Topic 3 Year 8 English
| English | |||
| Topic | The Evolution of Horror through time | ||
| No of lessons | 12 | ||
| When is it happening | Half Term 3 Year 8 | ||
| What will students learn | Students will explore the genre of horror, including some of its sub-genres, as it has been presented to audiences through different ages. Students will study a selection of extracts from seminal texts of the genre and from different time periods, including contemporary and pre-1914 extracts. Students will continue to develop their narrative essay writing skills. Students will also learn the importance of re-reading by revisiting, during independent learning, some of the myths they studied during Year 7 Term 1 as a basis for developing comparison skills. | ||
| Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic' | This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Timeline of the horror genre; sub-genres:- horror, gothic, paranormal, occult, dark fantasy, survival, science-fiction horror; extracts from seminal works covering the core genres:- Stephen King, RL Stine, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, Anthony Horowitz, Susan Hill, Robert Louis Stephenson, Oscar Wilde, Angela Carter; how novels are marketed. | |
| This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding |
Regular retrieval of the knowledge described above will be retrieved as well as: Anthony Horowitz |
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| Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic' | This is the skills that students will meet for the first time in this topic | Students will focus on acquiring the following skills: Write like a short story writer. | |
| This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop | Making inferences; referring to evidence; purpose; vocabulary choice; characterisation; expressing own ideas; clear inferences; judicious evidence; audience; figurative language and grammar; setting; comparing; short speeches and keeping to the point. | ||
| Key vocabulary that students should know and understand |
Gothic, Walpole, Stoker, Werewolf, Pathetic Fallacy |
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| The Big Question | Why is it important to study other genres of literature? | ||
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Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic' |
What is horror and how did the genre start? | ||
| What is gothic horror? | |||
| How is gothic horror shown in Bram Stoker's Dracula? | |||
| How are vampiric characters shown in modern horror? | |||
| What is supernatural horror? | |||
| How are supernatural characters shown in The Turn of the Screw? | |||
| How are supernatural characters shown in The Woman in Black? | |||
| How horror evolved in modern novels? | |||