Mapping out units
Unit : Year 8 Gothic
Literature
1.
Develop an
understanding of
gothic characters
Sentence structure and
punctuation
Text structure and
organisation
Composition and effect
Products
Learning
habits
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Students can look at a variety
of sentence types as starter
activities so they can have a
mini assessment within their
homework on how to create
effect.
Character profiles – using
structure to create tension within
character description.
Analysis of gothic characters within
real media texts – TV (Vampire
Diaries), Film (Shaun of the Dead)
and Book (Dracula) media
considered
Creation of a gothic
character
Distilling
Imagining
Questioning
Noticing
Paragraph
about
character
created
Theme park leaflet that
utilises various Gothic
settings such as
graveyards, haunted
house, scare maze etc.
Distilling
Imagining
Questioning
Noticing
Drawing of a
gothic
location for
assessment
Fill in the gaps about Dracula.
2.
3.
4.
Develop an
understanding of
gothic settings
Use of figurative
language to
describe character
and setting
Drafting a “Gothic
Literature Story
Review and consolidate use of
AFOREST techniques to
persuade audience to go to
the theme park. Students to
capitalise on work from Year 7
by looking at how to create
emotion through complex
punctuation.
Using structure to create a
particular effect about gothic
themes within the theme park.
AFOREST techniques of short
sentences and paragraphs to be
looked at,
Looking at ready-made locations
and how we would describe them
through complex vocabulary within
emotive language.
Review and consolidate use of
a range of punctuation, whilst
also carrying on with the use
of complex punctuation.
Story openings- experiment with
different ways to engage and
‘hook’ a reader. Take inspiration
from Gothic texts read in lesson.
Similes, metaphors, personification
– adding figurative language to
create effect.
Opening paragraph to
story.
Capitalising
Imitation
Collaboration
Making Links
Create a
Gothic
Themed
glossary
Tasks on colons and brackets
to be uses as starter activities.
Recap on variety of sentences
and how to use them.
Begin sentences with different
word classes (preposition,
adverbs, verbs, adjectives,
connectives...)
Recap on paragraphs and the
purpose of structuring work.
Recap on dialogue and the purpose
of it - how can it be used to reveal
plot and character?
Formative assess
Capitalising
Making Links
Perseverance
Imitation
Drafts
CARP PIE to be looked at with
complex adjectives and
connectives.
Effective opening and ending of
story. This will recap on the
sentence types (spiral learning)
and clauses for complex
sentences.
Students to look at real leaflets and
their persuasive techniques, using
analytical skills.
Students will have a chance to
incorporate different approaches to
planning and proofreading work of
working, finding a style that suits
them.
Mastery
secure
Developing
Emerging
Assessment: Writing a
Gothic Literature story
Mastery
As above
Secure
As above
Similes gothic picture task - pictures
flash up on the board and students
make similes for them aiming to use
a range of vocabulary.
As above
Developing
Reviewing and
redraft writing
Emerging
6.
Mastery
.
Secure
Variety of sentence structures
to create specific effects.
Developing
Developing detail
in your writing
Emerging
5.
Formative assess
As above
As above
As above
Drafts
Mapping out units
Products
Mastery
secure
Developing
Composition and effect
Emerging
Mastery
Secure
Developing
Text structure and organisation
Emerging
Mastery
Secure
Developing
Assessment:
Sentence structure and
punctuation
Emerging
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