Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In what ways is mary shelleys wildly popular novel still relevant after 200. The main theme students will explore through this activity is victors secrecy. The first section includes questions for each chapter of the novel. Provides activity sheets and links to many useful readings and resources around the web.
This is a great way to give your students practice writing about decisionmaking, and its also a way to get them engaged in mary shelleys frankenstein. A pencil, crumpled paper, or envelope for the letters in the book use your imagination. Gives detailed teaching ideas for frankenstein in four areas. Revisit some of your prereading activities, such as the journal entry on the philosophers stone and the anticipation guide on parenting. Unleash your mind with these 100 extraordinary science fiction and fantasy books. Frankenstein student book, with a focus on differentiated tasks and attainment for setting student targets. Frankenstein audio book by loyal books librivox recording in this version, a single reader female with a british accent reads the entire novel. The emphasis throughout, as with the student books, is on engaging the reader as an active interrogator of the text and on helping them to reflect on the texts relevance to themselves and others. After over a century of film adaptations its easy to forget just how different mary shelleys original novel is, or that her creature was actually an articulate, selftaught hybrid, mirroring the despicable actions of the people around him. At the end of a blissful childhood spent in the company of elizabeth lavenza his cousin in the 1818 edition, his adopted sister in the 1831 edition and friend henry clerval, victor enters the university of ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. Included are eight pages of end ofbook activities to enhance the reading experience.
Selected materials helpful in teaching the novel, plus selected syllabi. Lastly, this lesson is aimed at getting students introduced to the author mary shelley and her motives and inspiration behind the book. Ten activities to celebrate national frankenstein day popsicle stick frankenstein. To help ensure all segments of our community have the opportunity to explore the story of dr. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in london on 1 january 1818, when. At the end of the activity, students can see what their person looks like. The arctic seaman whose letters begin and end the novel. What frankenstein can still teach us 200 years later. By working in teams, students can work together to draw the parts of a human head, and each student can draw one part of the head while the others look away. Other subjectspecific learning activities can also be designed and used to. English language arts character development literary elements novels reading reinforcement.
The gothic in this video from the british library 8. Inside youll find 30 daily lessons, 20 fun activities, 180 multiple choice questions, 60 short essay questions, 20 essay questions, quizzeshomework assignments, tests, and more. Teaching frankenstein provides so many opportunities for explorations of theme. In this frankenstein activity and progress test activity, students respond to a total of 12 short answer, multiple choice, matching, and fillintheblank questions pertaining to frankenstein. The first part of frankensteins story ends in chapter. Build a frankenstein game is a fun halloween game for little ones. For this activity, you will need large pieces of butcher paper one for each group, markers, and links to. What frankenstein can still teach us 200 years later an innovative annotated edition of the novel shows how the mary shelley classic has many lessons about the danger.
Taking the fear out of teaching frankenstein ap lit help. Whether you make this part of your frankenstein lesson plans or your decision making lesson plans, it doesnt matter. Page 169 at the end of the story, the evil stepmother again tries to win. Youd be forgiven for thinking that frankenstein is the story of a gigantic, stumbling, brutish monster and a mad scientist with a godcomplex. Victor frankenstein was only trying to advance the cause of science.
The frankenstein lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. Frankenstein themes textual analysis activity editable files included. Frankenstein puffin classics puffin books 9780140367126. Frankenstein link4life rochdale boroughwide cultural. Discuss that victor frankenstein was not the monster, in the.
Student activity book shelley, mary wollstonecraft on. Amazon says,being a monster isnt all frightening villagers and sucking blood. Pupils can then do the personality test to see whether they are. This is an outstanding lesson to use early in the novel perhaps at the end of. Chapter 4 frankenstein, or the modern prometheus mary. This is an engaging literary analysis activity to be used after students have read frankenstein. This set includes activities for individuals and groups to use before, during, and after their reading. Frankenstein just for fun, the novel condensed to a oneminute read. In this frankenstein activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 19 short answer, multiple choice, matching, and fillintheblank questions pertaining to frankenstein.
