Exploring Modern Play Frankenstein in Year 8 Lesson
Delve into the world of Frankenstein in this Year 8 lesson, exploring the clues of a gothic tale, stage directions, and key questions that unravel the production's elements. Discover the nuances of Act 1 and engage with the characters to enhance your understanding of this classic work.
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Year 8: Unit 2: Modern Play: Frankenstein: Lesson 4 Year 8: Unit 2: Modern Play: Frankenstein: Lesson 4
Date: November 2023 Title: What clues are there from the outset that this is a gothic tale? What is literal information when studying a text? Recap questions: Do it now What is emphatic stress? What is a freeze frame? What is the difference between body language and hand gestures? How can a director use levels to make a performance piece more interesting? Base Reach Summit Miss Odell is currently reading
Last lesson we read, studied and explored the performance aspect of the prologue. In this lesson we are going to start exploring Act 1. An Act in a play is a section of a play and is a bit like a chapter in a book. Each scene in a performance piece always starts with the stage directions. Stage directions are instructions in a play for the technical aspects of the production, such as lighting, sound, costume, scenery or props and, most importantly, the movement of actors on stage. New Knowledge
Key questions: 1.What do we learn from the stage directions about where this performance is set? 2.Why do you think the character s names are in bold? 3.What details in the stage directions lean towards this production being a gothic piece? New Knowledge
New Knowledge We are now going to start our reading of the play. In this session we are going to read the start of Act 1 and pages 11-14
Lets see how much of what we have read we have understood. Use the word bank below to complete the following cloze exercise. Act One (pages 10-14) Pen to Paper The play starts in Frankenstein s room. Frankenstein and __________ appear. Clerval is keen to know what Frankenstein has been up to as he has been asking Clerval to do jobs for him that include carrying a week s __________ and holding the end of a _________. Frankenstein is excited about an approaching __________ and wants to __________ something with Clerval. supper storm Clerval celebrate copper-wire
Across this unit, we are going to review some of our core reading skills, starting in this lesson with our ability to find literal information in the text. When we think about finding the LITERAL MEANING of a text, we think about it in its most basic and most factual sense. It is simply looking at what the text actually says (what we can SEE). New Knowledge However, when we take something from the text, it is important to remember that we need to use quotation marks ( ). This piece of punctuation signals to the reader that you have lifted something from a text you have read.
Pen to Paper / Reflection Now you have a go. What literal information can you find in the text to support these points below? The page numbers have been given to help you. 1. Identify a word that means to hide under cover. (Pg. 12) 2. The room is freezing. (Pg.12) 3. Frankenstein is celebrating. (Pg.13) 4. Frankenstein respects Clerval. (Pg. 14) 5. There is a storm coming. (Pg. 14)
