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Frankenstein Reading Schedule
Forward, Letters 1-4, chapters 1-3
Chapters 1-10 (Victor)
Chapters 11-16 (the monster)
Chapters 17-24 (aftermath)
2 March - Check vocab
- Mentor text and reverse outline
- Outline options
- graphic organizer
- linear
- free-flow thought (no editing!)
- Work on outline or read Frankenstein
Homework - By Sunday:
- e-mail me your thesis statements
- For Tuesday:
- ESLR outline
- Chp. 11-16 seminar prep
29 February - Frankenstein quiz #1
- Set 2
- Explanation of the essay & creative project
- ESLR thesis
- check ESLR research
Homework - Due Friday:
- e-mail me your thesis so I can revise/approve it
- Bring your research back so you can work on your outline (laptops if you choose)
- Frankenstein vocab set 2
- Due Tuesday:
- Chp. 11-16 and seminar prep
27 February - Frank quiz
- Finish Venn diagram
- Seminar
Homework - Due Wednesday:
- Vocab test
- Research checked
- On Tuesday:
- Read chapters 11-16 and seminar prep
23 February - Sneeze: I appreciate _______ because _____________.
- Review vocab
- Romanticism vs. Gothicism
Homework - By Monday
- Blog (see Resources for the link)
- Chp. 1-10 and Wordsworth poem
- Wednesday
21 February - Sneeze: "Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog"
- Seminar: Foreward, Letters, Chp. 1-3
- Reading time
Homework - For Thursday:
- For Monday (review Resources section for helpful handouts/links:
- Read chapters 4-10
- Seminar prep on 1-10
- Read Wordsworth poem and include in seminar
15 February - Sneeze: Cloning aside, assume humans have the power and knowledge to create life. Just because we can, should we? Justify your response with specific examples or what ifs.
- "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- storyboard
- ID elements of Romanticism
- Review Prometheus
- Finish PPt on Romanticism
- Frankenstein foreward
Homework - Due Tuesday:
- Read, annotate (Romanticism, literary aspects, characterization), and seminar prep (all in one prep, you choose what to focus on) for
- Foreward
- Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1-3
- Due Thursday:
9 February - Finish Circle of Seven
- ESLR questions?
- Lecture: Romanticism
- Start reading "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Homework - For Wednesday:
- Annotate "Rime" (either in textbook or print from Resources)
- answer the questions on p. 709 (#2-6)
- If you choose to print it out, the questions are included in the document
- Library on Monday!
7 February
3 February - Sneeze: nature writing
- Circle of Seven debate
Homework - Turn your ESLR topic into a question that can be answered with a yes or a no. For example, "Should the death penalty be eliminated?" "Should freedom of speech be limited?" "Should the Internet be censored?"
- Whatever your question winds up being, keep it consistent. Have it be your guiding point for every article you look at so that all of your PROs and all of your CONs are the same.
- Start skimming through EBSCO and SIRs for articles
- EBSCO: username: panthers password: NPHS
- SIRS: username: CA2024H password: 7425
1 February - Sneeze: What is beauty? What is success? What is the media's interpretation of beauty and success?
- ESLR letter of intent
- Frankenstein Circle of 7 prep time
Homework - For Friday (bring iPods for sneeze)
- Letter of Intent (tii.com and in class)
- Circle of 7 prep
- For Tuesday:
- Flashdrive and TO library card
- For Thursday:
30 January - Sneeze: Make a list of what you know about your topic.
- "Competition and Happiness"
- "Shouting Fire"
- Review ESLR packet
Homework - Due Wednesday
- Signed approval form
- Fill out everything EXCEPT the thesis
26 January - CI topics
- "Shouting Fire"
- IB talk with Mrs. Thompson
Homework - CI topic by Monday -- first come, first served!
- TOPICS POSTED IN RESOURCES SECTION
24 January - Sneeze: What makes a topic controversial? List topics you find interesting.
- Competition & Happiness take 2
- "Shouting Fire"
Homework - ESLR starts soon, so consider looking up some controversial topics you find interesting.
- The IB chairperson comes on Thursday to speak about IB. Bring any questions you have.
