This assignment is an adaptation of Mrs. Tessa Potgeter's Frankenstein WebQuest. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the preface asks readers to see the novel as an exploration of humanity. In this WebQuest, you will be asked to create and explore your own answer to who Shelley's "monster" truly is. Please complete ALL four tasks in this WebQuest in the order they appear. Please create a google doc titled "WebQuest: What is a Monster?" to keep the information for your WebQuest organized and saved as you progress through the tasks and answer the questions.
Task 1:
What is a monster? Type in the word "monster" and read the definitions offered in the links provided. Make a mental note (and perhaps written notes as well) of how many definitions one word can have. Your task is to read the definitions and then develop your own definition of what you believe a monster is based on what you have learned by reading Frankenstein and also from your own experiences/ideas. Be creative!
www. dictionary.com
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Task 2:
Examine the two images below. How do these images challenge your previous interpretations of the term "monster"? Write a response (200 word minimum) citing specific details from the images and textual support from the novel.
Task 1:
What is a monster? Type in the word "monster" and read the definitions offered in the links provided. Make a mental note (and perhaps written notes as well) of how many definitions one word can have. Your task is to read the definitions and then develop your own definition of what you believe a monster is based on what you have learned by reading Frankenstein and also from your own experiences/ideas. Be creative!
www. dictionary.com
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Task 2:
Examine the two images below. How do these images challenge your previous interpretations of the term "monster"? Write a response (200 word minimum) citing specific details from the images and textual support from the novel.
Task 3:
Conduct your own research on a monster of your choice using the Monster Research Guide to help direct and orient you. Copy the questions provided and save both the questions and your responses in the google doc you created as you began this WebQuest.
Task 4:
"Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work. I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me. I found that I could not compose a female without again devoting several months to profound study and laborious disquisition. I had heard of some discoveries having been made by an English philosopher, the knowledge of which was material to my success, and I sometimes thought of obtaining my father's consent to visit England for this purpose; but I clung to every pretence of delay, and shrunk from taking the first step in an undertaking whose immediate necessity began to appear less absolute to me. A change indeed had taken place in me: my health, which had hitherto declined, was now much restored; and my spirits, when unchecked by the memory of my unhappy promise, rose proportionably. My father saw this change with pleasure, and he turned his thoughts towards the best method of eradicating the remains of my melancholy, which every now and then would return by fits, and with a devouring blackness overcast the approaching sunshine. At these moments I took refuge in the most perfect solitude. I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless. But the fresh air and bright sun seldom failed to restore me to some degree of composure; and, on my return, I met the salutations of my friends with a readier smile and a more cheerful heart." --Frankenstein Chapter 18
Tapping into the knowledge bank you've created by reading the novel, responding to writing prompts, contributing to class discussions, and conducting this research, write a (200 word minimum) persuasive response to the following question: Why is Victor Frankenstein so reluctant to begin creating a female companion for his Creature?
Please proof read and print your WebQuest before turning it in to me. Make sure your first and last name and class period are at the top of your assignment.
Conduct your own research on a monster of your choice using the Monster Research Guide to help direct and orient you. Copy the questions provided and save both the questions and your responses in the google doc you created as you began this WebQuest.
Task 4:
"Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work. I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me. I found that I could not compose a female without again devoting several months to profound study and laborious disquisition. I had heard of some discoveries having been made by an English philosopher, the knowledge of which was material to my success, and I sometimes thought of obtaining my father's consent to visit England for this purpose; but I clung to every pretence of delay, and shrunk from taking the first step in an undertaking whose immediate necessity began to appear less absolute to me. A change indeed had taken place in me: my health, which had hitherto declined, was now much restored; and my spirits, when unchecked by the memory of my unhappy promise, rose proportionably. My father saw this change with pleasure, and he turned his thoughts towards the best method of eradicating the remains of my melancholy, which every now and then would return by fits, and with a devouring blackness overcast the approaching sunshine. At these moments I took refuge in the most perfect solitude. I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds, and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless. But the fresh air and bright sun seldom failed to restore me to some degree of composure; and, on my return, I met the salutations of my friends with a readier smile and a more cheerful heart." --Frankenstein Chapter 18
Tapping into the knowledge bank you've created by reading the novel, responding to writing prompts, contributing to class discussions, and conducting this research, write a (200 word minimum) persuasive response to the following question: Why is Victor Frankenstein so reluctant to begin creating a female companion for his Creature?
Please proof read and print your WebQuest before turning it in to me. Make sure your first and last name and class period are at the top of your assignment.