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THE MONSTERHUNTER’SHOMEWOR

KHANDBOO

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YEAR 7 ENGLISH

ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER

THERE HAS BEEN A CASEBOOK FOUND CONTAINING 7 FILE ENTRIES COLLECTED BY VARIOUS MONSTER HUNTERS.

NONE OF THEM ARE COMPLETE AND IT IS YOUR TASK TO SUPPLY THE MISSING MATERIAL THROUGH RESEARCH, WRITING, AND READING THE TEXTS.

YOU WILL NEED TO SELF ASSESS FILE ENTRY 1 (ANSWER PAGE IS AT THE BACK) AND THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEER ASSESSMENT ON FILE ENTRIES 5, 6, 7.

YOU MUST COMPLETE 4 ENTRIES

YOU SHOULD COMPLETE 6 ENTRIES

YOU COULD COMPLETE ALL ENTRIES

DATE DUE: ______________ TEACHER SIGN__________

DATE DUE: ______________ TEACHER SIGN__________

FINAL DEADLINE: ________________________

ASSESSMENT LEVEL: _____________________

FILE ENTRY 1: THRILLERREPORTER: MICHAEL JACKSONDATE: 1984Put the words of the song in the correct place.

It's close to _______________ and something evil's lurking in the dark

Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your _____________

You try to ______________ but terror takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the ______________,

You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller ________________

And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike

You know it's thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer,

thriller __________________

You hear the _____________ slam and realize there's nowhere left to run

You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun

You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination

But all the while you ________________ the creature creepin' up behind

You're out of _______________

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes

______________ know it's thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer,

thriller tonight

Night _________________ call

And the dead start to walk in their masquerade

There's no escapin' the ___________ of the alien this time

(they're open wide)

This is the _____________ of your life

They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side

They will possess you unless you change the _____________ on your dial

Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together

All thru the night I'll save you from the terrors on the screen,

I'll make you ______________

That it's a thriller, thriller night

'Cause I can thrill you more than any ______________ would dare to try

Girl, this is thriller, thriller night

So ________________ me hold you tight and share a killer, chiller, thriller,

Thriller here tonight

Darkness falls across the ______________

The _______________ hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize y'awl's neighborhood

And whosoever shall be found

Without the soul for getting down

Must stand and face the ______________ of hell

And rot inside a corpse's shell

The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of forty thousand ________________

And grizzly ghouls from every tomb

Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay ______________

Your body starts to shiver

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of the ____________________

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

WORD BANK: nightscream youhear tonight

creatures time yearssee midnightjaws

midnightdoor aliveheart eyesnight

thriller land ghosthounds letnumber end

FILE ENTRY 1: THRILLERREPORTER: MICHAEL JACKSONDATE: 1984

Match the word to the definition: lurk to decay by the processes of nature

crawl unpleasant feeling of coldness

cuddle home of devils and damned souls after death

stench red liquid flowing through veins the of man and some animals

creep excited feeling passing like a wave along the nerves

ghoul bone structures containing teeth

grizzly something evil that is to come, the end of the world

dare a kind of dog used for hunting and racing

hound to be brave enough

jaw greyish colour

thriller spirit that robs graves and feeds on the corpses in them

blood tremble. especially from cold or fear

hell move secretly close to the ground

chill horrid smell

funk hold close and lovingly in one’s arms

rot move slowly, pulling the body along the ground

doom to lie in wait or ready to attack

shiver great fear

FILE ENTRY 1: THRILLERREPORTER: MICHAEL JACKSONDATE: 1984

USE THE LYRICS OF “THRILLER” TO FIND VOCABULARY THAT APPEALS TO OUR SENSES.

sounds

movement

sight

sense

atmosphere

smell

creatures

opposites

NOW YOU TRY CREATING A “THRILLER” POEM OF YOUR OWN!

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FILE ENTRY 2 : SNAKE WOMAN FOUND BY A GREEK GOD IN SEARCH OF A NYMPH.

REPORTER: JOHN KEATS

DATE: 1820 (SPECIFIC DATE UNKNOWN)

She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue,

Vermilion-spotted, golden, green and blue;

Striped like a zebra, freckled like a pard,

Eyed like a peacock, and all crimson barr’d;

And full of silver moons, that, as she breathed,

Dissolv’d, or brighter shone, or interwreathed

Their lustres with the gloomier tapestries –

So rainbow-sided, touch’d with miseries,

She seemed, at once, some penanced lady elf,

Some demon’s mistress, or the demon’s self.

