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Year 10

Homework Book

Summer Term

Objective: To understand the plot,

characters, key themes, key issues and key

quotations in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’.

Name:

Class:

Form:

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Homework #1 – Due Monday 18th April

The Basic Homework

Read Chapters 3-4 again. Or go onto ‘Sparknotes’ and ‘Gradesaver’ and ‘BBC Bitesize’ to recap these chapters.

Write a summary for these chapters [what happened, which ideas/themes are explored etc.]

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The ‘Treat me like a GCSE student’ Homework

Write down two key quotations from this section of the text. Next to each quotation, write down why it is important and explore key words.

Key Quotation #1

Key Quotation #2

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Extension: (aka. The ‘I can be better than that’ Homework)

Read the following article: ‘Chicken Grows Face of a Dinosaur’. How would Mary Shelley react to this development? Is our reaction substantially

different or not? Why?

Chicken Grows Face of a Dinosaur A chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak has been developed by scientists

Melissa Hogenboom, 13 May 2015

Sixty-five million years ago, an asteroid is believed to have crashed into Earth. The impact wiped out huge numbers of species, including almost all of the dinosaurs.

One group of dinosaurs managed to survive the disaster. Today, we know them as birds.

The idea that birds evolved from dinosaurs has been around since the 19th century, when scientists discovered the fossil of an early bird called Archaeopteryx. It had wings and feathers, but it also looked a lot like a dinosaur. More recent fossils look similar.

But these early birds didn't look the same as modern ones. In particular, they didn't have beaks: they had snouts, like those of their dinosaur ancestors.

To understand how one changed into another, a team has been tampering with the molecular processes that make up a beak in chickens.

By doing so, they have managed to create a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout and palate, similar to that of small feathered dinosaurs like Velociraptor. The results are published in the journal Evolution.

The team's aim was to understand how the bird beak evolved, because the beak is such a vital part of bird anatomy. It has been crucial for their success. The 10,000 or more bird species occupy a wide range of habitats, and many have specialised beaks to help them survive.

But they did not set out to create a "dino-chicken", say lead authors Bhart-Anjan Bhullar of Yale University in New Haven and Arhat Abzhanov of Harvard University in Cambridge.

"Whenever you examine an important evolutionary transformation, you want to learn the underlying mechanism," says Bhullar.

The beak is also the part of the avian skeleton that has "diversified most extensively and most radically", says Bhullar.

Despite this diversity – ranging from flamingos to pelicans - very little work has been done to figure out "what the heck a beak actually is", he adds.

"I wanted to know what the beak was skeletally, functionally and when this major transformation occurred from a normal vertebrate snout to the very unique structures used in birds."

To begin to understand this, the team trawled though changes in the ways genes are expressed in the embryos of chickens and several other animals. They looked at the embryos of mice, emus, alligators, lizards and turtles, representing many of the major animal groups.

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They found that birds have a unique cluster of genes related to facial development, which the non-beaked creatures lacked.

When they silenced these genes, the beak structure reverted back to its ancestral state. So too did the palatal bone in the roof of the mouth.

To make this genetic tweak, Bhullar and his colleagues isolated the proteins that would have gone on to develop beaks. Then they suppressed them using tiny beads coated with an inhibiting substance.

When their skeletons started to develop inside the eggs, these animals had short, rounded bones instead of elongated, fused beaks that bird skeletons have.

"By affecting this early protein you are actually altering gene expression," added Bhullar.

The work highlights that beaks develop very differently from snouts, using a different set of genes, says Michael Benton of Bristol University in the UK. "That's what proves the beak is a real adaptation or 'thing', not just a slightly different nose shape."

The shift from snouts to beaks happened well into the evolution of birds, 40-50 million years after Archaeopteryx, says Benton.

For now Bhullar has no plans, or ethical approval, to hatch the snouted chickens. But he believes they would have been able to survive "just fine".

