Lesson One

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Lesson One

• Introducing the Horror Genre and haunted house
  description

Learning Objectives Introducing the Horror
Genre and investigating conventions Stilling
Exercise Description of a Haunted Mansion
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Pair Work. Pupil on the left answer the
following question to the person on the right.
(1 Minute)

• Why do people enjoy horror?

Pupils on the right improve on the answer to the
pupil on the left (1 Minute)
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What should a good horror film achieve?
In two minutes complete a five pointed star.

• Scare people
• Ooze a sense of unease, discomfort and terror
• Unnerve and unsettle
• Build and maintain tension
• Get a reaction
• Explore our darker side
• Indulge in your deepest fears

HORROR
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Thinking Skills Activity

• Look at a detailed picture of a haunted house.
  Pupils absorb themselves in the picture it will
  dissolve after a minute and pupils need to
  remember as many details as possible.
• Just a Minute Describe a haunted house to your
  partner. Do not repeat words or hesitate. Model
  this with the class.

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Group Work

• Everyone will see the picture of the haunted
  house. In five minutes each group must create a
  vocabulary list on their placemats. Try to use
  adjectives in lists to help describe what you
  see. Pick out details!
• e.g. ancient floorboards, ruined tower, rusted
  crooked post-box.
• If you have finished, try to add what else you
  could add to the picture to help create a
  atmospheric description.

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Placemat
Sights
Sounds
Haunted Mansion
Smell
Touch
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Stilling Task

• You will be asked to close your eyes for five
  minutes during which your scenario will be
  described. You must try to imagine the scene.
  Use the vocabulary that you found.
• The teacher will offer ideas as you close your
  eyes in order to help your imagination
• You will then have 15 minutes to complete your
  description.

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Stilling Script (Example)

• Quiet tone of voice, and a slow voice. Allow time
  for thinking and imaginations. Add whatever
  details you wish. Use the vocabulary they found.
  Here are some suggestions.
• Set the Scene
• you are on a deserted street
• . You are alone .
• You feel the sharp cold..
• .Your heart begins to beat
• .You see a old building
• There is the sound of creaking gates..
• You hear the cries of ..
• .gradually the sound cease and .
• .it is quiet and ..
• trees limbs creak in the whistling wind.
• Shattered windows and
• Follow up the Scene with Lead questions
• How are you feeling?
• How do you feel and look?
• What is going through your mind?
• What does the house look like?

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Plenary

• Pupils read their descriptions to their critical
  partner.
• Critical Partner must find three things that the
  writer has done well and tick each time the
  senses are used
• Homework
• Pupils list ten features of good writing. They
  should draw on what they have learnt in previous
  years. E.g. Using the Senses
• Questions to dismiss. In order to stand pupils
  must suggest answers to the above task/list
  generic horror conventions