Folklore les

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

What are we going to do today?

Learning goals

Activating prior knowledge + learning about folklore: podcast: words

 Loch Ness

Answering + discussing questions

Putting your new knowledge to use in writing assignment.

Reflection + end lesson

Nessie

Monster of Loch ness

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Listen to the podcast

Listen to the podcast and write down words you think could be considered important on the subject folklore/ monster of Loch Ness

We will discuss these words + make an overview in groups

01:31

Why is Loch Ness a good atmosphere for monsters?

1. The lake is deep and murky
2. There is a lot of fog and rain
3. It's beautiful and mysterious
4. All of the above

03:24

When was the monster first spotted?

1. 563
2. 565
3. 1821
4. 1400

04:47

What is the explanation for the rise of popularity in the story in the 1930s?

1. A rise in tourism
2. Interest in science fiction
3. Interest in the idea that dinosaurs are still around
4. Need for escapism

06:53

What did John MacDonald think the monster was?

1. It was was a fish: salmon
2. It was a whale
3. It was a dinosaur
4. He wasn't sure what it was, but he has never seen anything strange himself

08:17

What did the Secretary of State do about the monster?

1. He tried to see it for himself
2. He made sure it was protected
3. He wanted it to be killed
4. He didn't believe in it

09:19

Why was King Kong important to the popularity of Nessie?

1. King Kong was released in the 1930s
2. It showed that prehistoric creatures could still exist
3. They're both monsters
4. Nessie appeared in King Kong

10:54

Why was Rupert Gould interested in the creature?

1. He saw a connection with creatures he had researched before
2. He had talked to eyewitnesses
3. He had read about the monster
4. He wanted to write a book about sea serpents

12:33

What did Lachlan Stuart photograph?

1. The monster
2. Three seals
3. Three bales of hay
4. He doesn't know, but he doesn't think it's the monster

14:03

Why was the Surgeon's Photograph faked?

1. Marmaduke Wetherell wanted to become famous
2. It was a prank
3. Marmaduke Wetherell was forced to do it by the Daily Mail
4. Marmaduke Wetherell wanted vengeance

16:17

Why is the monster unlikely to be an eel?

1. They didn't find any eel DNA
2. The monster doesn't move like an eel
3. There is no evidence of large aquatic creatures in the lake
4. All of the above

17:10

Why do eye witness reports continue?

1. People are afraid of Nessie
2. People want to become famous
3. People want to believe in the impossible
4. Technology isn't advanced enough

Writing assignment

Use all the information you have learned while watching the video.

Write a writing assignment of 100 explaining if you believe in the Monster of Loch Ness or other folklore stories. Use the information / words you wrote down in the previous assignments