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Dracula
Learning Intentions
Learning Objectives
LI: Understand how "Show, Don't Tell" creates atmosphere.
SC: - Find examples of "Show, don't tell" in "Dracula" excerpt
- Write your own "Show, Don't Tell" for Dracula
Lightning Writing
Your lightning writing today is about vampires.
What do you know about them?
Write as much as you can!
Lightning Writing
Go!
Go!
Bram Stoker
Bram (short for Abraham) Stoker was born in Ireland in 1947. He was a sickly child, bedridden for much of his boyhood until about the age of seven. As a youth, Stoker was intrigued by the stories told him by his mother, Charlotte. Especially influential to the mind of young Stoker were the stories she related about the cholera epidemic of 1832 which claimed thousands of lives. These cruel and vivid tales began to shape the young Stoker's imagination.
Stoker published "Dracula" in 1897. Although Vampire myths have existed throughout the ages, "Dracula" cemented the idea of the modern Vampire, and the character was re-visited again and again.
He died on April 20, 1912, but his most famous work has risen again and again.
Dracula
This novel has an unusual format - it is written as a series of diary entries, following the horrific predations of this ancient Vampire and the efforts of a group of hunters to destroy him.
What kind of perspective would this be?
Dracula
Excerpt
Excerpt
let's read as class this exceprt from Dracula. Highlight any unfamiliar words as we go.
Show, not tell
Show, not tell
Activity 1. How does Bram Stoker show not tell?
Read Dracula extract
• Instead of telling the reader that: Her eyes were evil and she had a big smile on her face.
He shows the reader: ‘As she looked, her eyes blazed with unholy light, and the face became wreathed with a voluptuous smile.’
• Instead of telling the reader that: The child was hurt and in pain.
He shows the reader: ‘The child gave a sharp cry, and lay there moaning.’
Your turn
Your turn
Find an example of "Show, Don't Tell" in the excerpt.
Write down what he is telling us.
Your chance - imaginative writing
Show don’t tell Arthur and Van Helsing entering the tomb.
1. What did they see as they entered the tomb?
2. What did they smell as they walked in?
3. How did the air feel against their skin?
4. What noise did they make as they walked?
5. What was the expression on Arthur’s face?
6. What did the crucifix feel like in Van Helsing’s hand?
Workshop
With your own writing, identify some "telling". See if you can rewrite with "show".
Next time - writing workshops!
More focus on writing next time.