Pupil outcome: I can explain the meaning and context of the poem ‘The Raven’. Key learning points: - Edgar Allan Poe wrote brilliant ghost stories and detective fiction. - The Gothic genre is a form of literature that emerged in the...

Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of the Gothic to make impressive inferences about the tree. Key learning points: - Inferences usually rely on things that haven’t been explicitly stated, but rather, hinted at or suggested. - We can...

Pupil outcome: I can describe how 'The Twisted Tree' follows the conventions of a Gothic text. Key learning points: - The Gothic genre is characterised by the use of desolate, remote settings and macabre, mysterious or violent incidents....

The ancient hobbies of years gone by are fascinating and fraught with interesting facts that many of us might not know today. People of the past didn’t have the modern luxuries most of the developed world has now, so for entertainment, a...