May 7th

Senior Presentation Schedule

Tuesday, May 8th
Sean, Austin, Garrett, Jillian
Zane, Konnor

Thursday, May 10th
Niraj, Evan, Drew, Soleil, Chloe, Jon, Keely, Kelsy, Marcus, Alec
Evan, Gracie, Tim, Serena, Sarah, Christen, Madison

Scoring Guide: 
Senior Final 2018

Papers Due: Thursday, May 9th

May 1st

1. Take out notes on "Rime of the Ancient Mariner".  For today you were asked to examine the four following questions in reference to both Frankenstein and "Rime".

a. How are they both haunted by the dead?
b. How do characters deal with their isolation?
c. How do characters bring about their own destruction?
d. How is guilt addressed in both texts?
e. How do both texts function as a cautionary tale?

Small groups will discuss each question and fill out the accompanying notes page.
Frankenstein/Rime Notes

For Wednesday:
Socratic seminar on Frankenstein. Final assignment grades before the final.
Frankenstein Socratic Seminar Preparation

WRITTEN PREPARATION:  Choose two of the following discussion questions to answer IN DETAIL, using specific textual support and literary terminology (where needed) in your response. You will have an introduction, thesis, textual evidence, and conclusion. Please choose a variety of questions (so don’t simply scan through and choose the most simplistic ones).  Challenge yourself philosophically and in a literary sense.  If it a philosophical question, not referencing Frankenstein specifically, bring your response back to the primary text.

SEMINAR PREPARATION:  Read through the remaining questions and adequately prepare yourself to be able to discuss them in depth.  Your seminar grade will be based on the thoroughness with which you do discuss.  (For example:  providing sufficient evidence/ support from the novel, drawing appropriate conclusions from a close reading of the novel, demonstrating your knowledge of the novel both on a surface level and deeper level, and demonstrating higher level thinking skills, etc.)  You certainly may write some of your own additional questions as well; however, that is not a requirement.


Schedule for the rest of the school year: 
Wednesday, May 3rd- Frankenstein Socratic seminar
Friday, May 4th- Final project work
Monday, May 7th- Final project work
Tuesday, May 8th- Final papers due. Presentations in class.
Thursday, May 10th- Final papers due. Presentations in class. 

Friday, April 27th

1. Finish characterization sketches- Frankenstein.

2. Read: Parts 1-3 of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
PDF found here: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Take notes as you read thinking about the influence of this poem on Shelley and the creation of Frankenstein. 

Think about how both works function as a cautionary tale.
How are they both haunted by the dead?
How do characters deal with their isolation?
How do characters bring about their own destruction?
How is guilt addressed in both texts?

3. Work on final paper/projects.

April 26th

1. Quiz- Frankenstein, chapters 1-21.

2. Characterization and Frankenstein.

You will need to go through this process a minimum of four times with the character you have been assigned.

You will be drawing the character on the large paper. While the drawing is fun, it is not the sole part of the assignment.

Characterization: The manner/method in which an author creates a character.
Asking HOW and WHY an author develops a character in the manner in which
it is created.

Method of performing characterization:

1. Carefully pick an adjective that you feel describes the character. Think to the personality
of the character, versus physical. (Often the physical description supports the personality
characterization).

2. Ask yourself why you named this characteristic....

3. What textual evidence supports the conclusion of this adjective. Multiple examples.
3 minimum. Have the quotations and the citation in your notes.)

4. Ask what is the reasoning that the author creates the character with this specific
personality trait?
How does it serve the meaning of the text? How is this character "working" for this text?

5. Rinse and repeat... pick another adjective. (a minimum of FOUR adjectives and supporting evidence)

You will be examining:

• Victor Frankenstein
• Robert Walton
• Henry Clerval
• The Creature

3. When you have finished your character sketches... you will have time to read or work on final presentations.

April 24th

1. Read the myth of Prometheus.  Found here; Prometheus Myth

2. TO HAND IN... Why is the subtitle of Frankenstein, "The Modern Prometheus"?  How does is this mythological tale represented/reflected within Frankenstein? WHY is it utilized?

Upcoming...
Thursday, April 26th: Quiz over the first 21 chapters of Frankenstein. 

Speaking of menacing birds... The bird...

April 23rd

1. Literature circle #1- Frankenstein prologue, letters, and first 11 chapters.
                                   - Discuss how Frankenstein functions as a text of the Romanticism period.

2. Reflection- Google Classroom

3. Read- Close to chapter 17 as possible. It is about 39 more pages.

Frankenstein Reading Schedule: 
April 16th:  Letters and Chapters 1-3 (pages 1-39)
April 19th: Chapters 4-10 (pages 40-70)
April 23rd: Chapters 11-17 (71-108)
April 26th: Chapters 18-21 (108-136)
May 3rd: Chapters 22- end of book (136-166)
* You know your schedule. If you need to read ahead.. do so.

