Year 9 Homework Autumn 2 Year 9 English

Year 9 Homework Autumn 2

Year 9 | English Homework Tasks | Term: Autumn 2 | Topic: 19 th century prose- Gothic Literature Instructions: Each week you will complete one piece of homework. This will be either one of the activities below, or revision from your Knowledge Organiser for a test in class. Your teacher will let you know what homework activity you’re doing and when this should be handed in. Skills being practiced: Reading Skills: Show your understanding of what you have read by using quotations and analysing the effect of these on the audience or reader. Writing Skills: Show off your range of vocabulary, your understanding of grammar and your ability to write creatively. Homework activity: Read the following paragraph from Frankenstein. Draw the scene that you imagine, then label with appropriate quotations. sure that you think creatively! Haunted Leicester! “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally Use the picture above to help you against the panes, and my candle was nearly write an opening to a Gothic story. burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the halfextinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. Analyse the following quotation based on Marley’s Ghost from A Christmas Carol by writing an MQA paragraph. Creative Challenge: You can present this piece of work in any way that you choose: make OR ‘In the distance, the clock tower announced that midnight had arrived; she realised that she ached for sleep. ’ “I wear the chain I forged in life, replied the ghost. I made it link by link, and yard by yard. I girded it on of my own free will. Use the opening sentence to write 2 further paragraphs. Create a leaflet about haunted Ghosts and haunted places in the Leicester area. Taking inspiration from your learning so far this half term, write a poem which could fit into the gothic genre. Research Challenge: You will need to use a computer or a library to help you find the information needed to complete this task. One of the most famous gothic novels is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. What was the story behind the creation and writing of Frankenstein? (e. g. where was Shelley? Who was she with? Etc. . ) Research Shelley’s life and produce a fact file to show your learning. Write an A to Z of gothic terms and features. Use a computer or book to find unusual and less obvious features.