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 incorporate various language features into their writing. These writing warms up activities are a great compliment to a Gothic Genre unit of work.

These A3 posters outline the common features and elements found in the Gothic Genre. They are a great compliment to a Gothic Genre unit, studied in year 9, 10 or 11. Displayed on your classroom walls, students will be able to have a quick and easy guide to the features of the Gothic Genre. These posters help students to learn the common elements, identify them in Gothic texts, and have the language to articulate their ideas when discussing Gothic texts. There are eight posters, covering the following features: setting, atmosphere, visions, supernatural, emotions, characters, metonymy, and vocabulary.

This PowerPoint introduces your students to genre and prompts them to explore their initial thoughts on the Gothic genre.

Use the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ to teach students about the features of Manga. This activity sheet contains 4 activities that give students a more structured approach to labeling and identifying manga techniques, explaining their effect and composing their own manga work.

As your students work through a variety of ‘Animal Farm’ activities, give them this resource to help them remember the original seven commandments.