Teach the powerful and contemporary novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas with this engaging Year 10 English unit focused on analytical writing and critical thinking. Designed as a no-worksheet teaching pack, this resource prioritises discussion, inquiry, and active learning to build student voice and confidence.

Through Starr Carter’s journey, students explore complex themes of racism, identity, justice, voice, and activism. The novel provides rich opportunities to analyse narrative perspective, code-switching, character development, and the impact of social context on individuals and communities.
This unit supports students in developing sophisticated analytical responses while engaging in meaningful, real-world discussions about power, inequality, and representation.

What’s Included:
A structured sequence of Year 10 lessons built around active, no-worksheet learning
Analytical writing focus with scaffolded paragraph and essay development
Character and relationship analysis (Starr, Khalil, and key figures)
Theme exploration including racism, identity, justice, and voice
Activities exploring narrative voice, perspective, and code-switching
Language and stylistic feature analysis (tone, symbolism, dialogue, structure)
Discussion-based and inquiry-driven classroom tasks
Model responses and exemplar analytical paragraphs
Extended writing tasks and assessment-ready prompts

You can:
Convert to PowerPoint: Upload the PDF to PowerPoint (File → Open) and it will automatically convert to slides.
Use in Google Slides: Upload the PDF to Google Drive, right-click, and open with Google Slides.
Use digitally or print: Upload the PDF to your LMS (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc.) or print it for handouts.
You could also use Canva to upload the PDF and convert and save as a PowerPoint