Language and literature

Style Purpose
Setting Structure
Factual What are the features of gothic literature? What are the features of gothic literature?
Factual Who has created gothic fction? Who are the authors of gothic literature?
Factual What are some well known gothic stories? What gothic stories do you know?
Conceptual Does Gothic literature always employs
specifc settings?
What are the usual settings for gothic stories?
Debatable What are themes specifc to Gothic
literature?
Are certain thems always apparent in Gothic stories?
Teacher(s| David Marrinson, Julie Clarke Subject group and d|sc|p||ne Language A: English
Un|t t|t|e Gothic Fiction MYP Year Grade 9 Un|t durat|on 3 Weeks
Inqu|ry: Estab||sh|ng the purpose of the un|t
Key concept Re|ated concept(s| G|oba| context
Aesthetics
Persona| and cu|tura|
express|on
Statement of |nqu|ry
The form of Gothicism is an enduring aspect of literature and art that transcends age levels and time periods in history.
Inqu|ry quest|ons
Object|ves Summat|ve assessment
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Approaches to |earn|ng (ATL|
IB ATL CATEGORY MYP ATL CLUSTER SPECIFIC ATL SKILL LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Se|f-
management
Th|nk|ng
Act|on: Teach|ng and |earn|ng through |nqu|ry
Content Learn|ng process
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Describe how you will differentiate teaching & learning for this unit?
Reect|on: Cons|der|ng the p|ann|ng, process and |mpact of the |nqu|ry
Pr|or to teach|ng the un|t Dur|ng teach|ng After teach|ng the un|t
Selection of appropriate texts was challenging. Looking at classic features of gothic fction was
enjoyable and students made connectiosn to various
other texts they had viewed or read. Themes common
to Gothic and other genres of literarture was regularly
discussed.
Art was a natural ft for looking at connections
between the disciplines.
Assessments tasks were reasonably broad and well
suite dfor students to be able to address all criteria.
Regular review of students understanding of the
features of the genre was useful in determining
student readiness for assessment tasks.
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