Name: Claire Saunders Class: 10T1 Autumn Weekly Plan: 20.10.08-27.11.

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Placement: St Mary Redcliffe Main Teacher: Rachel Marriott PGCE English Method
Outcome/s for assessment in this unit of work: Coursework essay ‘In the introduction to the Castle of Otranto Walpole apologises for the “Miracles, visions, necromancy, dreams,
and preternatural events contained within.” How far does Poe rely on these, and other conventions of Gothic literature, in his short story: The Fall of the House of Usher?’
Key Objective Lesson 1:Introduction of Gothic themes and terminology. Homework
Introduce Unit of work and begin to consider what is Read extract from Mysteries of Udolpho – analysed for atmosphere and gothic images. N/A Writing up
meant by ‘gothic’. 2.2J Write two paragraphs describing a stereotypical gothic house. other cultures
Main Outcome Lesson 2: Introduce coursework question. poetry coursework.
Paragraphs written describing a conventional ‘gothic’ house Read extract from the Castle of Otranto – group analysis according to Gothic themes (light
1 and characters of Hero, Heroine, and Villain. Notes made and dark, characters, atmosphere, setting,
on the use of gothic themes and imagery in Otranto Lesson 3: Introduction of conventions of Gothic characters. Watch extract of Dracula,
extract. analyse for gothic character, making notes on handout grid, and write a paragraph about
features of hero, heroine and villain.
Key Objective Lesson 4&5: Watching ‘Sleepy Hollow’, Making notes on Character, Setting, and how far the Homework
Understanding the social, historical and cultural context of film engages with Gothic conventions (as comparison for writing of coursework essay) also N/A Writing up
gothic fiction. 6.1 brief introduction to some of the ideas of the enlightenment. other cultures
Responding to ideas and viewpoints in film and text. 5.2 Re-cap of how to structure an essay, 15minutes to write bullet point plan for mock essay poetry coursework.
Main Outcome. question ‘How far would you say ‘Sleepy Hollow follows Gothic conventions?’
Notes on character, atmosphere and Lesson 6: Introduce the context of Gothic literature. Enlightenment and Romanticism.
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Essay plan to answer ‘how far Sleepy Hollow follows G.C’s’. Matching task in pairs with descriptions of Gothic/Romanticist ideas and Enlightenment
Notes on Enlightenment and Romanticist ideas and their ideas. Begin to read the text (first page), making notes on various features of language.
relation to Gothic fiction. Draft paragraph about how Poe Write a paragraph about how Poe establishes a gothic atmosphere in the opening of the
builds atmosph. story. Begin to build up material and ideas for coursework essay,
Key Objective Lessons 7-9: Reading the text, section at a time, active reading – vocabulary on PPT slides Homework
Develop understanding of how the text engages with gothic 15minutes to write a paragraph to assess learning from reading and to provide opportunity to Answer the question
conventions… How FAR the characters are conventional. practise skills for writing coursework essay and develop ideas. ‘How far do the
(AO2) Commenting on language use 10.2 ‘how does Poe introduce character of Roderick Usher…’ Pair discussion before writing of early characters of Usher
Analysing Poe’s use of language 6.2, 5.2 paragraphs to help generate ideas. Later paragraphs, emphasis on ‘original interpretation’ as and the narrator
3 Main Outcome: Annotated copies of the text and assessment objective’ so few minutes to review annotations but individual writing. Peer engage with
completed series of paragraphs analysing how far assessment of some paragraphs. conventional
the characters, atmosphere and setting are How does Poe build up a Gothic atmosphere on the outside/inside of the house’ (2 questions) characters of Villain
established and engage with Gothic conventions. and hero’.
Key Objective Continue reading the text introduce comparisons between Fall of the House of Usher and
Understand how to make comparisons between texts and Walpole’s Castle of Otranto.
Homework
support points with quotes. AO3 Lesson 10: Reading the text and adding to paragraphs on atmosphere, setting and
Complete paragraphs
10.2 commenting on language use in relation to gothic development of character, according to particular emphasis in the text.
written during lesson
conventions. Developing a viewpoint on the c/w question 8.1 Lesson 11: Introduce extract from Castle of Otranto Develop homework - Character grid.
– make sure all notes
Main Outcome: Annotated copies of the text and Comparison of Heroes and heroines. How far Poe’s characters are conventional. Brief
4 are up to date
completed series of paragraphs analysing how far the analysis of ‘Ushers’ Poem and effect of its parallels with the main story. Romantic features
characters, atmosphere and setting are established and Lesson 12: read final part of the story, focus on supernatural happenings introduce extract
engage with Gothic conventions. Comparative paragraph from Castle of Otranto for comparison – similar sounds, atmosphere. Finally, extract for
between Isabella and Madeline as heroines comparison of the ending and how far it is conventional for a work of gothic fiction