"These weren't drastic modifications," says Bhullar. "They are far less weird than many breeds of chicken developed by chicken hobbyists and breeders."

"The rest of the animal looked OK, but one needs to think about this carefully from an ethical point of view."

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Homework #2 – Due Monday 25th April

The Basic Homework

Read p58-59 again. Or go onto ‘Sparknotes’ and ‘Gradesaver’ and ‘BBC Bitesize’ to recap chapter 5.

Write a summary for this section of the text [what happened, which ideas/themes are explored etc.]

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Key Quotation #1

Key Quotation #2

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In order of appearance, write down 5-8 significant nouns, verbs and adjectives from p58-59.

Select three words out of one of the categories and explain the significance of the semantic field. Do this twice.

nouns verbs adjectives

Q. What might the semantic field(s) suggest about Frankenstein’s hopes and dreams?

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Read this article, written on 31 March 2016. Write a few W.R.E.C.K paragraphs, arguing for or against this idea: ‘We are moving

towards a world in which there will be many different definitions of ‘beauty’.’

A4 waists, iPhone legs: Chinese women set bizarre new standards for

beauty on social media

Women are using everyday items to show just how slim they are, but experts say the

fad is dangerous and unhealthy

If you were to measure your weight or vital statistics, would you use an iPhone 6 or an A4 piece of paper?

Hundreds of young Chinese women are recording the size of their waists and knees using vertical sheets of paper and mobile phones – and their photos are going viral on China’s social network Weibo and instant messaging platform WeChat.

The women are using the everyday items to show just how paper-thin they are – a physical feature believed to conform to universal standards of beauty in modern Chinese society.

But women’s health experts have pointed out how dangerous and unhealthy the fad is.

“The pressure for women to conform to a thinness ideal pervades all parts of the developed world and China is no exception to the rule,” the Women’s Foundation Research and Advocacy manager Lisa Moore said.

“Media has played a significant role in transmitting thinness norms and values, which has shown links to increased body image dissatisfaction, eating disorders and lowered self-esteem among women.”

It began as the #A4Waist trend – a piece of A4 paper is 8.3 by 11.7 inches – where the woman has to ensure that the width of the paper entirely obscures her waist.

The fitness challenge mania has spread across China’s social media sphere, with the hashtag #A4Waist generating 110 million views and 115,000 comments on Weibo.

The trend then evolved into the even more bizarre iPhone 6 challenge – if a woman’s knees were slimmer than the length of an iPhone 6, she would then be considered attractive.

“We are concerned with the ways that unrealistic and unattainable beauty standards are directly affecting women and girl’s sense of self-worth,” Moore said.

“Global research conducted by Dove ... indicates that six out of 10 girls choose not to do something because they don’t want to draw attention to the way they look, including not participating in classroom discussion or not turning up in school at all.”

But some fitness clubs and plastic surgery medical centres have seized the opportunity to advertise their services on social media, claiming they can help their customers shape a body with an “A4 waist”.

Many celebrities, in particular young actresses and models, have also joined the craze.

Lynn Hung, a renowned Hong Kong artist, posted a photo of herself holding a small, coloured paperboard much wider than her waist.

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“Don’t be green-eyed by those with an ‘A4 waist’. Just work out hard! Go Go Go!” Hung’s post said.

Tick one: article speech letter

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Homework #3 – Due Monday 2nd May

The Basic Homework

Read p77-96 again. Or go onto ‘Sparknotes’ and ‘Gradesaver’ and ‘BBC Bitesize’ to recap chapters 7 and 8.


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Key Quotation #1

Key Quotation #2

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‘Mary Shelley includes the death of William Frankenstein and Justine Moritz in order to ensure that we are never on the side of the monster.’ Write 2 P.E.T.A.L. paragraphs that explain why you agree/disagree with this viewpoint.

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‘Mary Shelley includes the death of William Frankenstein and Justine Moritz to make Victor Frankenstein look weak.’ Write 1 P.E.T.A.L. paragraphs that explains your view of this statement.

