Teaching Practice IWriting MicroteachingNaary Corral

Mary ShelleyActivity C

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is born in London

Her first poem, "Mounseer Nongtongpaw," is published by the press owned by her father and stepmother.

Mary Godwin meets Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Sixteen-year-old Mary runs off with Percy Shelley to Europe.

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Mary Godwin gives birth to the couple's first child, a daughter named Clara.

Mary Godwin gives birth to the couple's second child, William.

The Shelleys take a summer holiday in Switzerland with Lord Byron and his pregnant lover Claire Clairmont. While stuck in the house one rainy afternoon, Lord Byron suggests a contest to see who can write the best ghost story. Shelley sketches the tale that becomes Frankenstein.

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley gives birth to her third child, a daughter named Clara Everina.

Frankenstein is published anonymously, to immediate and wild success.

Mary Shelley dies at her London home after a long illness, possibly caused by a brain tumor.

Mary Shelley

Write a paragraph to describe Mary Shelley form the point of view of her husband. Mary’s daughter will read it.

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