These 3 extracts are my work in progress for a new transition module being prepared by Bethan Davies and Jade Boyle, two of my colleagues at The John Lyon School. It’s a lovely idea: a Passport to British Literature which takes Year 7 around the country to explore a range of writers before decanting them into Canterbury for a few weeks reading of The Pardoner and the Miller.
I will post the completed work in due course, but here are my first draft materials for introducing Chaucer, Hardy (using the Roman Road) and Du Maurier (via Jamaica Inn).
I have included QR codes and expect students to BYOD and am happy for this to be used in the course of research in these lessons.
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