The Telford Langley School
English Department
Year 9 – Autumn Term 2
Independent Learning Project
Date to be given out: 31st October 2016
Date for project to be handed in: 14th November 2016
DO IT BETTER THAN YOU HAVE TO! 
Pre 1914 Prose/ Drama (The Strange
Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Name: ___________________________
Class: ___________________________
Task
Topic
1
2
3
4
Research task
Questionnaire
Create a game
Creative Writing
Possible My
marks
marks
5
5
5
5
RAG
5
Presentation
Total
5
25
You must choose 2 activities from tasks 1-4, then everyone needs to
do task 5.
Task One
1. Conduct some independent research on one of the following
people: Queen Victoria, Jack the Ripper, Robert Louis
Stevenson, Charles Darwin.
2. Find out as much as you can about them including: who they
were, when they were alive, what they are known for etc.
3. Try to find facts that you think no-one else will know!
4. You could present your information as a poster or mind-map
but try to think outside of the box!
Mark
out of
5
Success Criteria
1
Name the person you have researched and include two
pieces of information about them.
2
Include at least 5 pieces of information about the person
you have chosen.
3
Present you’re your 5 pieces of information as a poster or
mind-map.
4
Include at least 10 pieces of information.
5
Include all of the above and present your findings in a
creative, original way. State how your chosen person links
to the novel Jekyll and Hyde.
Task Two
1. Find out what the difference is between open and closed
questions.
2. Design a questionnaire that you would use (if you could) on a
character from Jekyll and Hyde. The purpose of the
questionnaire is to explore one of the characters in more detail
and to find out their side of things/ explore their state of
mind.
3. CHOOSE EITHER 4 OR 5 AS YOUR NEXT STEP.
4. Imagine you are the character you have designed your
questionnaire for. Answer the questions you have written
imagining what your character would say and how they would
say it. For example, Hyde would give short, sharp responses
and be quite rude. He would show little remorse for the crimes
he has committed.
5. Swap your questionnaire with another person from your class.
Answer their questions in the style of the character they have
designed the questionnaire for. Swap them back!
Mark
out of
5
Success Criteria
1
A questionnaire with only a few basic closed questions.
Answers will be limited (one or two words).
2
A questionnaire that contains between 5-7 questions.
Most questions will be closed. Answers will be limited (one
or two words)
3
A questionnaire that contains between 5-6 questions.
There will be a mixture of open and closed questions.
Answers will have more detail (one sentence at least).
4
A detailed questionnaire that contains 10 or more
questions. Most questions will be open questions. Answers
will be detailed and show some resemblance of the
character chosen.
5
A detailed questionnaire that contains 10 or more
questions. All questions will be open questions and the
questionnaire will be filled in with someone else’s
information. Answers will be interesting and will refer to
events/ information/ characters from the novel. Answers
are believable- it is as though the actual character is
speaking.
Task Three
1. Design a game that you could use to help you and your
classmates revise the plot/characters/themes/quotations from
the novel.
Mark
out of
5
Success Criteria
1
A simple game that is based on an already existing game.
2
A straightforward game with some questions that link to
the novel (mainly to do with plot).
3
A straightforward game that has questions about the plot
and characters in the novel.
4
A detailed and original game. Questions will be about plot,
characters, themes and quotations.
5
A detailed and original game that the student has created
a board for and has all of the ‘pieces’ (e.g. question cards
etc.) There will be a range of questions that help you to
understand the plot, characters, themes and quotations
from the novel.
Task Four
 In this task you are going to imagine you are Robert Louis
Stevenson.
 Imagine Stevenson wrote another chapter at the end of the
novel. What would it say? Write that chapter!!
 Make a plan of what you think could happen (e.g. does Utterson
decide to investigate Hyde’s crimes further? Did someone get
hold of Jekyll’s potion and is now also transforming into a
monster and killing people?)
 Your chapter can be set years into the future or it could be
the next day. You decide!
Mark
out of
5
Success Criteria
1
Half a page of writing is produced. It is not particularly
detailed.
2
At least a page of writing has been produced. It has some
detail.
3
At least a page of writing has been produced. It is
detailed and has some relation to the original novel.
4
At least a page of writing has been produced. It is
detailed and relates to the original novel. The settings/
style of Stevenson has been adopted.
5
At least a page of writing has been produced. It is
detailed and relates to the original novel. The settings/
style of Stevenson has been adopted. The style of
Stevenson has been adopted with the use of gothic
descriptions and pathetic fallacy.
Task Five
1. Make a presentation on your independent learning project this
half term. This is your opportunity to show off all of the tasks
that you have completed!
2. Whether you use PowerPoint or not, you need to practice your
presentation, so you know exactly what you are going to say.
3. It should last between 2 and 3 minutes.
Mark
out of
5
Success Criteria
0
No presentation.
1
A very short presentation with a short description of the
tasks you have completed.
2
A short presentation with some information on the tasks
you have completed and why you completed them.
3
A short presentation with a description of each task
carried out, why you have completed them and what you
have learnt by doing them.
4
A detailed and interesting presentation.
5
A detailed and interesting presentation. The student may
have brought in their game or the different tasks that
they have completed to show as part of their
presentation.