Year 7 Autumn term 2—Gothic Fiction
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Design a front cover for a
novel that would suit the
gothic genre. Come up
with an effective title.
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‘Dracula’ is coming to the
local theatre. You need
to design a poster to sell
and advertise the play.
Draw a gothic setting then with adjectives and
interesting vocabulary, describe the
image.
Research the gothic genre and put all of your research into an information booklet.
Include :
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Find authors who write in this genre
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Examples / extracts of gothic stories
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Who influenced this genre
Create a gothic short story of no more than 1000
words. You MUST include the following vocabulary :
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Looming
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Trick
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Thunderous
Also include personification, metaphors and similes.
Check you have used a variety of sentence structures
and punctuation.
Choose your homework from the Takeaway Menu. The
chilli rating suggests
the difficulty or
challenge. You must
complete at least 2
EXTRA HOT tasks
during the year.