Category: Reading

2.4 Writing Portfolio- The Enlightenment Task

[google-drive-embed url=”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1egM_eNwc1YFsbOdASbaam_YZ5kXG59VVOiMX7ecovEc/preview?usp=drivesdk” title=”Level 2 Writing Portfolio Task 1″ icon=”https://drive-thirdparty.googleusercontent.com/16/type/application/vnd.google-apps.document” width=”100%” height=”400″ style=”embed”]     John Locke’s “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” originally published in 1689  

Wide Reading Assessment- NCEA Level 2

This year, students will undertake a reading project. They will read a minimum of six texts that all express an element of gothic fiction. The texts will be self-selected and must not have been studied

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The Introduction in Frankenstein

Read the Introduction that is in the books at the back of the classroom. It is written by Mary Shelley for the 1831 edition of the novel. You will find it after the “Note on

“The Creation”

When Victor Frankenstein arrives home to Geneva, an unexpected guest is already there. As our interactions with Frankenstein’s creation continue to grow, it is important that we look at how Frankenstein thinks of his “project”.  

The Gothic Protagonist

Following the reading of The Tell-Tale Heart, we will now explore how the narrator of that story meets the criteria for the gothic protagonist. Below are a set of descriptors that we discussed and debated in class.  

The Tell Tale Heart- Edgar Allan Poe

To kick start our study of the genre “gothic fiction”, we will be exploring the short story, “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. First published in 1843, the narrative is relayed by an

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