Alexa watched a short video and we discussed the surprise beginning and the narrative elements used in Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein. She learned "epistolary narrative" (based on letters) "framed narrative" (story within a story) and the circumstances around the creation of the story when the four friends were stuck in a storm. We discussed the monster's true identity and its need for human companionship, as well as the character and development of Dr. Frankenstein. We concluded by discussing some of the strategies used in the creative writing in Dead Girls Detective Agency such as the foreshadowing that was much too obvious to hold. Alexa said we must watch for a twist.