1. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 12 Smart English: Gothic Horror Gothic horror and the media (part two)

2. Learning objective: To infer meanings and effects, and to understand how ‘signposts’ combine to lead a reader through a text (RAF3, WAF3) Learning outcome: To look at the genre and structure of a website homepage, then create a homepage for a gothic horror visitor attraction Success criteria: AFLevel 5 / All students can …Level 6 / Most students can …Level 7 / Some students can … RAF3Use inference and deduction to interpret Recognise and comment on implied meanings and how textual details interact Explore implied meanings, making connections between insights WAF3Chain ideas effectively and link openings and closings Use ways of leading the reader through the text, varying ‘signposts’ and references Use a range of ways of leading and positioning the reader Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 12 Smart English: Gothic Horror – Gothic horror and the media (part two)

3. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 12 Smart English: Gothic Horror – Gothic horror and the media (part two) Key media terms ConnotationThe feelings and thoughts we associate with a word, feature or colour Graphology The design features of a text; for example, pictures, font, colours Headline A short line of text that emphasises a topic SignpostingFeatures that guide the reader through a text

4. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 12 Smart English: Gothic Horror – Gothic horror and the media (part two) Gothic horror feature: Use of red Purpose and effect: Grabs the audience’s attention by reminding them of blood and danger, and gives the homepage a scary feel

5. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 12 Smart English: Gothic Horror – Gothic horror and the media (part two) Activity:A leisure and entertainment company has decided to build a local visitor attraction with a gothic horror theme. It has decided the theme will focus on one of the following features: vampires, zombies, shocks and thrills, ghosts, night and moonlight, graveyards. The company has decided to run a competition: entrants must design the web homepage for the new attraction based on one of the six features above. Plan your entry using the frame below. Names of group members: What will your attraction be? Anything goes, as long as it has gothic horror as its theme; for example, a museum of the dead, a haunted house theme park, ‘Zombie Land’, ‘Vampire Island’. Anything else? What other details do you want to include? What kinds of things will visitors see or do at your attraction? Feature: Name of attraction: Target audience:

6. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 12 Smart English: Gothic Horror – Gothic horror and the media (part two) Gothic Horror Visitor Attraction: Web Homepage Competition Checklist for Judging Panel Best entries will feature: Suitable use of colour for the gothic horror theme: black, grey, red Clever word-play or puns Easily accessible information about the attraction Clear links to the chosen theme Images of the un-dead or spooky settings A clear set of ‘signposts’ that guide the reader through the homepage text Links to classic gothic horror stories Entertaining and informative design