Upon her crest she wore a wannish fire

Sprinkled with stars, like Ariadne’s tiar:

Her head was serpent, but ah, bitter-sweet!

She had a woman’s mouth with all its pearls complete:

And for her eyes: what could such eyes do there

But weep, and weep, that they were born so fair?

As Proserpine still weeps for her Sicilian air.

Her throat was serpent, but the words she spake

Came, as through bubbling honey, for Love’s sake,

And thus; while Hermes on his pinions lay,

Like a stoop’d falcon ere he takes his prey.

It appears that this creature is incredibly beautiful but unhappy…

1) Your first challenge is to create an illustration of Lamia (for that is her name) and to label it with quotations from the extract.

Gordian: complicated or intricate

Pard: leopard

Penanced: punished

Wannish: pale or sickly

This will be an important piece of evidence, used to prove the existence of the monster.

FILE ENTRY 2 : SNAKE WOMAN FOUND BY A GREEK GOD IN SEARCH OF A NYMPH.

REPORTER: JOHN KEATS

DATE: 1820 (SPECIFIC DATE UNKNOWN)

2) Your second challenge is to research the names used in the extract and to write a short explanation of them:

Ariadne

Prosperpine

Hermes

3) Your third challenge is to write a report about the creature in which you catalogue the creature’s features in easily understood descriptions (some Monster Hunters may struggle with Keats’ language and need your expertise with words).

For this challenge, you need to look closely at the images used to describe Lamia.

The clue is in the use of the word like which crops up throughout the poem.

For example:

‘Eyed like a peacock…’ means that on parts of her body, there were eyes like those found on the tail of a peacock!

FILE ENTRY 3: ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD.

REPORTER: UNKNOWN WITNESS, ALLEGEDLY FROM THE UNDERWORLD.

DATE: LONG, LONG AGO.

Orpheus and Eurydice

When gods and shepherds piped and the stars sang, that was the day of musicians! But the triumph of Phœbus Apollo himself was not so wonderful as the triumph of a mortal man who lived on earth, though some say that he came of divine lineage. This was Orpheus, that best of harpers, who went with the Grecian heroes of the great ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece.

After his return from the quest, he won Eurydice for his wife, and they were as happy as people can be who love each other and every one else. The very wild beasts loved them, and the trees clustered about their home as if they were watered with music. But even the gods themselves were not always free from sorrow, and one day misfortune came upon that harper Orpheus whom all men loved to honour.

Eurydice, his lovely wife, as she was wandering with the nymphs, unwittingly trod upon a serpent in the grass. Surely, if Orpheus had been with her, playing upon his lyre, no creature could have harmed her. But Orpheus came too late. She died of the sting, and was lost to him in the Underworld.

For days he wandered from his home, singing the story of his loss and his despair to the helpless passers-by. His grief moved the very stones in the wilderness, and roused a dumb distress in the hearts of savage beasts. Even the gods on Mount Olympus gave ear, but they held no power over the darkness of Hades.

Wherever Orpheus wandered with his lyre, no one had the will to forbid him entrance; and at length he found unguarded that very cave that leads to the Underworld, where Pluto rules the spirits of the dead. He went down without fear. The fire in his living heart found him a way through the gloom of that place. He crossed the Styx, the black river that the Gods name as their most sacred oath. Charon, the harsh old ferryman who takes the shades across, forgot to ask of him the coin that every soul must pay. For Orpheus sang. There in the Underworld the song of Apollo would not have moved the poor ghosts so much. It would have amazed them, like a star far off that no one understands. But here was a human singer, and he sang of things that grow in every human heart, youth and love and death, the sweetness of the Earth, and the bitterness of losing aught that is dear to us.

Now the dead, when they go to the Underworld, drink of the pool of Lethe; and forgetfulness of all that has passed comes upon them like a sleep, and they lose their longing for the world, they lose their memory of pain, and live content with that cool twilight. But not the pool of Lethe itself could withstand the song of Orpheus; and in the hearts of the shades all the old dreams awoke wondering. They remembered once more the life of men on earth, the glory of the sun and moon, the sweetness of new grass, the warmth of their homes, all the old joy and grief that they had known. And they wept.

Even the Furies were moved to pity. Those, too, who were suffering punishment for evil deeds ceased to be tormented for themselves, and grieved only for the innocent Orpheus who had lost Eurydice. Sisyphus, that fraudulent king (who is doomed to roll a monstrous boulder uphill forever), stopped to listen. The daughters of Danaus left off their task of drawing water in a sieve. Tantalus forgot hunger and thirst, though before his eyes hung magical fruits that were wont to vanish out of his grasp, and just beyond reach bubbled the water that was a torment to his ears; he did not hear it while Orpheus sang.

