We now have 9D, 9N, 9S, and 9W together for the climactic chapters of Frankenstein.
We’ll finish the book during our four lessons this week. As each form has English at different times, I’ve put all four lessons on this blogpost with clear gaps between each lesson.
When it comes to the reading, I advise listening to an audiobook while following along at Lit2Go. (I’ve linked to a second one on YouTube this time as the reading quality and speed is better.)
Lesson 1:
1) Write a title: Chapter 22 (or Vol.3 Ch. 5): Return to Geneva
Add the date and make sure you underline. You can write on paper if you don’t have your book with you.
2) Write down a definition of solipsism, using the image below. Click the image to learn how to pronounce the word.
3) Read the chapter. You can download it or read it and listen along online here. If you find the audio too fast (I do), you might prefer this reading on YouTube. It should start in the right place! (6 hours, 2 minutes and 30 seconds). This task will take 16-19 minutes.
4) Do this quick quiz on Google Forms to test your understanding of the chapter.
(By the way, I was so impressed with your textual knowledge after the last quiz!)
5) Answer this question in a paragraph in your book or on paper:
Do you agree with the idea that Victor is a solipsistic and selfish character? Explain your view.
That’s the end of lesson 1.
Remember to get in touch with your English teacher if you need any help with your remote learning.
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
P.S. Keep scrolling down for optional extras!
Optional extension tasks:
- Read this document about another gothic tale, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Hyde (which is currently taught in Y10 for GCSE).
- What links and connections can you make between the two texts? How are they similar/different?
- Revise your gothic key words and concepts on Quizlet.
- Have you seen this?
Lesson 2
1) Write a title: Chapter 23 (or Vol.3 Ch. 6): Wedding Night
Add the date and make sure you underline. You can write on paper if you don’t have your book with you.
2) Read the chapter. You can download it or read it and listen along online here. If you find the audio too fast (I do), you might prefer this reading on YouTube.
3) Do this quick quiz on Google Forms to test your understanding of the chapter.
4) In your exercise book or on paper, write a paragraph to predict what might happen in the final chapter of the book. You could even write it in narrative form, if you’d like an extra challenge!
That’s the end of lesson 2.
Remember to get in touch with your English teacher if you need any help with your remote learning.
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Lesson 3
1) Write a title: Chapter 24 (or Vol.3 Ch. 7): The end of Victor’s narrative
Add the date and make sure you underline. You can write on paper if you don’t have your book with you.
2) Read the first part of the chapter, up to the end of Victor’s narrative. You can download it or read it and listen along online here (just listen to up to 13 minutes 40 seconds). If you find the audio too fast (I do), you might prefer this reading on YouTube.
3) Do this quick quiz on Google Forms to test your understanding of the chapter.
4) In your exercise book or on paper, answer the following question:
Why might Mary Shelley have chosen the Arctic as the setting for the end of the novel? What makes it an effective gothic setting?
Try to use some of the gothic terminology you’ve learnt in your answer.
That’s the end of lesson 3.
Remember to get in touch with your English teacher if you need any help with your remote learning.
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Lesson 4
1) Write a title: Walton’s narrative: the story ends
Add the date and make sure you underline. You can write on paper if you don’t have your book with you.
2) Read the second half of Chapter 24 (or 3.7), from ‘WALTON, in continuation’. You can download it or read it and listen along online here (listen from 13 minutes 40 seconds). If you find the audio too fast (I do), you might prefer this reading on YouTube.
3) Do this final quiz and mini-book review on Google Forms.
4) Consider the themes and issues in the book, using at least one of the following resources. I recommend b and c:
a) This video from BBC Teach (3 mins)
b) This guide from BBC Bitesize
c) This video on Clickview (9 minutes – you’ll need to log-in with your normal school log-in details)
Make a list of the themes and issues in the book.
5) In your exercise book or on paper, answer the following question:
Why is Frankenstein such an influential and important novel?
Try to comment on the themes in the book that still make it relevant today.
That’s the end of this week’s lessons – and the end of the Gothic Unit!
However, we’ll still quiz you on your knowledge from this unit as the year goes on.
Next up: Miss Rogan will be guiding you through the next unit on war poetry.
Remember to get in touch with your English teacher if you need any help with your remote learning.
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Optional extension tasks:
- Read this document about another gothic tale, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Hyde (which is currently taught in Y10 for GCSE).
- What links and connections can you make between the two texts? How are they similar/different?
- Revise your gothic key words and concepts on Quizlet.
- Have
you seen this?
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