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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS HORROR GENRE LIBRARY LESSON:
- Recommended for: Grades 7-12
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, and PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable
- Lesson duration: 20-30 minute whole-group discussion + 23-minute scrolling slideshow (timed at 45 seconds for each of the 31 Part II slides)
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:
- 48 PPT slides + Google™ Slides
- Recommended Reads bookmarks (2 pages, editable)
PART I INCLUDES:
- review of genre (what is genre)
- students’ preliminary thoughts on the horror genre
- characteristics of horror
- genres that are often mixed with horror
- subgenres of horror
- gothic literature characteristics and well-known examples from classic literature
- body horror literature – characteristics and classic literature examples
- folk horror literature – characteristics and classic literature example
- two slides for checkout procedures and reminders
PART II INCLUDES:
This is a scrolling slideshow. If you time the slides at 45 seconds each, the horror genre slideshow will 23 minutes in length.
- Who am I? author spotlight (Stephen King)
- Bram Stoker Awards
- Who was Bram Stoker?
- quotations from Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), Dracula (Bram Stoker), and “The Fall of the House of Usher” (Edgar Allan Poe)
- color psychology and horror – red, black, and green
- 5 things every horror story needs
- Word of the Week: ominous and macabre
- Daily and weekly schedule
- Announcements
- Reminders
- This week’s birthdays
CLASSIC HORROR GENRE LITERATURE MENTIONED:
- “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving
- “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Dracula by Edgar Allan Poe
- Carrie by Stephen King
- others are mentioned as trivia question answer choices
RECOMMENDED READS BOOKLISTS
- two bookmarks, editable in PPT and PDF
- One bookmark is Grades 6-8, and the other is Grades 9-12.
- All titles are recommended on Titlewave for Grades 6-8 and 9-12.
- Titles are fiction, short stories, and graphic novels.
- All titles received positive reviews from professional library journals. Many received starred reviews.
MORE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY LESSONS
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- What’s Your Genre Personality? Quiz (Grades 6+)
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