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'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring duplicity in a model essay

I can use model responses to refine my own writing about ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’.

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'Jekyll and Hyde': exploring duplicity in a model essay

I can use model responses to refine my own writing about ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’.

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Key learning points

  1. A successful essay will have a clear overarching argument.
  2. Select main quotations and supporting quotations to support your overarching argument.
  3. Main quotations should be analysed; supporting quotations don’t need to be analysed.

Keywords

  • Trangressions - wrongdoings or offenses against rules or moral standards.

  • Clandestine - secretive or hidden, done in a concealed or sneaky way.

  • To harbour - to shelter or hide, providing a safe place for something.

Common misconception

All quotations in an essay require analysis.

Some quotations are useful for supporting your argument but do not require detailed analysis. These should embedded directly into pupils' sentences.

If pupils have completed their own essay writing, you may wish them to compare their own essays to the success criteria created in learning cycle 1.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need access to a copy of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson for this lesson.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
  • Depiction or discussion of serious crime

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
What happens in Chapter 7 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'?
Jekyll receives a visit from Utterson and hows him a letter from Hyde
Correct answer: Utterson and Enfield speak to Jekyll from his window but he won't come down
Poole goes to Utterson for help because he thinks Jekyll's in danger
Q2.
In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which is the most nuanced interpretation as to why Stevenson makes the structural choices he does in the novella?
It creates a sense of mystery and mistrust.
Correct answer: The mystery created is used to critique the hypocritical upper classes.
It makes the novella less easy to follow.
Q3.
Which social class is presented as most hypocritical in 'Jekyll and Hyde'?
Correct answer: upper class
middle class
lower class
Q4.
What is being described here: 'a detailed evaluation, expressing opinions on merits and faults'.
Correct Answer: critique, a critique
Q5.
When writing an essay on 'Jekyll and Hyde', your quotations should....
come from a maximum of two different chapters
come from only the extract you are given
Correct answer: come from across the novella
Q6.
When using context in an essay you should...
Correct answer: ensure it's woven throughout your answer
include it in every paragraph
make sure it goes at the end of your paragraph

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6 Questions

Q1.
Complete this sentence: A successful essay will have a clear argument.
Correct Answer: overarching, over arching, over-arching
Q2.
What can be used to support your explanation of a writer's method in an essay?
Correct answer: language devices
historical context
Correct answer: structural choices
Q3.
Which elements below contribute to a successful essay?
Correct answer: topic sentences and concluding sentences focus on argument
Correct answer: interesting and clear thesis
quotes are always long and detailed
Correct answer: always linking back to writer’s intention
Q4.
Match the different elements of an essay to their definition.
Correct Answer:topic sentence,States the paragraph’s main idea and links to overarching argument.

States the paragraph’s main idea and links to overarching argument.

Correct Answer:main quotations,Quotations which support your topic sentence, and require analysis

Quotations which support your topic sentence, and require analysis

Correct Answer: supporting quotations,Quotations which support your topic sentence, but don’t need analysis

Quotations which support your topic sentence, but don’t need analysis

Correct Answer:concluding sentence,The final sentence of a paragraph which links to your topic sentence.

The final sentence of a paragraph which links to your topic sentence.

Q5.
Which statements are true of supporting quotations?
They should be analysed in detail with reference to methods.
Correct answer: They can be embedded into sentences.
They don’t need to support your topic sentence.
Correct answer: They don’t need to be analysed for methods.
Q6.
Complete the sentence: When writing an essay you should always aim to link back to the writer's .
Correct Answer: intention, intentions

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