L14 Act 3 Frankenstein's Dilemma Letter Planning

Developing on from Act 3 of Frankenstein the play by Philip Pullman, students think of the key dilemma of whether Frankenstein should or should not create a wife for the monster. Students develop their ideas and then organise them, moving onto planning a letter from Frankenstein to Clerval.

The resource includes three lessons’ worth of work:

• one lesson considering Frankenstein’s dilemma of whether to make the monster a wife and planning a letter to Clerval.
• one lesson writing a letter to Clerval (including a one slide PPT to display and a word document with task, success criteria and writing frame)
• one lesson reflecting on feedback (that the teacher needs to have given). This is a two slide PPT intended to support the students working independently while the teacher circulates.

Skills:

• considering the key ideas behind the play.
• developing more nuanced and developed ideas and arguments.
• group work.
• organising their ideas for coherence.
• applying their understanding of the play to their own context.
• letter writing (the series of lessons assumes students are already familiar with letter writing from previous units).
• reflecting on and responding to feedback given by the teacher.