Connector: Spend 15 minutes adding relevant and specific quotations to each of the following sections in your booklet: The isolated protagonist Damsels in distress

Which critical perspective regarding Heathcliff is the most accurate? Connector Using your understanding from last lesson, we will now hold a debate. Which critical perspective regarding Heathcliff is the most accurate? Use your tokens Respond to each other Build and defend your perspective Use wide-ranging evidence from the text

Model Essay Read through and consider how the essay has been marked Positive annotations highlight good areas Use of words from the mark scheme Use of assessment objectives Clear and detailed WWW/Target

Self-Assessment Read through your essay. Double ticks show areas of good work. Reflect on your work and add your own annotations. AO1: written expression appropriate vocabulary fluent style Clear and logical argument Focus on task and text AO2: Analysis of form Analysis of structure Analysis of language How do these aspects shape meaning in the text? AO3: Different interpretations Different perspectives Critical perspectives Connections to the gothic genre made AO4: Specific links to text and task Contexts of reception Contexts of production Contexts of the gothic genre Band 1 = limited Band 2 = Some awareness Band 3 = Some consideration Band 4 = Detailed consideration Band 5 = Exploration Band 6 = Evaluation

Gothic Setting and Atmospheres LO: To explore the settings in Wuthering Heights and link to the Gothic convention of oppositions

Reading Read the two extracts based on Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Find patterns of words with similar meanings and highlight Give a name to this group and discuss as a group Read the e-magazine article: a) sum up the argument b) Do you agree or disagree?

Linking to the Gothic Individually, identify possible gothic elements in the setting: Excess Entrapment Isolation Horror Decay and death Hellish or demonic Supernatural Oppositions Settings are a significant part of Gothic literature. How far do you agree in light of Bronte’s use of setting in Wuthering Heights?

Gothic Atmospheres The frequent storms and wind that sweep through Wuthering Heights symbolize how the characters are at the mercy of forces they cannot control. For example, Lockwood, the city boy, thinks he can walk back to Thrushcross Grange through a storm, but the nature-respecting folks at Wuthering Heights tell him he's crazy; they know that the weather—nature—is far stronger than he is. Brontë uses the weather as a metaphor for nature, which she portrays as a magnificently strong force that can conquer any character. The strongest characters are those who give the weather the respect it deserves. Find 3-4 examples from Volume 1 where the use of weather, the elements and pathetic fallacy are used in an interesting way.

Add your own key quotations to your booklets. Review: Add your own key quotations to your booklets.