The Sound of the Pony and Trap: tension

LO: I will evaluate Hill’s intentions with vocabulary and punctuation and the impact this has on the reader
Whatever  tasks are not completed during lesson time today will need to be completed for homework. 

First:   Look at the image of a pony and trap (carriage) on the right. Does this look like a safe way to travel? What
might be dangerous about it?
Extension: The pony and trap symbolises transition or movement from one place or feeling to another in The
Woman in Black. Can you think of another time this transportation has been mentioned?

Next:. Read (page 14) or listen to the next chapter: ‘The Sound of the Pony and Trap’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdPomG9ElvM&list=PL6ZYPIynelBNx9rYrKQ9nfVtdLpMWnALY&index=10
Chapter Summary:
Then: You are going to analyse one of the following quotes (choose your level of difficulty)and consider He realises it will be a long job, and Keckwick will
how it causes tension in the novel. return soon, so he begins to walk across the
Simplest: Powerful word choice: causeway. Along the path, he hears the sound of a
“I heard another cry, a shout, a terrified sobbing – it was hard to decipher – but with horror I realised pony and trap sinking in the mud and a child dying.
that it came from a child.” He runs back inside, tries to get into a door (that is
locked) and then falls asleep on the sofa. Keckwick
Tricky: Figurative techniques and present tense verbs (onomatopoeia, sensory detail): picks him up at 2am.
“a curious draining, sucking, churning sound, which went on, together with the shrill
neighing and whinnying of a horse”

Challenging: Complex sentences and sophisticated punctuation:

“I stopped and waited to see a lantern – for surely he must carry one – and half wondered
whether to shout and make my presence known.”

Lastly: Write an analytical paragraph Susan Hill’s use of these techniques and how they create tension.
Hill uses… to create tension by…
This can be seen in the ____ “…”
This suggests that… the use of the word____ implies that… It could also mean that…

Extension: Can you include the symbolic function of the Pony and Trap in your answer.