, and I'm interested in that particular phrase, bird of prey.

The next step of our analysis grid is to name our word class or language technique.

In this case, all I'm zooming into is a phrase.

So I'm gonna name that as a phrase, and that's okay.

You can definitely zoom into a phrase.

It does not have to necessarily be a technique or a particular word class.

Now, I'm gonna talk about the connotations of my word or phrase.

And that phrase bird of prey is giving me connotations such as dangerous, threatening, and powerful.

And it's giving me those feelings, because a bird of prey usually hunts other animals.

A bird of prey is a predator.

I'm now gonna make an inference about the character based on those connotations.

So I'm thinking that based on that phrase, bird of prey, Roylott may be dangerous, taking advantage of the more vulnerable.

This tells me that he may have been violent towards Helen Stoner.

We know Helen Stoner is in a vulnerable position, so he may be taken advantage of her.

He may be being violent towards her.

It could also mean that he may be behind what happened to Julia, another vulnerable person in his life.

Maybe he had some part in her death.

Conan Doyle may have used this quote, bird of prey, to make the reader suspicious of Roylott.

And overall, this makes Roylott seem like a villain in the story.

So I've simply gone from the quote bird of prey, and I've got all this detailed analysis based on it just from following the steps in this analysis grid.

This analysis grid is a really powerful tool that you are going to use later in the lesson to help you reach this very detailed analysis and conclusion about a character.

True or false, discussing connotations can be an effective part of written analysis.

Pause the video and have a think.

Well done if you said true.

Discussing connotations can be an effective part of written analysis.

In other words, discussing the feelings that a word gives you can be very effective in your written analysis.

Why is that? Pause the video and justify your answer.

Well done if you said, discussing connotations can be an effective part of written analysis because examining connotations will help you analyse words.

By thinking about the feeling that a word gives you, it gives you a better chance of saying something really meaningful about what that word suggests about the character.

Well done.

I now want you to choose one of the other quotes about Dr.

Roylott and complete the analysis grid to dig deeper into it.

So you could choose the quote, "See that you keep yourself outta my grip," he snarled.

Or, hurling the twisted poker into the fireplace, he strode out of the room.

It's up to you which quote you choose.

As long as you put that quote through the really detailed analysis grid in order to get some really amazing analysis out of it.

So here's your analysis grid.

Take your quote through that journey of the grid and let's see what you come up with.

Pause the video and have a go.

Now, let's go through what you could have said.

So imagine you chose the quote "See that you keep yourself out of my grip," he snarled.

We could start with looking at the word snarl.

And that is a verb.

The connotations of the word snarl are anger, threat, and aggression.

This could suggest Dr.

Roylott is trying to threaten Holmes.

And this tells me that maybe he has something to hide.

Because if he's threatening Holmes, maybe there's a reason.

Maybe he doesn't want Holmes interfering or meddling, as he calls it, because he could be covering something.

And this could also mean that he has committed a crime and perhaps he's been involved in Julia's death.

Conan Doyle may have used this because he's helping the reader to predict who the perpetrator in the crime may be.

And overall, this makes Dr.

Roylott seem like the villain in the story, possibly the culprit behind the death.

So in this quote, and in this extract as a whole, Conan Doyle may be planting seeds in the reader's mind as to who could be involved in this death.

And he's giving a very strong impression that it could be Roylott.

Great job on that task, everyone.

Let's move on to our second learning cycle where we will write about Dr.

Roylott.

Let's put all our ideas to good use.

So we're answering this question here.

How is Dr.

Roylott presented in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"? In your paragraph, you have to include all of these elements from the success criteria.

You need an idea that matches your quote, an embedded quotation, analysis of keywords or phrases from the quote, a conjunction to justify your analysis, and a suggestion using tentative language about why Conan Doyle presents Roylott in this way.

Your analysis grid that you just completed will enable you to be successful in this task.

You just need to refer to it throughout your writing.

Let's take a look at an example.

