Title of Unit:
Genre - Horror
Year: 10
Term:
Objectives:
Speaking and Listening
 Participate in discussion
 Communicate clearly
Duration:
Set:
Resources:
Uneasy Homecoming – Will Jennings
Extract from Dracula – Brian Stoker (Solus 4)
Reading
 Understand and evaluate how writers
using linguistic, structural and
presentational devices to achieve their
effects and comment on the way language
varies and changes
Writing

Use and adapt forms and genres for
specific purposes and effects.
Teaching sequence
Week 1:
Introduce genre of horror. Read Uneasy Homecoming by Will Jennings.
Look at likes..
Build up list of features/devices by close analysis of certain sections of Uneasy
Homecoming. Write opening paragraphs.
Drafting opening paragraphs. Write two different news of the same scene.
Week 2:
Read extract from Dracula. Highlight similar features. Look at differences in
language.
Plan and begin drafting stories in horror genre.
Revise subordinate clauses – complete draft and write up.
Week 3:
Week 4:
Short-term plan
Year: 10
Objectives
Term:
Reading
Week:
Writing
Teacher:
Speaking and Listening
Starter activity
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Revise onomatopoeia
Class build paragraph
on board with teacher
– improve teacher’s
original.
Lesson 4
Introduction
Discuss idea of horror
as seen on films.
What is the appeal.
What makes films
tense – think about
music, shots etc.
Recap features
outlined in
yesterday’s feedback.
In light of starter –
any improvements to
opening paragraphs.
In fours, read
opening paras –
decide on best way
and why. Put best on
OHT.
Point out to class this
is a much older text.
Will be looking for
similarities &
differences. Read
extracts from Dracula
in Solus 4.
Development
Read Uneasy
Homecoming by Will
Cummings. This can
be quite a slow
starter but they
invariably get hooked.
Look at certain
sections closely –
(copies provided.
Also on OHT)
Opening clues,
description of ‘the
hunt’. In pairs –
class highlight ‘tense’
features.
Feedback paras on
OHT. Look at variety
– good features.
Look at purposes –
intro of character
setting, intro story –
interest.
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On copied extracts
(provided) class will
highlight features
which create tension.
Looking for sims &
diffs with Uneasy
Homeway.
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of
Dif
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eff
aud
Development
Write opening
paragraphs – share
with partner.
Continue with story.
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Cla
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pow
cle
Short-term plan
Year: 10
Objectives
Term:
Reading
Week:
Writing
Teacher:
Lesson 5
Speaking and Listening
Starter activity
Revise planning –
variety of
approaches, “mindmapping” – bullet
Introduction
Set task (in booklet)
Plan – taking features
discussed into
account – stress no
Lesson 6
points etc
Revise subordinate
clause – could take
20/25 mins
gore!
Redraft in light of
starter and continue
to end of story