Reading Anthology and Comprehension

This is a booklet to compliment a SOW on Gothic Horror (ours is on Victorian monsters). In the booklet there are a list of generic questions that students can answer as a starter activity on each extract. There are 12 extracts in total from novels / short stories / poems. In each extract challenging vocabulary has been underlined and at the end of the extract there is a short glossary, in alphabetical order, for the students to use.

We are going to use them with year 8 but they can be used in any year group to begin to prepare the students for their GCSEs in English Language (unseen texts) and Literature (unseen poetry).

There are two versions one in black and white and one in colour. They are formatted in PowerPoint so they can be edited if necessary.

The 12 extracts used are listed below:
- Extracts 1,2 & 3 - The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
- Extract 4 - Frankenstein, Chapter 5 by Mary Shelley
- Extract 5 - Frankenstein, Chapter 13 by Mary Shelley
- Extract 6 - Dracula, Chapter 2 by Bram Stoker
- Extracts 7 & 8 - The Red Room by H.G. Wells
- Extract 9 - Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Extract 10 & 11 - The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
- Extract 12 - New Moon from the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer

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