Pupil outcome: I can explain how tension is built in 'The Twisted Tree'. Key learning points: - The novel gets more frightening and tense as it progresses, because of the increasing threat to Martha's life. - Writers often raise tension...

Pupil outcome: I can explain why Dickens used the ‘ghost story’ genre to underpin his didactic message. Key learning points: - Dickens was influential in establishing the ghost story as a popular genre in the Victorian period. - Dickens...

Pupil outcome: I can plan and write an engaging opinion article. Key learning points: - Voice is how you convey the identity of the writer - readers should have an understanding of who the writer is. - The writer's viewpoint should be...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Stevenson uses liminality in Chapter 7. Key learning points: - Twilight marks the transition between day and night; it is a liminal time. - Windows are often important symbols or liminal spaces in gothic...

Pupil outcome: I can write brilliant topic sentences to convey my argument. Key learning points: - When planning an opinion article, the message needs to be consistent - your opinion is your message. - You should identify between 3 and 4...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Femi presents concepts of power imbalance. Key learning points: - The title 'Thirteen' has connotations of an unlucky, transitional period. - The poem implies the officers now perceive the boy as...

Pupil outcome: I can structure my piece of gothic writing to build tension. Key learning points: - It is important to create tension in Gothic writing because it keeps your reader in a state of anticipation. - Keeping the reader in a...

Pupil outcome: I can generate ideas for my Gothic description. Key learning points: - Your Gothic writing should not simply be a horror story - you can create fear through atmosphere and mood. - Gothic literature is characterised by a...

Pupil outcome: I can undertake close-textual analysis on a short passage from ‘Jane Eyre’. Key learning points: - Jane is characterised as a polite, calm and helpful character. - Brontë creates a Gothic setting using classic Gothic...

Pupil outcome: I can identify features of the Gothic genre in the plot of 'Frankenstein' in 'Frankenstein'. Key learning points: - Gothic literature is literature that evokes feelings of mystery, fear and terror. - The horrifying events...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse Brontë’s creation of atmosphere in her description of Thornfield Hall in ‘Jane Eyre’. Key learning points: - Atmosphere is the mood or feeling of a piece of writing. - We would expect to find an ominous or...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Brontë uses a semantic field and pathetic fallacy to create a Gothic setting. Key learning points: - A successful Gothic setting makes the reader feel uneasy and unsettled, but not necessarily frightened....

Pupil outcome: I can use new knowledge to improve my own writing. Key learning points: - Rhetorical questions need to be ‘targeted’ - personalised to the situation or moment, and used with an aim in mind. - Using emotive language in...