Remember: Final projects are due in 2 weeks.. starting May 7th.

April 19th

1. 5 Frankenstein responses due at the beginning of class.
2. Finish BBC "Birth of a Monster".
3. Watch "The Romantics".  Take notes on characteristics of Romanticism.
The Romantics- BBC

Supplement with these characteristics: Romanticism Characteristics

For Friday:
1. Be through chapter 10 in Frankenstein.
2. Gather specific examples of the characteristics of Romanticism in Frankenstein. This will be a primary part of your discussion in your first literature circle.
3. Write 5 higher level questions for discussion for literature circles on Friday.

April 17th

1. Mary Shelley Biography- BBC Birth of a Monster

2. For Thursday, from the discussion questions from Monday's class, select 1 from each group of questions.  You will be responding to each of these questions with textual evidence. You will turn this in on Thursday. This will be a total of 5 responses.

For FRIDAY: You will need to be up through chapter 10 for Friday for your first literature circle.

Literature circle groups: Frankenstein 

Group 1:         
Keely                  Serena
Evan                   Sarah
Drew                  Zane
Jillian
Austin           

Group 2:
Kelsy                 Evan
Sean                   Gracie
Chloe                 Konnor
Jonathan

Group 3:
Niraj                   Tim
Alec                    Madison
Soleil                  Christen
Marcus
Garrett

April 16th

1. Remember you are through chapter 10 by April 19th. 

Today:

Get into groups of 3 and start working through the following questions- 

Prologue

1. Who wrote the prologue to Frankenstein? For what purpose was it written, according to the author?

2. What stories inspired the idea of writing the “ghost stories” that summer?

3. Describe the conversation that triggered the author’s “waking dream.”

4. Why does the writer say that Frankenstein is not “a mere tale of spectres or enchantment”?

5. Which other works about human nature inspired Frankenstein’s author?

6. Summarize where and under what conditions Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein.

Letters

1. Show how the Letters frame the upcoming story of Frankenstein.

2. Analyze how Robert Walton’s life and travels adhere to the ideals of Romanticism.

3. Explain how Walton educates himself for his sailing adventure.

4. Predict how successful Walton’s voyage will be to find an Arctic passage, and the problems he could encounter on his adventure.

5. What does Walton desire when he writes the second letter?

6. Explain why Walton feels particularly fortunate to have secured the master of his ship.

7. Show how the shipmaster’s failed love story adheres to the ideals of Romanticism.

8. Infer how Walton’s “belief in the marvelous” makes him an ideal listener of Frankenstein’s story.

9. Formulate how the setting of the fourth letter is typically Romantic.

10. Tell what the sailors first see in the distance.

11. Describe the man who boards the ship.

12. Explain why the man is in the Arctic.

13. Analyze how the man fulfills Captain Walton’s desires.

14. Generalize why the man agrees to tell Walton his story.

15. Evaluate why the man cautions Walton against his “search for knowledge and wisdom.”

16. What is Walton’s duty as the man tells his story?

Chapter One

1. Tell how Victor Frankenstein’s parents met.

2. Summarize how Mary Shelley interjects her social interest of caring for the poor into Frankenstein.

3. Show how Shelley portrays the women, Caroline and Elizabeth, in Chapter One.

4. Describe Victor’s childhood.

5. Explain how Elizabeth comes into the Frankenstein home.

6. Assess how Victor feels about Elizabeth.

Chapter Two

1. Tell about Victor’s social tendencies and how he interacts with friends.

2. Contrast Victor’s academic interests with those of his friend, Henry Clerval.

3. Infer Victor’s meaning when he says of his desire to learn about science: “I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources; but, swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys.”

4. Which authors and topics does Victor become obsessed with reading?

5. Generalize how Victor learns about alchemy and natural science. How does this fit with the characteristics of Romanticism?

6. Describe Victor’s experience with lightning. How was it a turning point in his life?

7. Explain Victor’s destiny. Locate a quote from the novel to support your answer.

Chapter Three

1. Tell what Caroline Frankenstein hopes for Elizabeth and Victor’s future.

2. Summarize Elizabeth’s response to Caroline’s death.

3. Explain why Henry Clerval’s father disapproves of education.

4. Deduce what Victor means when he states, “Chance—or rather the evil influence, the Angel of Destruction, which asserted omnipotent sway over me from the moment I turned my reluctant steps from my father’s door. . .”

5. Examine how Victor interacts differently with M. Krempe and M. Waldman.