DRACULA GRIPS FINAL

Planning

• Lesson Goals
• What do you already know?
  
• Grammar
• Writing exercises
  

Lesson Goals

• At the end of the lesson the students will remember the phases a good story goes through 
  
• At the end of the lesson the students will be able to write a story about a vampire in English 
  
• At the end of the lesson the students can use the past simple.
• At the end of the lesson the students will be able to explain in English why they chose for a specific music piece 
  

What do you know about Vampires?

Dracula

Today we will discuss the world's most famous vampire

What do you know about Dracula?

About the story

- 1897 by Bram Stoker

- Basis of all vampire movies and books

- Gothic novel:     1. unrealistic setting (spooky castle)

                                2. scary events (vampires)

                                3. sensational plots (lots of murders)

What else could you include in your story to make it more "gothic"?
Add pictures!

Activity

You are going to write a very short story in groups.

1. The first person will write the first 2 or 3 sentences.

2. Then you fold the paper so the next person does not see what the first person wrote.

3. We will do this 4 times, so you will have 4 stanzas in total.

Guidelines

1. The first person starts their stanza with the words: "Once upon a time" and tells something about the vampire. (name, how old is he/she?) 

2. The second person writes about a problem that the vampire has.

3. The third person writes how the vampire will solve this problem.

4. The fourth person writes about what the vampire is going to do next. (Example: now that he has found his suitcase, he is going on a holiday to Spain)

NO swearing, we stay civil.

Let's hear some of the stories!

Past simple

The Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. 

It’s also possible to use the simple past in a sentence without specifying a time, but it must have previously been made clear that the speaker is referring to a finished period. 

 Example: "I drank blood yesterday."

 

Forming the past simple

Affirmative: Subject + past simple + object

Example: "I walked through my castle yesterday."

Negative: Subject + did not + base form of verb + object

Example: "I didn’t eat dinner yesterday."

Interrogative: Did + subject + base form of verb + object?

Example: "Did you dust my castle yesterday?"

Final exercise

Now you are going to write a short story by yourself.

You are a vampire and are about to write a short story about your life in the 18th/19th century.

Use the past tenses that we discussed!

Use your creativity!

You are allowed to use pictures.

Min. 100 words

Example

My name is Edward Cullen. I almost died today. I was sick with the Spanish flu for over a week. My time finally came today and I saw the light. However that was interrupted when Carlisle bit me. He turned me into a vampire. Unfortunately, he was too late to save my parents. I lived in Italy my whole life, now I moved to Forks with Carlisle and his wife.

Finished? -> extra assignment

Soundtrack Project

Imagine that Dracula is being made into a major motion picture. 

Put together a soundtrack of at least two songs that address specific events or themes that are present in your story. 

Be prepared to explain your choices to the class.

Example 

Why did I pick this song?

- Emotional and soft.

- Maybe he would play this song because he misses someone/ something

Piano duet

Place a screenshot of your favourite song here
Let's discuss!