Dr.

Roylott is presented as mean and evil because he hurls the poker at Holmes, showing he's vicious.

Conan Doyle is trying to suggest that Roylott killed Julia Stoner.

Now, this student has attempted the task.

And I want you to think about, based on the success criteria, what did they do well and what do they need to improve on? Pause the video and have a think.

Let's give the students some feedback.

What went well? They've used an embedded quote, hurls, an analysis of one keyword.

They've really zoomed into that word how hurls.

To improve this response, they could make their idea more precise.

At the moment, they've said Dr.

Roylott is mean and evil because he holds the poker.

But, saying someone is evil because they've held the poker does not necessarily match.

So you need to be really specific and precise when you are putting your idea into your paragraph.

You need to make sure that you've chosen a quote that reflects that idea.

Let's take a look at how the students improve their work based on our feedback.

They've now said, Dr.

Roylott is presented as violent and aggressive because he holds the poker at Holmes, showing he's vicious.

Conan Doyle is trying to suggest that Roylott killed Julia Stoner.

Now, is there anything else they can do to improve that response? Pause the video and have a think.

Another way the student could improve is to use a conjunction to justify their analysis.

Also, they could explain how they got to the conclusion that Roylott may have killed Julia.

'Cause that seems like a big jump at the moment.

The student has taken on even more of our feedback.

Let's take a look at what they've written now.

Dr.

Roylott is presented as violent and aggressive when he hurls the poker at Holmes, because hurl has vicious connotations.

Notice there how the students included a conjunction to justify why the word hurl presents him as violent and aggressive.

It's because hurl has vicious connotations.

He seems to be threatening Holmes, as he doesn't want Holmes meddling.

This could suggest not only that Roylott has a bad temper, but also that he has something to hide.

Ultimately, Conan Doyle is hinting that Roylott has something to do with his stepdaughter's death.

So notice there how we've connected the dots.

We've said that Roylott may be involved in Julia's death because he seems like he has something to hide based on his threatening.

One last piece of feedback for that student is that they should try to use tentative language when explaining the author's intentions.

So instead of saying Conan Doyle is hinting that Roylott has something to do with Julia's death, they should say, Conan Doyle may be hinting.

That tentative language is really important because we can never know what the author intended exactly.

We can just give an educated guess about that.

Taking a step forward and shaking his hunting crop.

That is a quote used to describe Roylott.

Now let's think about which idea best matches that quote.

Pause the video and have a go.

Well done if you said the idea that best matches that quote there is that Roylott is trying to scare Holmes.

He takes a step forward and shakes his hunting crop to scare Holmes.

Taking a step forward and shaking his hunting crop does not necessarily show he's evil.

He hasn't done anything in that quote to show that he is completely malevolent.

And also this quote doesn't prove that he has been violent towards Helen either.

It may suggest he has violent disposition, but it doesn't prove he's been violent towards Helen.

Well done if you got that right.

Now, it's over to you to write your own paragraph in response to how is Dr.

Roylott presented in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"? Use your analysis grid from the previous learning cycle and the example answer to help you.

Remember, you have the success criteria on the right hand side there to guide you through writing this answer.

You need to include an idea that matches your quote, an embedded quotation, analysis of keywords or phrases from the quote, a conjunction to justify your analysis, and a suggestion using tentative language about why Conan Doyle presents Roylott in this way.

Pause the video and have a go at this task.

Excellent writing today, everyone.

Now it's time to self-assess.

Reread your work and highlight the success criteria on your work to ensure that you know how successful you've been.

Pause the video and self-assess your work.

Excellent job, everyone.

You've worked brilliantly today.

Let's go through what we've learned.

Dr.

Roylott is presented as aggressive in "The Speckled Band".

We can use the connotations of words to help us analyse a character's presentation.

We should always use tentative language when suggesting why an author has presented a particular character in a certain way.

I've really enjoyed today's lesson.

I hope you have too, and I hope to see you next time.