Alternatively, write your response as a news article, imagining you are a court reporter.

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Homework #4 – Due Monday 9th May

The Basic Homework

Read p101 – p104. Write a summary for this extract [focus: how does the monster feel towards

Frankenstein and why?]

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Key Quotation #1

Key Quotation #2

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Read the summary for this bestselling novel. Answer the questions below.

In 2001 and 2004, major legislation permitting stem-cell research was passed in the United States and the United Kingdom, raising questions about the role cloning ought to play in improving the health of “normal” humans. Never Let Me Go, the 2005 novel, is set in a dystopian world in which human clones are created so that they can donate their organs as young adults. The novel follows the life story of Kathy, a clone who is raised at a boarding school for future “donors.”

Throughout the novel, ‘Never Let Me Go’, Ishiguro explores the question of whether it is worthwhile to live a decent life if one is going to die no matter what.

“Why did we do all of that work in the first place? Why train us, encourage us, make us produce all of that? If we’re just going to give donations anyway, then die, why all those lessons? Why all those books and discussions?”

Q. How is this discussion similar/different to the discussion the Monster has with Frankenstein?

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First, consider reading ‘Never Let Me Go’ (before you watch the film, which is also fantastic).

Write a few W.R.E.C.K paragraphs, arguing for or against this idea: ‘The quality of the Monster’s life doesn’t matter.’

Consider whether the fact that the monster is an ‘incomplete’ creation (and therefore not going to replicated in his current draft) matters. (Would it be kinder to kill the Monster if he’s going to be the only one of his kind?)

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Homework #5 – Due Thursday 19th May

The Basic Homework

Read p138-151 again. Or go onto ‘Sparknotes’ and ‘Gradesaver’ and ‘BBC Bitesize’ to recap Volume 2 - Chapters 8 and 9.


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Key Quotation #1

Key Quotation #2

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Read the extract. Answer the question: What is structurally significant about this extract? [P.E.T.A.L]

"At this time a slight sleep relieved me from the pain of reflection, which was disturbed by the approach of a beautiful child, who came running into the recess I had chosen, with all the sportiveness of infancy. Suddenly, as I gazed on him, an idea seized me, that this little creature was unprejudiced, and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror of deformity. If, therefore, I could seize him, and educate him as my companion and friend, I should not be so desolate in this peopled earth.

"Urged by this impulse, I seized on the boy as he passed and drew him towards me. As soon as he beheld my form, he placed his hands before his eyes and uttered a shrill scream: I drew his hand forcibly from his face, and said, 'Child, what is the meaning of this? I do not intend to hurt you; listen to me.'

"He struggled violently. 'Let me go,' he cried; 'Monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me, and tear me to pieces -- You are an ogre -- Let me go, or I will tell my papa.'

"'Boy, you will never see your father again; you must come with me.'

"'Hideous monster! Let me go. My papa is a Syndic -- he is M. Frankenstein -- he will punish you. You dare not keep me.'

"'Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy -- to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim.'

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It's a big, bright, beautiful world

With possibilities everywhere

And just around the bend there's a friend or two

But not for you

You're ugly, son, which means that life is harder

People hate the things they cannot understand

And when they look at us they tend to make a fuss

Burn our houses down and chase us off our land

It's important that you find a cozy cesspit

A place no one would ever dare to tread

And if they happen by make sure you terrify them

If you don't, son, if you don't, son

Then you'll surely wind up dead


First, type ‘Big Bright Beautiful World Shrek’ into YouTube. Watch it. Read the lyrics and compare them to the monster. How are their issues similar/different?

Does ‘Frankenstein’ actually just boil down to a story about misunderstandings?

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Homework #6 – Due Monday 23rd May

The Basic Homework

Read p170-171 again. Or go onto ‘Sparknotes’ and ‘Gradesaver’ and ‘BBC Bitesize’ to recap Volume 3 - Chapter 3.


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Key Quotation #1

Key Quotation #2

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