Monstrous Worlds Student Book (Year 11 Extension: Texts, Culture and Value)

In this Monstrous Worlds Student Book, students undertake a comprehensive, syllabus-aligned study of the Year 11 Extension 1 English Texts, Culture and Value focus area, with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) positioned as the central anchoring text for exploring how representations of monstrosity shape and contest cultural values, ethical responsibility, and fear across time. Through curated comparative case studies across periods, genres, and media, students examine how later texts appropriate, challenge, and reimagine Shelley's ideas.

The book includes structured critical, creative, and reflective tasks with clear scaffolding for close analysis, comparative thinking, independent research, and sustained argument—plus explicit, step-by-step guidance for the Related Research Project, including research pathways, a suggested provocation and mode, and inspiring text pairings.