This Horror Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library. Special emphasis on gothic literature. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
This Horror Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library. Special emphasis on gothic literature. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
This Horror Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library. Special emphasis on gothic literature. Recommended for Grades 7-12.
This Horror Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library. Special emphasis on gothic literature. Recommended for Grades 7-12.

Horror Genre Library Lesson | Gothic Literature | Middle School Library Lessons

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This Horror Genre Library Lesson is perfect for middle school library and high school library. Part I is an introduction to the horror genre, with emphasis on gothic literature and other horror subgenres. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, classic horror literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

Though students may be familiar with the featured stories from movies, this presentation emphasizes classic horror literature, not movies.

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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS HORROR GENRE LIBRARY LESSON:

  • Recommended for: Grades 7-12
  • Formats: PowerPoint, Google Slides, and PDF
  • Editable: YES, all text is editable in PowerPoint and Google Slides
  • Lesson duration: About 20–30 minutes for the whole-group discussion, plus an optional group activity
  • Scrolling slideshow duration: Scrolling slideshow: About 23 minutes if the 31 Part II slides are timed at 45 seconds each

 

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:

  • 52 PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • Two-page Exploring Genre Books group activity, in editable and print-ready formats
  • Editable and print-ready Recommended Reads bookmarks for Grades 6–8 and 9–12
  • Start Here guide with lesson flow and standards connections

 

PART I – INTRODUCTION TO HORROR GENRE

This is a whole-group lesson. It includes:

  • review of genre
  • students’ preliminary thoughts on the horror genre
  • characteristics of horror
  • genres that are often mixed with horror
  • an overview of horror subgenres
  • gothic literature characteristics and examples from classic literature
  • body horror characteristics and classic literature examples
  • folk horror characteristics and classic literature examples
  • slides for checkout procedures and reminders

 

PART II – SCROLLING SLIDESHOW

Part II can be used for extra discussion or set to scroll on a timed loop while students work or check out books. This introduction to horror continues with:

  • Stephen King author spotlight
  • Bram Stoker Award information
  • quotations from Frankenstein, Dracula, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”
  • the psychology of color in horror
  • trivia questions and answers
  • Would You Rather? questions
  • horror vocabulary, including ominous and macabre
  • editable daily and weekly schedules, announcements, reminders, and birthdays

 

EXPLORING GENRE BOOKS GROUP ACTIVITY

Put three horror books from your library on each table or group area. Students use the covers and book descriptions to identify likely subgenres and explain the clues behind their choices. A book may fit more than one subgenre.

Groups then recommend one of their three books to someone looking for a horror story. Students can complete the activity without having to say that they personally want to read horror. This genre library lesson activity gives them a reason to browse and discuss actual books from your collection.

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 Bram Stoker
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • additional titles in the gothic literature, body horror, and folk horror examples

 

RECOMMENDED READS BOOKMARKS

  • Bookmarks for Grades 6–8 and Grades 9–12
  • Features recently-published and backlist titles, so you can choose what fits your collection
  • Recommendations across fiction, graphic novels, short stories, and poetry
  • Editable PowerPoint and Google Slides files, plus print-ready PDFs

 

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