Listen Carefully I am going to explain what the main events in The Woman in Black are. In each of the boxes either draw what the main event is, in each chapter, or write key words that will remind you.

1) Christmas Eve 2) A London Particular 3) The Journey North 4) The Funeral of Mrs Drablow 5) Across the Causeway 6) The Sound of Pony and Trap 7) Mr Jerome is Afraid 8) Spider 9)In the Nursery 10) Whistle and I’ll come to you 11) A Packet of Letters 12) The Woman in Black

1: Christmas Eve Arthur Kipps, a man in his fifties, feels compelled to write his own, personal and true ghost story, spurred on by refusing his step-children’s request to contribute to the frivolous Christmas Eve ghost-story-telling session. 20 seconds Key Event

2: A London Particular The 21 year-old Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is sent to Crythin Gifford by his employer, Mr Bentley, to attend the funeral of Alice Drablow and to sort out her estate. 20 seconds Key Event

He travels by train from London, King’s Cross via Crewe to Homerby. 3: The Journey North He travels by train from London, King’s Cross via Crewe to Homerby. 20 seconds Key Event

4: The Funeral of Mrs Drablow Kipps encounters the woman in black for the first time at Alice Drablow’s funeral. 20 seconds Key Event

Kipps visits Eel Marsh House 5: Across the Causeway Kipps visits Eel Marsh House 20 seconds Key Event

6: The Sound of a Pony and Trap Kipps hears the sound of a pony and trap sinking in the marshes and the cries of a dying child. Keckwick returns to collect Kipps 20 seconds Key Event

7: Mr Jerome is Afraid Kipps visits Mr Jerome 20 seconds Key Event

Kipps goes to Samuel Daily’s for dinner 8: Spider Kipps goes to Samuel Daily’s for dinner 20 seconds Key Event

Kipps returns to Eel Marsh House alone except for the dog. 9: In the Nursery Kipps returns to Eel Marsh House alone except for the dog. 20 seconds Key Event

10: Whistle and I’ll Come to You Kipps feels the ghostly presence. He nearly drowns in his successful attempt to save Spider. 20 seconds Key Event

20 seconds Key Event 11: A Packet of Letters Rescued by Samuel Daily. They return to Crythin Gifford and examine Alice Drablow’s papers. All the details of the story are revealed. Kipps collapses and is ill for approximately 12 days Kipps returns to London He marries his fiance’e, Stella. Key Event 20 seconds

20 seconds Key Event 12: The Woman in Black Tragedy strikes. Arthur Kipps is then a widower for a further 13 years until he marries Esme’, a widow with four children. 14 years later, the family gathers at Monk’s Piece for Christmas. The story comes full circle. Kipps his written his story. 20 seconds Key Event

To develop scanning skills. 1) Write this exam question into your exercise book. 2) Circle all of the key words. 3) Make a list of points about Samuel Daily.

Find a quotation to support each of the points. Confident and wealthy man. He claims to not know Alice Drablow and he withholds information. He is a good friend to Arthur and this friendship develops Write these titles on separate pages so that you have a page for each. The Journey North Find a quotation to support each of the points.

The Journey North Confident and wealthy man. He claims to not know Alice Drablow and he withholds information. He is a good friend to Arthur and this friendship develops The Journey North “I decided that he was a man who had made, or come into, money late and unexpectedly and was happy for the world to know about it.” “You’ll be about the only one that is” “ He seemed keen to reassure me and to make up for his teasing exaggeration of the bleakness” “ He gave me a straight look. No, he said, at last, I am not” “ I shuddered, all the more because of the openness of his gaze and the directness of his manner” “ It’s a far-flung part of the world. We don’t get many visitors”

Find a quotation to support each of the points. Confident and wealthy man. He claims to not know Alice Drablow and he withholds information. He is a good friend to Arthur and this friendship develops Spider Find a quotation to support each of the points.

Spider Confident and wealthy man. He claims to not know Alice Drablow and he withholds information. He is a good friend to Arthur and this friendship develops Spider “He watched me and let me babble, saying nothing himself” “ I’m not going to fill you up with a lot of women’s tales” “Ah. For a few seconds we looked at each other, neither one apparently willing to press the subject a little further “ “ Something in the bluntness and abruptness of his speaking had given rise to a spurt of fear deep within me” “you are whistling in the dark.” “ you shouldn’t go there”

Find a quotation to support each of the points. Confident and wealthy man. He claims to not know Alice Drablow and he withholds information. He is a good friend to Arthur and this friendship develops A Packet of Letters Find a quotation to support each of the points.

A Packet of Letters Confident and wealthy man. He claims to not know Alice Drablow and he withholds information. He is a good friend to Arthur and this friendship develops A Packet of Letters “ Because of the large and reassuring presence of Mr Samuel Daily.” “A good job I came when I did” “ I'm extremely glad to see you, Mr Daily. You’ve good reason” “I was growing more and more sensible of the fact that he was holding something back from me” Mr Daily had treated me as gently and with as much care and concern as an invalid...” “ And whenever she has been seen . In some violent or dreadful circumstance, a child has died”

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