So, among a crowd of eager ghosts, Orpheus came, singing with all his heart, before the king and queen of Hades. And the queen Proserpina wept as she listened and grew homesick, remembering the fields of Enna and the growing of the wheat, and her own beautiful mother, Demeter. Then Pluto gave way.

They called Eurydice and she came, like a young guest unused to the darkness of the Underworld. She was to return with Orpheus, but on one condition. If he turned to look at her once before they reached the upper air, he must lose her again and go back to the world alone.

Rapt with joy, the happy Orpheus hastened on the way, thinking only of Eurydice, who was following him. Past Lethe, across the Styx they went, he and his lovely wife, still silent as a shade. But the place was full of gloom, the silence weighed upon him, he had not seen her for so long; her footsteps made no sound; and he could hardly believe the miracle, for Pluto seldom relents. When the first gleam of upper daylight broke through the cleft to the dismal world, he forgot all, save that he must know if she still followed. He turned to see her face, and the promise was broken!

She smiled at him forgivingly, but it was too late. He stretched out his arms to take her, but she faded from them, as the bright snow, that none may keep, melts in our very hands. A murmur of farewell came to his ears,—no more. She was gone.

He would have followed, but Charon, now on guard, drove him back. Seven days he lingered there between the worlds of life and death, but after the broken promise Hades would not listen to his song. Back to the earth he wandered, though it was sweet to him no longer. He died young, singing to the last, and round about the place where his body rested, nightingales nested in the trees. His lyre was set among the stars; and he himself went down to join Eurydice, unforbidden.

Those two had no need of Lethe, for their life on earth had been wholly fair, and now that they are together they no longer own a sorrow.

TASKS

1) Find out about the people and places in the story through researching (perhaps on the Internet)and then write one sentence about each of the following: The Golden Fleece Nymph Mount Olympus Hades Styx (river) Charon Lethe Sisyphus Danaus Pluto (god)

1) Write the script for a television interview with Orpheus after he has returned to the world, having lost Eurydice at the last minute.

2) Create a map to show Orpheus’s journey through the Underworld. Label the places and sights he sees as he passes through:

Cave River Styx (Caron the

ferryman) Pool of Lethe Furies Sisyphus Danaus Tantalus Crowd of Ghosts

FILE ENTRY 4: THE MINOTAUR.

REPORTER: UNKNOWN.

DATE: LONG, LONG AGO.

Research the Greek myth of the Minotaur. In the boxes

below, outline the main points to the story and draw a picture

of the Minotaur monster.

Draw a picture of the character

FILE ENTRY 5: THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

REPORTER: YOU

DATE: TONIGHT

You arrive at the road leading to the house. What equipment have you bought with you? What can you see, smell, and feel as you approach the house? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________You knock, but the door swings open a staircase is in front of you, and there are two doors – one to the left and one to the right. Choose where you go and describe the next room that you are lead into.

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You find that you are not alone in this room. Describe who is there with you and what you are feeling. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your friends have dared you to spend one night in the “haunted house” at the edge of town. No one ever goes up there, and if they do… they never come back. There have been rumours around town that there is a light on in the house that comes on at the stroke of

Somewhere in the house the clock strikes midnight, you have to find where the light is coming from, so you…

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The front door is within reach, if you can get to it you will be free of the house. What happens next? Finish your story in an exciting, dramatic way.

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The end… or is it?

FILE ENTRY 6: DRAGONS.

REPORTER: RAY BRADBURY

DATE: 1955 (SPECIFIC DATE UNKNOWN)

Here is a plot for you to turn into a short story.

The Dragon

900AD. Two knights are camping out on a wild moorland, nervously waiting for the Dragon. It never comes near the town; the Dragon has been killing people as they travel from their town to the next.

The Dragon’s eyes are fire, its breath a white gas, it burns across the dark lands. No-one knows where it comes from or where it goes to; many have died trying to destroy it.

On the moor, the knights are talking. One of them feels time is suspended. If they return to their castle, will they find the world they left? His remarks are cut short. Miles off, rushing with a great roar, they hear the Dragon coming.

The knights ride bravely to meet it. With a great burst of energy and fury, the Dragon flings both knights to their deaths, without deviating from its path.

Two nervous voices speak. They are sure they saw something. One of those ‘knights in amour’ people have reported seeing, and crashing into hereabouts. But the two are scared to stop the mighty express in such a deserted stretch of moorland. They pile on more coal and the great train rushes onwards to its destination.

