I am Mary Shelley
From Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum · 2019
25 minK1st2nd3rdReading & Writing (ELA)ArtSocial Studies
Summary
Yadina is frustrated that others don't take her ideas seriously, so she travels back to meet young Mary Shelley — who wrote Frankenstein as a teenager and proved that imagination has no age limit. The episode (which also features Harry Houdini) celebrates creativity, persistence, and believing in your own ideas.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Mary Shelley imagined a whole new kind of story and wrote it down.
- How old was Mary Shelley when she started writing Frankenstein? Does that surprise you?
- Have you ever had an idea that you were afraid to share? What happened?
- What does it mean to be creative? Can anyone be creative?
- What would you write or create if you knew it would be published someday?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: imagination, author, novel, fiction, creativity.
Try it: Think of a character you've never seen in a book before. Draw the character and write one sentence about their special power or problem.