Frankenstein Schedule and Resources

Frankenstein Reading and HW Schedule

Please stay on top of the reading and homework schedule regardless of snow, illness, field trips, etc.

Bank of Resources:

Quizlet to review related literary terminology

Traits of Romanticism

Video about Romanticism

Specifically for Monday, February 3: Watch this about Prometheus and this (targeted to a younger audience) and this (shorter and more detailing of the brutal details) before Monday's class. Also read this (it's very short) taking note of the last sentence. You'll also need to know a little about Pandora. All these resources are also linked here.

Elements of Gothic Literature and here

Background on Milton's Paradise Lost

End of Semester

We wrapped up the end of the semester by...

1. Completing the Global Poetry Project. Your video must be uploaded by 2:30 on Friday, January 24. Hopefully you submitted it during class, but if you had tech issues, this is your final deadline. All directions are posted in Teams.
2. Submitting the feedback form in Teams about the poetry project.
3. Completing a timed write on our book group books. 

If you were absent today, it's extremely important that you see me to arrange to do your timed write next Wednesday in the student support center.

Thursday, January 16: Poetry and General Wrap Up

Due today: assignment about two poems; color marked poem from last class period. See Teams for info on both assignments.

Click here to read grading notes on Hamlet in class write scores.

Click here to learn more about our finals week activities. Note that some details in this document are tentative due to disruptions caused by snow.

In class activities:

1. Color marked poem from last class period
2. Two poems
3. Discuss two linked documents above

Week of Jan 6: End of book groups + poetry

Monday, 1/6:
We reviewed the terms diction, denotation, and connotation, and practiced our diction analysis skills. We then read and discussed the poem Metaphors by Sylvia Plath.
HW: read and analyze three poems. Upload your work to Teams and bring a printout Friday.

Wednesday, 1/8:
Book group meetings
HW: MOWAW and Q3 prompts

Friday, 1/10:

1. Finish discussion of book group work
2. Meet with students who chose to analyze the same poem as you
3. I quickly introduced a new strategy (Color Marking) and students color marked a new/clean copy of the poem. IF YOU WERE ABSENT: you need to print out a new/clean copy of your assigned poem and color mark it according to the directions. Please color mark a clean copy of the poem according to these groupings. Arrive with this done on Tuesday.

HW:

• Complete the book group feedback form in Teams
• Finish color marking your poem and bring ALL your poetry work back on Tuesday to continue discussing

Book Group Meeting 12/19

If you were absent, for our meeting, please complete the alternate assignment.

Your final book group meeting is on Wednesday, January 8.