1. WUTHERING HEIGHTS EMILY BRONTE

2. EXTENDED ESSAY TEXT 2 Wuthering Heights  Lesson 1  LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England?

3. THE BIG PICTURE

4. Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore and evaluate through detailed and sophisticated critical analysis how writers use these aspects to create meaning. Good Progress: you will show awareness of structure, form, language, themes and contexts, and comment on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted Excellent Progress: you will explore structure, form, language, themes and contexts, commenting on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted. B4 B3 B2 LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights

5. STARTER  Look at the images on the following slides as the song plays.song plays  What can you ascertain about the plot, setting, themes and significance of Wuthering Heights? Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18 th /early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif, Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England

6. IMAGES  Howarth, West Yorkshire. Home of the Brontes. Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18 th /early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif, Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England

7. Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18 th /early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif, Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England

14. POPULARITY  Love it or hate it yourselves, it’s influence and popularity cannot be denied.  It was even adapted into a chart topping hit single.  Anyone heard of Kate Bush? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pMMIe4hb4 Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18 th /early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif, Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England

15. PAIRED TASK Take one item of information from the Bronte information pages and make notes on the following: 1. Where in the novel do you see these influences/types of events? 2. Which characters are affected by the context or are similar to those mentioned? 3. Are there any links to critical theory in what you read? 4. Which of Emily’s experiences/personality traits do you see playing out in the novel? Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18 th /early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif, Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England

16. PLENARY  As pairs feed back to the class make notes on what they have learned from their information. Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18 th /early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif, Extended Essay Text 2: Wuthering Heights LQ: Can I understand the lives of the Brontes and Victorian England