Activity 1 before reading victor frankenstein is a scientist. Free frankenstein worksheets and literature unit for. Mary shelleys frankenstein is one of the most timeless horror stories ever told. Mid book test hard final test hard quiztest generator. In approximately 15 pages of additional material, youll find an author profile, a guide to characters, things to do, things to think about, further investigations into specifics for that book get a tour on the hispaniola or delve into a victorian christmas, for example and activities. A young scientist by the name of frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body. After the debate, i introduce the students to the central theme of frankenstein which is dangerous knowledge and how this novels message can be very relevant in our world today. Ice is a prevalent image and an integral plot device in shelleys frankenstein. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new man with them.
Highest rated places of interest or tour operators on tripadvisor, promoting those where there is at least one tour or activity available to book on tripadvisor. Frankenstein mix tape choose 1012 songs that are related to the themes, characters, or ideas in frankenstein. On the occasion of the bicentenary of the book frankenstein by mary shelley and coinciding with the cccb exhibition after the end of the world, researchers dehlia hannah and fernando vidal explore the links of the book with the reflections that accompany the concept of the anthropocene. Frankenstein and bioethics, frankenstein and friendship, writing fiction based on real science, and the power of appearance. We havent created a monster, but we have created a monster of a teaching guide. This huge and ugly monster needs love, but nobody cares about him, and so he soon learns to hate. P a this activity is designed to be used in conjunction with a performance of ipa production s frankenstein. Frankenstein by mary shelley, a sf horror book must read classics, mary shelley. Tales of the supernatural lesson plans grades 912, edsitement. Fun halloween games easy halloween holidays halloween preschool halloween halloween themes preschool crafts crafts for kids preschool ideas teaching ideas. Timeless classicsdesigned for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. Get them engaged in frankensteinthemed reading, storytelling and art creation.
Duringreading activities ask students to read the text more critically and to. Ten activities to celebrate national frankenstein day. Mary wollstonecraft shelley was born to radical thinkers william godwin and mary wollstonecraft in london in 1797, a period of political and social unrest. Duringreading activities ask students to read the text more critically and to engage in the making of meaning. I do this lesson within the first couple of weeks of reading as an introduction to some of the overarching messages of the novel. Now that you have completed frankenstein, have your views changed. We found great results, but some are outside frankenstein.
Build a frankenstein game fun halloween games, halloween. Prereading activities are provided to prepare students for reading a romantic novel, and to challenge them to think about the dilemmas dr. Though the story is a product of the gothic and romantic movements, it is often considered the first true science fiction novel, as it represents the dangerous outcome that can result when a scientific experiment goes terribly wrong. For more information, visit frankenstein 1a the story of frankenstein read the first part of the story of frankenstein and fill in the spaces using the 3rd person singular of the verbs in the box. These classic novels will grab a students attention from the first page. At the end of frankenstein, victor and the monster both come to death. This set of lesson plans consists of approximately 9 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials. This craft will be a fun and easytomake activity for students. As you read mary shelleys frankenstein, either on your own or with a group, we invite you to use these questions to add layers to your discussion or thinking about the novel. Activities can help students comprehend frankenstein as they move through the novel. Frankenstein, or the modern prometheus lit2go edition. What happens to frankenstein and the creature at the end. At the end, measure the number of miles traveled by victor and the creature.
Do not leave large amounts of blank, empty space on your poster. This free printable is great for playing at home or a simple game in the classroom. Events and tensions escalated somewhat towards the end of the romantic period. Dr torivictoria frankenstein, a descendent of the dr frankenstein in the book, and the head of the lab. Banished into an indifferent world, frankenstein s creature desperately seeks out his true identity, but the. When students complete the activities in this lesson plan, they will use the following comic layout. This collection of frankenstein activities includes tasks on the novels characters, key quotes, difficult vocabulary and geography.
Mary shelley lesson plans for frankenstein varsity tutors. I struggled through letter 1, questioning why my husband thought it was a must read and by the end of letter 2 i had decided that it was unreadable. Included are eight pages of endofbook activities to enhance the reading experience. Read samuel taylor coleridges rime of the ancient mariner. An eighteen yearold girl, mary shelley, dreams up a monster whose tragic story will capture the imaginations of generations to come. Students look at a collection of over 60 book covers for frankenstein. Ten activities to celebrate national frankenstein day education. To continue the frankenstein familys work in the sciences. Tell students to write a summary of the events of frankenstein from this character perspective. Ap literaturebritish literatureteaching toolsteacher resources classroom resourcesteaching ideasfrankenstein novelreal monstersfree activities.