A lesson exploring the openings of Gothic novels and introducing students to key texts. The aim is to encourage students to use their own narrative hooks.
A KS3 writing to describe unit exploring Science-Fiction as a genre to inspire high-quality, crafted descriptions.
Over 20 hours of lessons.
Fully resourced and formatted for exercise books!
15 hours of learning on the Gothic genre, exploring a range of topics. This SOL is designed to develop reading skills predominantly, but can be easily adapted. The final assessment is to make inferences on a Gothic text, which is developed throughout the lessons.
A trio of engaging lessons on Carol Ann Duffy poetry (Valentine, Human Interest and Medusa).
Includes a whole-class feedback template sheet for a poetry assessment at the end of the week.
An academic reading study of EVERY poem in the Power and Conflict cluster, supported by pre-reading of Language Paper 2 style extracts (for the war poems) to develop Literature through Language.
A collection of resources to support the study of ‘Frankenstein’ (LA or KS3). This is part of a wider study of ‘The Gothic’ rather than the text itself.