Frankenstein Lesson Plan

Alternative Event

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to discus the relationship between character development and plot.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3

Structure:

Students will play the role of Mary Shelley brainstorming ideas for her story. Specifically, they will write notes about how she came up with the idea to have the creature stay in a hovel, watching the family through a hole.

Have students begin by briefly summarizing the creature's life before the discovery of the cottage. Do not include the cottage in the summary.

Make sure students are familiar with the elements of plot structure, and especially the ways...