Dorian Gray Teacher Guide

This Teacher Guide is a fully comprehensive CAPS aligned guide for the study of ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ in the Grade 12 National Senior Certificate English Literature syllabus.

This guide is best used as part of the teaching process in conjunction with the Student Workbook, Practice Tests and Slides.

While the guide focuses on developing skills and knowledge required for success in the final examinations in Literature, it also takes into account School Based Assessment requirements for Grade 12 English and offers activities that may constitute a final portfolio task. Added to this, the guide offers activities connected to the teaching of English Language.

The Teacher Guide in conjunction with the Student Workbook, teaching Slides and Practice Test Pack, makes use of 21st century pedagogy such as: interactive peer study, the ‘flipped’ classroom, metacognitive self-regulation, assessment FOR learning and draws on teaching strategies from ‘Teach Like a Champion’ (Lemov, 2014).