Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Frankenstein: Everything you need to teach Mary Shelley's seminal text, perfect for GCSE and A Level students.
By (Author) Fe Brewer
By (author) Mary Hind-Portley
By (author) Gwen Nelson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Education
30th September 2025
United Kingdom
Primary and Secondary Educational
Non Fiction
Educational: Language, literature and literacy
Lesson plans
Paperback
176
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
Bloomsbury Teacher Guide: Frankenstein is everything you need to teach Mary Shelley's seminal text, perfect for GCSE and A Level students.
Introduce your students to the seminal world of Frankenstein with this exciting, research-informed teaching guide, and offering new insights into the text, including stylistic and linguistic approaches, use of the Gothic genre and feminist readings of the text. Each chapter contains:
- key plot points, character analysis and central themes
- detailed analysis of language, form and structure
- emphasis on historical and cultural context
- suggested approaches and resources to support schemes of work
- lesson ideas to enhance subject knowledge on key areas of the text.
Bloomsbury Teacher Guides contain research-informed, engaging strategies for relevant lessons and exam preparation, including retrieval practice, scaffolding and reciprocal reading. The book includes exclusive downloadable and printable teaching resources for instant use in the classroom to support students at all levels, appropriate for all GCSE and A Level exam boards, and pre-teaching at KS3 level. Whether you are new to teaching or looking for varied ideas to try out in the classroom, this Bloomsbury Teacher Guide will be your expert companion to the study of Frankenstein.
Fe Brewer taught English in the East Midlands for almost 15 years before recently moving into teacher education full-time. She has written for TES, Teaching English and CLiC Dickens, and is the co-author of Succeeding as an English Teacher.
Mary Hind Portley is a highly experienced teacher and leader, having worked in several schools as a teacher, lead practitioner, assistant head and curriculum director. Mary is also a freelance writer and education blogger (www.hind-sights.com). Follow her @Lit_Liverbird.
Gwen Nelson taught in state secondary schools for 20 years before becoming an English Language and Literature specialist. Gwen has contributed to publications aimed at teachers using her knowledge of Cognitive Grammar to analyse key aspects of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.