About Frankenstein
Test Questions I Summary 2. Choose the sentence which best represents the Rising Action of the story. c. David`s father wanted to ride the largest scary roller coaster with him. Introduction: David went to an amusement park with his family for the first time. Rising Action: Climax: David realized roller coasters are fun. Resolution: David rode the roller coaster five more times that day.
I Summary 6. Choose the sentence which best represents the Rising Action of the story. b. The Jenson family walked about the farm searching for a Christmas tree. Introduction: Then Jenson family went shopping for a Christmas tree. Rising Action: Climax: They realized the tree was home to a family of birds. Resolution: They continued to look for a different tree.
I Summary 8. Choose the sentence which best represents the Resolution of the story. b. They decided to look for a different tree. “We can’t take their home!” cried the children. “Don’t worry,” said Mrs.Jenson, “we’ll find another tree.”
Test Questions II Man-Made Monsters 9. What does the author of Man-Made Monsters believe influenced Mary Shelly to write her story? c. events happening during her life, like body snatching Lines 60-61 More likely Mrs.Shelley drew her inspiration for the story of Frankenstein from events of her own time. FILL IN THE BLANK WORKSHEET
Test Questions II Man-Made Monsters 10. Why did Mary Shelley think Frankenstein and Prometheus were similar? b. Because they were seeking knowledge to help people, but released evil into the world and their knowledge destroyed them. Lines 9-13 But the knowledge they sought was forbidden to mankind. Often for the best motives, both sorcerer and scientist released great evil upon the world, and their knowledge ultimately destroyed them. That is why Mrs.Shelley chose the subtitle, Or the Modern Prometheus for her book. 2. REREAD
II Man-Made Monsters 11. What was the purpose for including information about Talus and Golem? a. To show that Talus and Golem might have been ancestors of Frankenstein’s monster. Lines 31-49 There had never been anything quite like the Frankenstein monster in legend of fiction, but there were a few creatures the monster might have counted among its ancestors. 4. REREAD
II Man-Made Monsters 12. What would need to happen for the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel to stop being miserable? a. Someone would need to be kind to the monster. Lines 109-111 If any being felt emotions of benevolence toward me, I should return them an hundred and an hundred fold. 9.READ
II Man-Made Monsters 13. Which of the following is NOT a reason that body snatching was popular in the 1800s~1900s? c. You could become rich by stealing and selling dead bodies. Lines 65-75 During the eighteenth and much of the nineteenth centuries human bodies were not readily available for scientific study…Interest in medical science had grown enormously… 6.REREAD
II Man-Made Monsters 14. Which of the following is NOT a the monster from the novel’s character? c. completely evil from the beginning Lines 103-112 The monster in the book becomes tremendously evil… FILL IN THE BLANK WORKSHEET / 9.READ
II Man-Made Monsters 16. Which of the following is TRUE about the monster in many films? c. completely evil from the beginning However the monster seen in the films in not very intelligent, and it can’t speak…The films rewrite the monster and reduce it to a completely evil robot, robbing it of its human qualities. FILL IN THE BLANK WORKSHEET
About Frankenstein Points for Understanding What did Mary Shelley`s parents do for a living? -They were writers. PAGE 5
She wrote about women in society. Mary Wollstonecraft She wrote about women in society. She wrote that men and women should have equal rights… …and that people become bad because they are not loved by their parents when they are young She died when Mary Shelley was a baby. She went to a school for women. She worked as a teacher and a baby sitter. Women`S schools teach: cooking, sewing, singing, how to be a good wife **ask which of the 5 classical styles her writing would be? –Feminist/Gender Mary Shelley blamed herself for her mother`s death
He wanted her to become a writer. He wrote about politics. William Godwin Mary didn`t receive a formal education, but her father taught her many subjects, so she was educated like a man. He wanted her to become a writer. He wrote about politics. He strongly believed that women should go to school like men. She was taught that women and men were equal and could do the same things, but many people didn`t think so during her life. Her mother wrote about that too.
They had four children together (three died in childhood). Percy Shelley (1792-1822) He wrote poems. He ran away with Mary to get married when she was 16 yrs old. He was 22 yrs old and married to another woman. They had four children together (three died in childhood). Delete the part about his death? Confusing to Ss because happened after she wrote Frankenstein?? He died when he was 30 in a boating accident.
Percy & Mary run away for six weeks Explain that they ran away together for 6 weeks and traveled around Europe. Then they returned to her home and learned that Percy`s wife died. He and Mary get married and then travel to Geneva, Switzerland.
About frankenstein Points of Understanding 2. Why did Mary, Percy and Bryon amuse themselves by reading ghost stories? -Because they were often unable to leave the house for several days due to the endless rain. PAGE 5
Villa Diodati (Mary Shelley Begins writing Frankenstein Here) So she is with three men. Two writers and a doctor who have lots of respect from people. She was raised by her father who always told her that men and women could do the same things.
The four who Wrote stories Percy Shelley Mary Shelley Lord Byron John Polidori
About Frankenstein points of understanding 3. How old was Mary Shelley when she published Frankenstein? In what year? -She published it in 1818 when she was 21 years old. (Started writing in 1816 when she was 18.) PAGE 5
About Frankenstein points of understanding 4. What ideas took hold of Mary Shelley and helped her create Victor Frankenstein? -Ideas of how electricity could be used to reanimate a corpse, or the possibility of creating a living being out of dead body parts. PAGE 6
Volta`s and Galvani`S Experiments
Volta`s and Galvani`S Experiments
About Frankenstein points of understanding 5. Why does Frankenstein fascinate readers? -It fascinates readers because it is not just a horror story, it asks questions about the purpose of science and the responsibilities of scientists. The book also asks whether people are born good, evil, or neutral, a question that continues to provoke discussion today, and because it provoked very strong reactions.
About Frankenstein points of understanding 6. What does Mary Shelley find both exciting and terrifying? -She finds the power to create life exciting and terrifying. PAGE 6~7
1). Are people born good or evil? Group Discussion 1). Are people born good or evil? ＮＥＵＴＲＡＬ Hand out worksheets to all students and put them in groups of 3 ？ ？
Taboo
2). Is there any taboo research in science? Group Discussion 2). Is there any taboo research in science? ＮＥＵＴＲＡＬ Hand out worksheets to all students and put them in groups of 3
3). Should scientists try to explain everything using science? Group Discussion 3). Should scientists try to explain everything using science? Example? What do you want to know more about? What DON`T you want to learn more about?
Group Discussion 4). What would you do? ？ ？