A series of significant events that occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries that led to a shift in people’s beliefs about nature.

To express disapproval of someone or something.

Something becoming known or starting to exist.

To go against something that someone else has said.

Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour.

Frankenstein's regret and the scientific revolution

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Context for Gothic literature: science and religion in the 19th century

Identifying features of the Gothic genre in the plot of ‘Frankenstein’

Exploring the character of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’

Reading an extract from 'Frankenstein': A fateful night

Frankenstein's reaction to his creation

'Frankenstein' and the Gothic context

Regret in Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein'

Planning a written analysis of 'Frankenstein'

A written analysis of 'Frankenstein'

An introduction to 'Jane Eyre': Analysing an unseen extract

Reading an extract from Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre’

Lowood Institution: Gothic settings in 'Jane Eyre'

Analysing the atmosphere at Thornfield Hall in ‘Jane Eyre’

Using ‘Jane Eyre’ to inspire our use of gothic vocabulary

Using semantic fields to create a gothic atmosphere

Using figurative language to create a gothic atmosphere

Planning a Gothic description inspired by 'A monster within'

Organising our gothic writing to build tension

Writing a gothic description

Editing descriptive writing based on ‘A monster within’

Reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

The creation of suspense in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Symbolism in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Planning a cohesive argument about 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

A written analysis of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

Analysing effective opinion articles

Using description in functional writing

The structure of an opinion article

Planning an opinion article about Gothic literature

Writing an opinion article on Gothic literature

Improving your opinion article on Gothic literature

In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore extracts from Gothic fiction. In 'Gothic Poetry', pupils apply this learning to the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe.

In 'The Twisted Tree', pupils are introduced to the Gothic genre. In 'A Monster Within', pupils explore Gothic motifs in a range of more challenging texts.

In this unit, pupils explore the Gothic. They start by learning what the Gothic is, before reading extracts from 'Frankenstein' and 'Jane Eyre', practising descriptive writing and reading 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. They finally learn how to write opinion articles and then write their own.

A monster within: reading and writing Gothic fiction

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of distress or humiliation e.g. bullying.

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

What was the novel 'Frankenstein's' alternative title?

What method does Shelley use in this quotation from 'Frankenstein': "No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success."?

to concern oneself with the principles of right and wrong behaviour

to express disapproval of someone or something

Complete the quotation from 'Frankenstein': "I {{ }} nature to her hiding places."

both 'steal' a power from God and use it destructively

What do Victor Frankenstein from 'Frankenstein' and Prometheus have in common? 

the potential dangers of limitless scientific progress

the pursuit of knowledge in the absence of moral conscience

What does Shelley warn readers of 'Frankenstein' about? 

The novel 'Frankenstein' was written in the {{ }} era.

Which words does Victor use to refer to his creation in 'Frankenstein'?

What physical characteristics does Victor give his creation in 'Frankenstein'?

Who is the Creature's first victim in the novel 'Frankenstein'?

Complete the sentence: The {{ }} was a period in which industries began replacing manpower and physical labour with machinery/technology.

In the Enlightenment era, what did people begin to value? 

Frankenstein's regret and the scientific revolution

Lesson outcome

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