Storytelling Through the AgesYear 7 Autumn term 1 (a)

led by Mrs. A. Johnson

Lesson 4: Where it all began…

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Lesson 4: Where it all began…Let’s agree our learning outcomes

By the end of the lesson you will……know which sentence structures Hoffman used in the

original short story. ReAF4

…understand why the short story has a terrifying effect on

it’s reader. ReAF6

…be able to discover tense

quotations in ‘The Sandman’. ReAF2

Freud, The Uncanny part 1Freud's definition = uncanny as the class of frightening things that leads us back to what is known and familiar.

“The Sandman is a mythical character in central and northern European folklore who brings good dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto the eyes of children while they sleep at night. E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) wrote an inverse depiction of the lovable character in a story called Der Sandmann, which showed how sinister such a character could be made. According to the protagonist’s nurse, he threw sand in the eyes of children who wouldn’t sleep, with the result of those eyes falling out and being collected by the Sandman, who then takes the eyes to his iron nest on the Moon, and uses them to feed his children. The protagonist of the story grows to associate this nightmarish creature with the genuinely sinister figure of his father’s associate Coppelius.”

“The Sandman is a mythical character in central and northern European folklore who brings good dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto the eyes of children while they sleep at night. E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) wrote an inverse depiction of the lovable character in a story called Der Sandmann, which showed how sinister such a character could be made.”

Freud, The Uncanny part 1Freud's definition = uncanny as the class of frightening things that leads us back to what is known and familiar.

• The Sandman is a mythical character in central and northern European folklore.

• He brings good dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto the eyes of children while they sleep at night.

• He throws sand in the eyes of children who wouldn’t sleep.

• Those eyes fall out and are collected by the Sandman, who then takes the eyes to his iron nest on the Moon.

• He uses them to feed his children.

Freud, The Uncanny part 1Freud's definition = uncanny as the class of frightening things that leads us back to what is known and familiar.

Discover those terrifying quotations…if you dare!

Sentence structure in ‘The Sandman’. A terrifying quotation…

How does this make you feel?

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Lesson 4: Where it all began…Let’s agree our learning outcomes

By the end of the lesson you will……know which sentence structures Hoffman used in the

original short story. ReAF4

…understand why the short story has a terrifying effect on

it’s reader. ReAF6

…be able to discover tense

quotations in ‘The Sandman’. ReAF2

What do you notice about…

…the layout of the short story?…the use of subtitles and what they tell you?…the way different characters are separated?