1) Look at the pictures of the dragon and the steam train. Write down lots of descriptive words and phrases about the steam train ( for example: mighty, colossal, powerful, rumbling, fast, smoke and sparks).

Next, see how many words and phrases you can come up with to describe the dragon (for example: mysterious, fire-breathing, wild, angry, huge). When you have done this, compare the lists to see how many of the words and phrases could fit both a dragon and a steam locomotive. Then, think about how people living a thousand years ago might have described a huge steam train like the one in the picture if it had suddenly torn into their world. Write some of those descriptions.

2) Next, you need to think about making your readers believe your story by including convincing details, in particular: a) the landscape b) the knights, the behaviour, their language and their equipment.

The landscape: think about places on Earth which are probably the same now as they were a thousand years ago. Select one such place and then jot down as many descriptive details about it as you can. As well as the landscape itself, think about how you will describe the night sky and the weather. At what time of year will you set your story?

Think about how the place, the mood of the night can be made to feel strange in some ways – strange sounds, uncertain weather, odd behaviour of the stars, perhaps! The knights would try to explain things in ways that made sense in 900AD.

The knights: What details of a knight’s equipment will you use in your story to make it sound genuine and real?

Give each of the knights a personality – perhaps one is braver than the other; one more thoughtful, more aware of the dangers, the mystery. Think about what each one looks like, how he speaks and how he moves.

When the knights talk, their fears need to create the sense of mystery which the reader will feel. It will lead to the reader asking the question: can two time zones really cross over?

3) Next, think about the climax to your story: the wild, terrifying arrival of the Dragon! How will you make it seem utterly fantastic: exactly how a huge steam train would have appeared to people who lived a thousand years ago? Think particularly about the way it will move.

4) Lastly, think about the two train drivers. Maybe you will be able to suggest, by the way they talk, that they have similar personalities to the two knights they have, innocently, killed.

5) When you have gathered together your ideas about all these different aspects of the story, write your own version of the story in full.

FILE ENTRY 7: THE KRAKEN.

REPORTER: YOU

DATE: 2011

You read of an old wise man, living by the sea who notices something strange disturbing the water just off shore. He has heard rumours of ships going missing and whole crews disappearing. He goes to investigate. What equipment does he bring with him and what will he use it for? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

He goes carefully to the water’s edge, to get a closer look at what is in the water. What does he see, smell, and feel as he looks into the water? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You have gone to the local library to look for some books on the Kraken, an ancient and terrifying sea monster. The librarian leads you to the back of the huge library and you begin your research. You are engrossed in the research and lower yourself down to sit on the floor when you notice a very old book, hidden and forgotten about under the bookcases.

He finds pages from a Captain’s log telling a tale of horrible sea monster. The Captain wrote: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The wise old man knows he must do something to stop this terrible creature. You read that he comes up with a plan to rid the world of the Kraken once and for all. The old man carefully writes on a piece of parchment a spell so powerful it would keep the Kraken asleep for a thousand years. You write the spell down in your notebook…

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Nothing more is heard of the old man, or what became of him, all you read is that there were no more disappearances for many years… but the last page of the book is missing. What happens next? Finish your story in an exciting, dramatic way. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Answer page for FILE ENTRY 1. It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the darkUnder the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heartYou try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make itYou start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the eyes,You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller nightAnd no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strikeYou know it's thriller, thriller nightYou're fighting for your life inside a killer,thriller tonight

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to runYou feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sunYou close your eyes and hope that this is just imaginationBut all the while you hear the creature creepin' up behindYou're out of time

'Cause this is thriller, thriller nightThere ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyesYou know it's thriller, thriller nightYou're fighting for your life inside a killer,thriller tonight

Night creatures callAnd the dead start to walk in their masqueradeThere's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time(they're open wide)This is the end of your life

They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every sideThey will possess you unless you change the number on your dialNow is the time for you and I to cuddle close togetherAll thru the night I'll save you from the terrors on the screen,I'll make you see

That it's a thriller, thriller night'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try

Girl, this is thriller, thriller nightSo let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller,Thriller here tonight

Darkness falls across the landThe midnite hour is close at handCreatures crawl in search of bloodTo terrorize y'awl's neighborhoodAnd whosoever shall be foundWithout the soul for getting downMust stand and face the hounds of hellAnd rot inside a corpse's shellThe foulest stench is in the airThe funk of forty thousand yearsAnd grizzly ghouls from every tombAre closing in to seal your doomAnd though you fight to stay aliveYour body starts to shiverFor no mere mortal can resistThe evil of the thrillerHa, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha