Skip the typical Mary Shelley introduction lecture as you launch a study of Frankenstein (or any of Shelley’s other works) and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.
This single-page worksheet (includes both PDF & Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Mary Shelley’s background.
Please note: This download does NOT include a specific article or links to defined articles. It is an organizer tool for students to use as they conduct their own research. In my experience, students take more ownership of the material when they are the ones to research and discover the elements that make a literary figure’s life fascinating. They’ve seen enough of our introductory slideshows; this time, let your kids do the work and discuss/determine what they think is meaningful about this author’s life.
Here are a few suggested uses for this flexible research tool:
1. Book your school’s computer lab or have students access Mary Shelley’s biography information on their own devices. Assign students to either work solo or in teams of two. Once the grids are complete, have students share and compare answers in small groups, focusing on the four interesting facts they discovered, the meaningful quote, and the personal/professional obstacle. Then, pull the students into a full-class discussion, having each group present an interesting fact, quote, or obstacle until every team has contributed. No repeats allowed.
This assignment works great as an “into” activity, but it could also be a “through” activity to add variety to your in-class routine as you work through a longer work. If you’re using this as an “after” activity, during the discussion I would also ask how any of the biography elements are reflected in the author’s work/s the class just studied.
2. Assign the worksheet as a traditional homework assignment. Launch the d
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The document provides a biography of English author Mary Shelley, known for her famous novel Frankenstein. It summarizes that she was born in 1797 in London, married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816, and published Frankenstein in 1818. Mary faced many tragedies in her life, including the loss of three of her children and her husband drowning in 1822. She died of brain cancer in 1851 at the age of 53 in London.
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The document provides a biography of English author Mary Shelley, known for her famous novel Frankenstein. It summarizes that she was born in 1797 in London, married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816, and published Frankenstein in 1818. Mary faced many tragedies in her life, including the loss of three of her children and her husband drowning in 1822. She died of brain cancer in 1851 at the age of 53 in London.
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Mary Shelley Facts
| Mary and Percy Shelley's first child, a girl, died when she was only a few days old, in 1815. |
| Mary's half-sister Fanny committed suicide, and soon after Percy's wife did as well, leaving Mary and Percy free to marry. |
| Mary and Percy Shelley married in December 1816. |
| In 1818 Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus was published anonymously. |
| Mary and Percy moved to Italy, and they had two more children that did not survive. In 1819 their fourth child Percy Florence was born. He was the only one of their four children to survive and grow to adulthood. |
| In 1822 Percy Shelley died in a drowning accident while sailing in the Gulf of Spezia. |
| Mary Shelley was a widow at 24. She continued to write in an effort to support herself and her child. |
| Mary Shelley's novel Valperga: Or the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca, was published in 1823. |
| Mary Shelley's novel The Last Man was published in 1826. |
| Mary Shelley's novel The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, A Romance was published in 1830. |
| Mary Shelley's novel Lodore was published in 1835, Falkner: A Novel was published in 1837, and Mathilda was published in 1959. |
| Mary Shelley also wrote travel narratives, short stories, poetry, articles, biographies, and children's literature. |
| After Percy drowned, Mary Shelley tried to promote her late husband's work. |
| Mary Shelley died on February 1, 1851 at the age of 53. She had brain cancer. She was buried at St. Peter's Church in Bournemouth next to her mother, her father, and her husband's cremated remains. |
| Mary Shelley's most famous work was Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. It was published anonymously when Mary was only 20 years old in 1818. In 1823 it was published under her own name. |
In 1814 Mary traveled through Europe. She traveled near Frankenstein Castle where it was believed that strange experiments had taken place a few centuries before. She a 
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