Frankenstein Mary Shelley – Independent Learning
1. Read the original description of the monster.
After reading each paragraph, complete activities A, B and C.
A=substitute word in bold for another word
B= Complete sentences
C= Write a quote that matches the image
It was on a 1) dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my 2) toils.
With anxiety, I collected the instruments around me and 3) infused a spark of being into
the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered
4) dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of
the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed
hard, and a 5) convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
ACTIVITY A
ACTIVITY B
WORD
MEANING
1.dreary
dull
2.toils
Work
3.Infused
Lit up
4.dismally
Sadly
5.Convulsive motion
Jittery movement
The writer describes the weather as being
_____________________________________ .
A quote about the weather is : “_________
__________________________________.”
The writer has done this to make the reader feel
________________________________ .
ACTIVITY C
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How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe? His limbs were in proportion, and I
had selected his features as beautiful…But great God! His yellow skin 1) scarcely covered
the work of muscles and 2) arteries beneath; his hair was of a 3) lustrous black; he had 4)
dun eye sockets and a 5) shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.
ACTIVITY A
ACTIVITY B:
WORD
MEANING
1.scarcely
barely
2.arteries
veins
3.lustrous
shiny
4. dun
grey
5. shrivelled
wrinkled
The writer describes the monster as being
___________________________________
.
A quote that shows this is : “____________
_________________________________.”
The writer has done this to make the reader
feel _____________________________
ACTIVITY C
WORD
MEANING
1.sole
only
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2.deprive
Stop giving
3.vanish
disappear
4. countenance
face
5. wretch
Unhappy person
I had worked hard for nearly six years, for the
1) sole purpose of infusing life into an
inanimate body. For this I had 2) deprived
myself of rest and health; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream 2)
vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Oh! no mortal could support
the horror of that 4) countenance. A mummy could not be so hideous as that 5) wretch. I
passed the night wretchedly. Mingled with this horror, I felt the bitterness of
disappointment.:
ACTIVITY B:
Frankenstein stopped __________________
and ________________________________
during six years because he was only focused
on creating __________________________ .He feels
__________________________ about his creation.
2. Find an ADVERB in each paragraph and write them down:
1. ____________________ ; 2. _________________ ; 3. _____________________
2.1 Write a sentence of your own using each adverb.
- _____________________________________________________________
- _____________________________________________________________
- _____________________________________________________________
3. Pick 5 new words from the description and use them in a sentence of your own:
- _______________________________________________________________
- _______________________________________________________________
- _______________________________________________________________
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- _______________________________________________________________
- _______________________________________________________________
Extension: Go back to your monster you labelled last lesson.
Add in 5 more quotes from the extract around him.
Then, sketch what he looks like based on your quotes.
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