Dracula

//Dracula//




 * Resources and worksheets || Unit outline / week activities ||
 * = //Dracula// reading schedule: =

** Week 1 - end of Ch 3 - p.40 **

 * Week 2 - end of Ch 6 - p.78 **
 * Week 3 - end of Ch 9 - p.123 **
 * Week 4 - end of Ch 12 - p.183 **
 * Week 5 - end of Ch 15 - p.212 **
 * Week 6 - end of Ch 18 - p.254 **
 * Week 7 - end of Ch 21 - p.296 **
 * Week 8 - end of Ch 24 - p.337 **
 * Week 9 - end of novel ** ||  ||
 * || =Week 1 - Intro to Gothic and Modern Horror=

Assessment tasks and Unit Outline issued. General Introduction to unit ||
 * || =Week 2 - Elements of Gothic literature=

'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning - what values, attitudes and beliefs are represented
 * historical, social and cultural contexts

'Where the Wild Roses Grow' - Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue ||
 * || =Week 3=

'The Giaour' by Lord Byron.

Dracula interactive comic ||
 * || =Week 4=

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 * || =Week 5=

Buffy - Episodes 1 + 2 - Gothic elements ||
 * || =Week 6=

Planning for your in-class essay:

[|Planning and structuring your essay] [|Using a mind map to plan your essay] ||
 * || =Week 7=

In-class essay. ||
 * || ==Week 8==

Gothic elements in "Dracula" - Chapters 1 + 2

Creative task preparation



1. Ensure that you know exactly what the task is asking for. Highlight the key points on the task sheet.

2. Research the time and place of the character in whom you are interested. You creative must reflect that accurately.

3. Plan, plan, plan. Eliminate 90% of what you hope to include. Focus on telling a story on a short period of time. For example, your story could take place over minutes or hours. It should not try to cover days, weeks or months.

4. Check the structure of your writing. Does it follow narrative structure? Have you used a genre that suits both you and the task?

5. Read your work out aloud. Does it make sense? Read it to the cat, the dog, the people on the bus? Does it make sense?

6. Use your novel as a reference book. Check spelling, punctuation, how to format dialogue etc. || Construction of gender in "Dracula" Make a copy of the above document. Share it with 1 / 2 people to work on. Choose one of the characters we have met in the novel so far. Create a Fakebook profile and posts for them. ||
 * || **Week 9**
 * || **Week 10**

[|The Ultimate Villain - the doppelganger of Van Helsing and Dracula]

Key cultural and social issues evident in "Dracula" - group research task

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 * || ===Week 11===

"Dracula" - the final chapters

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 * || ===Week 13===

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 * =Research and readings:= || Readings on the popularity of modern gothic. ||
 * =How to write a rationale:= || [[file:Rationale questions.docx|Rationale questions]] ||
 * || Librovox audio of "The Vampyre"
 * || Librovox audio of "The Vampyre"
 * || Librovox audio of "The Vampyre"

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 * "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" || Gothic images and icons in "Buffy" ||

Project Gutenberg - e-copy of "Dracula"

//Dracula -// free audio book

Dracula - [|Youtube audio link]

Visit Dracula's Castle - Bran Castle

[|Powerpoint on Dracula]

Themes in "Dracula"

Timeline of "Dracula"