Gothic literature

Resources for KS3 and KS4

Evoke your students interest in Gothic literature through novelists such as Poe, Shelley, Stoker and Hill and watch their imaginations come to life with their own Gothic literature pieces. From lessons to activity booklets, revision materials and knowledge organisers, we have drawn together a selection of resources to spark your students interest with Gothic literature.

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Lessons

Gothic literature is not only fun to teach but more often than not most students love delving into the supernatural and eerie themes that gothic literature provides. Whether you’re introducing it through Poe or Shelley, or you’re looking for stand alone creative writing lessons, we have drawn together a selection of resources you can use to teach gothic literature. 

Gothic Fiction: The Red Room
Miss C

Gothic Fiction: The Red Room

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Lesson looking at The Red Room. Students focus on the use of first-person narration in the story. The lesson includes: -multiple choice comprehension questions -Activities focusing on evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of using first-person narration in the text. -Differentiated writing ...
English Literature - Intro to The Gothic - Epistolary
CMillerEnglish

English Literature - Intro to The Gothic - Epistolary

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This lesson introduces the concept of 'epistolary' within the Gothic genre, looking specifically at two examples from Bram Stoker's Dracula. Activities move from analysis to evaluation to creative writing. This lesson is suitable for higher ability KS3 students, but could also work for KS4.
Jane Eyre - Bertha Mason: The Gothic Monster!
TandLGuru

Jane Eyre - Bertha Mason: The Gothic Monster!

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This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make precise and perceptive interpretations of the character of Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre. Through close analysis of specific extracts from the text, students develop an understanding of how Bertha fits the conventions of a quintessential g...
Gothic Escape Room
EnglishGCSEcouk

Gothic Escape Room

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A Gothic themed escape room around Gothic fiction lesson that helps students to reflect on their learning around themes, characters, settings, plots, structure, language, context and more. Very useful at the end of term, students work in escape room crews to get out of Dracula's castle. Includes eng...
Gothic Fiction Castle of Otranto
Miss P

Gothic Fiction Castle of Otranto

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Introduction lesson to Gothic Fiction, featuring an extract from Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto'. Lesson Objectives: To be able to identify the main features of the gothic genre. To learn about the origin and purpose of gothic fiction. To interpret information from a text and use quotation...
Creative Writing Lesson - Gothic Horror
RojoResources

Creative Writing Lesson - Gothic Horror

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An engaging creative writing lesson based around the theme of gothic horror. The lesson includes a number of activities to develop students' vocabulary and use of more complex sentence structures.
Jekyll and Hyde: Setting
MrGradgrind

Jekyll and Hyde: Setting

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This 18-slide lesson offers an introduction to Stevenson's use of setting in 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'. We consider how Stevenson's use of setting facilitates Hyde's dark deeds and the Gothic atmosphere of the novella. How the author's childhood in Edinburgh influenced his depic...
Gothic Fiction The Hound of Baskervilles
Miss P

Gothic Fiction The Hound of Baskervilles

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Lesson developed as part of an 'Introduction to Gothic Fiction' module delivered to year 8. Aim of module: to familiarise pupils with the conventions of Gothic Fiction and develop analysis skills (Language AO1). Lesson based on an extract from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'...

Activities and revision

From word banks and word searches to comprehension activities and knowledge organisers, take a look at these worksheets and revision tools you can use in the classroom.

Gothic Literature Homework Booklet
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Gothic Literature Homework Booklet

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An A5 sized booklet for easy use with planners with three homework tasks based on Gothic Literature. Tasks are project-based and include research, creative making and written tasks. Booklet also contains key words for a Gothic unit and space for learners to record any new vocabulary they learn.
Gothic Wordsearch
Batee

Gothic Wordsearch

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Quick wordsearch to look at the semantic field of death. Originally made for a Year 8 class starter, though perhaps better suited for a plenary.
Gothic Genre Writing Warm Ups
bdralphs

Gothic Genre Writing Warm Ups

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Help your students to develop their creative writing skills through these Gothic Genre writing warm ups. These writing activities are designed for the first 5 minutes of your lesson, as a "do now" activity. Students are given a prompt to use as a starter. They are also encouraged to inc...
Gothic Punctuation
EnglishGCSEcouk

Gothic Punctuation

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We use the Gothic as a stimulus for improving our punctuation and grammar. Includes differentiated worksheets on a number of areas including commas, full stops, capital letters, semicolons, dashes, paragraphs and more! A fantastically detailed and differentiated lesson that can be adapted for other...
Gothic Literature Boggle
Calum Roy

Gothic Literature Boggle

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Boggle anagram game sheets with a Gothic Literature theme. Each has a Gothic key term, character or author hidden in the grid. (Answer hidden somewhere on the sheet to help the teacher.) Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary. A great starter activity or brain break. Develops spelling strategies and tests vocabul...

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