Since Stoker began researching and writing on a visit to the seaside town of Whitby in 1890, Dracula and its iconic protagonist have entered the bloodstream of popular culture and endured. This pack of comprehension, discussion and creative activities covers the whole text and is ready for you to mix and match to suit your class.
Prepare
Pre-reading exercises provide a starting point for study
Explore
Appealing chapter-by-chapter tasks guide students through the
novel, allowing them to gain understanding and analytical skills while remaining engaged
Reflect
Whole-text activities show the bigger picture, exploring key
areas of: Characterisation • Relationships • Genre • Themes •
Attitudes and values • Writer’s use of language • Form •
Structure • Context • Critical reception
Activities include:
- engaging questions
- critical thinking
- close reading
- pair and group tasks
- visual, audio and kinaesthetic tasks
- further research
Accessible for every level and linked to the AOs
Plus! Answers to all activities
Contains a lot of very good material and clearly sets out a range of reasonable activities that take the reader through the text… I liked the way in which key quotations were given for each section. I also thought that the focus on particular chapters/sections was appropriate given their importance… The educational value of this resource lies in the range of activities that allow pupils to interact with the text and also encourage them to develop their own ideas and responses to the text as a whole. There are clear sections where the various Assessment Outcomes are signposted and targeted which will give pupils a focus for exam performance.
A solid resource which addresses many of the main themes and ideas in the novel, suitable for a generic study of the text irrespective of exam board… I particularly liked the Text as Whole activities… I also liked that there were activities for every chapter in the novel… It covers an introductory range of ideas, themes, characters, forms etc. which all are useful to supplement in-class study… I like the presentation and order of the activities… [The] Glossary: lovely, really helpful resource.
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