1. Lesson 9 – Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Lesson 9 – Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative 1

2. Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative Objectives:
To consolidate understanding of chapters 5, 6 and 7
To read and discuss Chapter 9
To explore and discuss Dr. Lanyon’s role in the story

3. Complete the table below for chapters 5, 6 & 7.
Keeping Track
Complete the table below for chapters 5, 6 & 7.
Chapter
Setting
Characters
Key Events 5 6 7 8 9

4. Reading
Read to the end of Chapter 9,  Dr Lanyon's Narrative and discuss the following:
What did Jekyll ask Lanyon to do?
Who does Lanyon meet at midnight?
What does Lanyon witness?
How does this affect Lanyon?
What is Lanyon’s role in the story?

5. Lanyon’s Narrative
Place the events of Lanyon’s narrative in the correct order
Dr Lanyon invites the visitor in.
The man screams and staggers around Lanyon’s home.
Lanyon realises that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person
The man is dressed very strangely and acts in a peculiar manner.
Lanyon receives a letter from Jekyll asking him to collect a drawer containing chemicals, a vial and a notebook from Jekyll's laboratory and to give it to a man who would call at midnight.
The man hurriedly drinks the potion.
At midnight, a messenger from Dr. Jekyll knocks on Dr. Lanyon’s door.
The man transforms into Dr. Jekyll before Dr. Lanyon’s eyes.

6. Lanyon’s Narrative
Place the events of Lanyon’s narrative in the correct order
Lanyon receives a letter from Jekyll asking him to collect a drawer containing chemicals, a vial and a notebook from Jekyll's laboratory and to give it to a man who would call at midnight.
At midnight, a messenger from Dr. Jekyll knocks on Dr. Lanyon’s door.
Dr Lanyon invites the visitor in.
The man is dressed very strangely and acts in a peculiar manner.
The man hurriedly drinks the potion.
The man screams and staggers around Lanyon’s home.
The man transforms into Dr. Jekyll before Dr. Lanyon’s eyes.
Lanyon realises that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person

7. Lanyon’s Diary
Imagine you are Dr. Lanyon. Think about what you have just witnessed.
Write a diary entry as Dr. Lanyon describing how Hyde’s transformation into Dr. Jekyll has affected you.
Use the key features of effective diary writing:
First person perspective
Personal pronouns
Use imaginative and vivid description
Include the main events of chapter 9
Explain how this experience has shaken all your previously held beliefs

8. Plenary
Volunteers read diary entries out to the class.
Constructive criticism.