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: Planning a doppelganger question
The question is taken from the June 2013 OCR paper and examines the balance between Frankenstein and his Creature in the light of Doppelganger/Doubles. I have written on the Doppelganger and suggest that you might like to read https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/on-the-doppelganger/ before …
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 …
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"
Cartoon teaching: Frankenstein
I wanted to share some drawings. If you read this blog regularly you will know I love getting students to explore artistic representations as part of the process of developing awareness of the text. Please enjoy these short examples of …
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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