Storytelling: Fictional Narratives, Imaginary People, and the Reader's Real Life

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.02.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Timing of the Unit
  5. Structure in Frankenstein
  6. Perception: Then (18 th Century) and Now (21 st Century)
  7. The Burdens We Carry: Biographical Backgrounds
  8. Child Psychology: Substitute "Parents"
  9. Dysfunctional Relationships
  10. A Parent's License
  11. Images of Propaganda?
  12. Nature vs. Nurture?
  13. Loyalty To The End
  14. Teaching Strategies
  15. Unit Assessment
  16. Lesson Plans
  17. Endnotes
  18. Research Bibliography
  19. Teacher and Student Resources
  20. Appendix

Empathy Through The Eyes of A Creature: A Journey Into Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Harriet Josephine Garcia

Published September 2012

Tools for this Unit:

Appendix

Implementing District Standards/ Common Core Standards:

Reading Standards 11 th-12 th Grades:

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine two or more themes of a text and analyze their development

over the course of the text.

Craft and Structure

5. Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific

parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning and

aesthetic impact

Speaking and Listening Standards

Comprehension and Collaboration

1. Initiate and participate effectively in collaborative discussions with

diverse partners, building ideas and expressing their own clearly

3. Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence

Comments:

Kara Rosenberg

December 8, 2016 at 9:22 pm

Question about Unit Assessment

I'm incredibly interested in this approach to Frankenstein as it meshes well with my understanding of the novel. I'm a little confused about the \\"five incidents\\" referred to. Does the author of the unit plan mean that she chooses incidents from the novel for the characters to interact over or that she invents new incidents? Is the assignment designed to have the letters be written in response to each other (i.e. one student must write first and the other must react)? I would very much appreciate this information as I'm planning for a Frankenstein unit as we speak.

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