The Red Room - teaching resource

The Red Room by H.G. Wells – Complete Unit of Work 

63-slide Editable PowerPoint | 9 Worksheets | Full Text Included

Introduce your students to H.G. Wells' chilling Gothic short story The Red Room with this fully resourced and editable English teaching unit. Perfect for Year 9, this unit is designed to develop students' understanding of 19th-century literature, literary context, language techniques, and theme analysis.

This comprehensive teaching resource supports the development of key reading, comprehension, and analytical skills, while helping students explore Gothic conventions and narrative suspense.

What’s Included:

• A complete 5-lesson scheme of work overview
• 63-slide editable PowerPoint presentation
• 9 printable worksheets to reinforce learning
• A full copy of The Red Room text
• Social, historical, and literary context lessons (Victorian era and Gothic influences)
• In-depth character analysis (narrator and the old custodians)
• Structured tasks exploring how Wells uses language to build tension and mood
• Consolidation activities and comprehension questions
• Extension tasks to stretch higher-ability students
• An exam-style essay question with planning support

Perfect for exploring the Gothic genre and preparing students for English Literature assessments, this resource gives learners the tools to understand how H.G. Wells creates suspense, fear, and psychological tension.

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