A fully differentiated and visually engaging lesson pack based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic Gothic short story The Tell-Tale Heart. This resource is designed to support students preparing for AQA English Language Paper 1 Questions 2, 3 and 4, with a focus on language analysis, structure and evaluation skills.

Included are a range of scaffolded activities, planning sheets, structure analysis tasks, guided annotations and exam-style practice questions to help students develop confidence in responding to unseen fiction extracts. The lessons encourage close textual analysis while also exploring Gothic conventions, tension and the narrator’s unstable state of mind.

The pack includes:

Question 2 language analysis activities
Question 3 structure analysis lessons and worksheets
Question 4 evaluation/planning sheets
Structured writing support and paragraph planning
Visually engaging slides and student-friendly layouts
Printable worksheets and independent practice tasks

This resource is ideal for KS4 English Language students and can be used for whole-class teaching, revision sessions, homework or intervention.

Please note:

The extract from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is in the public domain/out of copyright and has been legally included for educational use.
Any images used within the presentation slides and worksheets are AI-generated for illustrative and educational purposes.

Files included:

Question 2 lesson PowerPoint
Question 3 structure lesson PowerPoint
Question 4 planning and evaluation PowerPoint
Public domain extract from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe