Lesson 14: Unit Exam Review

1. Lesson 14: Unit Exam Review 11/26/2017

2. Learning Objective To review for Unit Test.

3. MYP Command Term Questions • Discuss the mood of the text in paragraph Explain how the word choices contribute to the mood of the text.

4. Gothic/Horror Mood • Unusual/Exotic • Cold, Dark and gloomy • Remote, desolate, decay • Eerie and Spooky • Foreboding/Ominous • mysterious • Tense

5. Heath Manor finally rose into view behind a line of dense, gloomy fir trees. The closer we got, the more it looked like a brooding monster -- battered and bruised, but still menacing. A fierce wind tugged at its broken shutters.

6. How do the story details create the mood?

7. MYP Command Term Questions • Summarize the events in the paragraph/story. Include only the most important details. .

8. MYP Command Term Questions • Use a contextual clue to justify that this short story has an element of Gothic/Horror genre.

9. A sudden dark shadow swept across the bright moon, momentarily blocking out its light. Sarah stumbled against a gravestone that was leaning towards the path like a cracked and crooked tooth. An owl gave a ghostly hoot.

10. The house was dark. As I approached, no one was around and I couldn’t hear many sounds. I wished I wasn’t on my own. The windows had dirty curtains and the glass was cracked in places. An owl flew through a hole in the top window and off into the night. I walked closer.

11. MYP Command Term Questions Explain how the filmmaker creates suspense in the scene through the use of: • camera angle/positioning • sound/music

12. Camera Angles – Woman in Black • Name and then Give effect on the audience • Close Up • Point of View • High Angle/Low Angle

13. Sound/Music • How does the music change to create suspense • Sustained low thuds combined with increasing high pitch strings which increase in tempo • Music cuts out as the candles go out • Then intense shrieks from the WIB Combined with toy/music box sounds from the previous scenes.

14. Task 1 – Compare and Contrast • Compare and contrast how the writer and the filmmaker use setting to tell a Gothic/Horror story.

15. Gothic/Horror Setting • Most often used settings are: • Small communities • Isolated areas • Abandoned houses • Barnes, farms, cabins • Creepy hotels • Graveyards • Basements • Mental hospitals

16. Words to describe Gothic Settings • Unnaturally still and quiet • Unusual • Cold, Dark and gloomy • Remote, desolate, decay • Eerie and Spooky • Exotic places • Secret passages • Ominous

17. Compare and Contrast Essay Introduction Hook/introductory sentence Background information + brief summary – what texts will you talk about, character names and what the stories are about Thesis statement – what are you going to try to prove in the compare and contrast Body • Need to follow PEEL – make your point in a topic sentence, explain it provide evidence and then link again to the topic sentence or to the next paragraph • Should have 2 – 3 paragraphs • One paragraph should look at similarities of two texts • One paragraph should look at differences of two texts Conclusion Resay thesis and main points – include character and text names