This post is only relevant to my students. I will be posting MP3 files of essays here for those who are submitting reading to me whilst on study leave. Alex B: Victor as Gothic Villain essay Alex B Himmat B: …
Category: Frankenstein
Women in Frankenstein: Cue card revision activity
This powerpoint is a starter for an activity designed to encourage students to seek out relevant quotations with regards to key themes or characters. In this case I have put 13 slides together to consider the presentation of the female …
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Frankenstein: planning a “3 narrators” question
This quick plan is in response to a question from 2012 - "The use of three narrators contributes significantly to the novel’s air of mystery”... It is aimed at OCR AS level students and any others reading the text. I …
Frankenstein: Seduction and promises
Frankenstein: Seduction and broken promises. This is a short stimulus piece designed to look at the pattern of seduction and broken promises that run through the novel. It is not an exemplar essay for examination. Seduction, it should be remembered …
Frankenstein in prison: themes and ideas
This is a lesson in which year 12 were tracking thoughts, themes and ideas relating to Frankenstein's time in jail in Ireland. Their table-top notes are found here: frankenstein tables prison What really pleases me about this sort of work is …
Was Victor Frankenstein right to destroy the female creature?
Year 12 have just debated this motion: 141201_001 The idea comes from my teaching outline, published on an earlier blog; frankenstein teaching Feel free to listen and to use this as a basis for discussion. Read More "Was Victor Frankenstein …
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On the Doppelganger
A powerpoint for use in Frankenstein teaching: doppelganger It includes a link to the Schubert song of the same name as additional stimulus. Read More "On the Doppelganger"
Frankenstein: introductory screencast
This is an introduction for AS students, based on the teaching outline I wrote earlier on this site... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrHTY-xhzbs&feature=youtu.beI hope it is useful. frankenstein intro powerpoint to follow links. Read More "Frankenstein: introductory screencast"
Teaching Frankenstein at AS
One of the joys of a new job is the opportunity to spend the summer preparing new texts to deliver in new syllabii. This is my outline for Frankenstein at AS, for OCR. I am indebted to my predecessor who …
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