17 January Homework - Graveyard and review due on Thursday -- both to tii.com and in class
12 January Homework - Graveyard & Review due on 1/19
10 January - Sneeze: What components do you like to see in movie reviews?
- How to write a review
- Practice with "Big Bang Theory"
Homework - Bring treats for "Macbeth" -- viewing on Thursday
- Graveyard & movie review due the day of your final (1/19)
6 January - Banquo blame game
- Finish reading Macbeth
Homework
4 January - Sneeze: Review questions for acts 1, 2
- Macbeth graveyard assignment
- Act II word journals share out
- Act III
Homework - Act III word journals due Tuesday
- Group graveyards due the day of your final
16 December - Sneeze: Agree/Disagree and why: Sometimes you have to do something wrong to get what you want.
- Macbeth
- Review Act 1
- Add details to Macbeth as a husband in your T-chart
- Read Act II
- universe is off balance
- Blame game pie chart for Duncan
Homework - Act II Tracing a Word
- Have a safe and relaxing break!
14 December - Sneeze: Agree/Disagree and why: Behind every great man is a great woman.
- Macbeth
- 1.4: Subtetxt
- 1.5: Lady Macbeth's qualities
- 1.6
- 1.7: Soliloquy analysis - To Kill or Not to Kill
- Act I Tracing a Word example
Homework
12 December - Sneeze: How much weight do you put on psychics? On fortune tellers? What effect(s) do/can they have on people?
- Share masks and turn in LOTF essays
- Turn in sonnets
- Shakespearean tragedy and Feytag's plot chart
- Macbeth
Homework - LOTF essay --> tii.com
- Tracing a word
6 December - World of Shakespeare (background PP)
- Tackling Shakespeare's language
- Sonnets!
Homework - LOTF essay rough draft due Thursday
- Vocab test on Thursday
- For Monday:
- 1. Pick one of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets and deconstruct it like we did in class (label the rhyme scheme, break it up by quatrains and couplets, label a few lines of iambic pentameter, and paraphrase it
- 2. Give a dramatic reading of the sonnet
- 3. Write your own!!! It can be about any topic as long as it follows the Shakespearean format!
2 December - Make a Wish charity
- Deindividuation/Mob mentality
- Seminar!
Homework - Rough draft due 12/8
- Vocab test on 12/8
30 November - Sneeze: Have you ever stolen anything? Explain.
- Review vocab
- Biblical allusions with Simon
- Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality
Homework - Finish the novel by Friday!
- seminar prep and expect a quiz
- Vocab test on 12/8
28 November - Sneeze: What did you do over Thanksgiving break?
- Paper pass back
- Chp. 5-8 quiz
- Seminar!
- LOTF vocab set 2
Homework - Read through chp. 9 by Wednesday, finish the novel by Friday
- Vocab due Wednesday
21 November - Vocab test
- Who should survive?
- "We wear the mask"
- Drawing inferences
Homework - Read chapters 7,8
- Focus: inference with character (specifically, Simon)
- Seminar prep for chapters 5-8
17 November - Peer edit
- Review vocab
- Lost at Sea
- Seminar!!!
Homework - Read and annotate chapters 5, 6
- Vocab test on Monday
- Jack paragraph final due on Monday
- Get ahead! After Thanksgiving, you will be expected to have read and prepped for seminar chapters 5-8
15 November - Sneeze: You are stranded and can only have one of each of the following: movie, book, drink, clothing item, CD, food
- Chp. 1-4 quiz
- Background posters
- Close reading of chapter 3
Homework - Canterbury Tales rewrite
- Upload thought paper to tii.com by tonight
- Jack paragraph rough draft due Thursday
- We will seminar chapters 1-4 on Thursday, so have your prep ready
- We will also review the vocab on Thursday, so be ready too
10 November - Background posters
- in groups, create a poster that you will use to teach the class your historical topic
- Work time
- look over the prompt for LOTF to focus your annotations
- read and annotate chapters 1-4
- seminar prep for chapters 1-4 (type it at home)
- LOTF vocabulary part 1
- "What Makes Us Moral" article
- read, annotate, one-page long thought paper (submit in class and on tii.com) due Tuesday
Homework - Canterbury Tales rewrite with footnotes explaining the changes you made & a reflective paragraph (or so) explaining how your writing has progressed, etc.
- Anything not finished in class (seminar on Tuesday)
- There will be a 1-4 quiz on Tuesday
8 November - Sneeze: Do you think human nature is generally good or generally evil? Explain and use examples.
- Would you survive?
- Chp. 1
Homework - Background research (just search and print) due Thursday
- 1: WWII timeline/leaders
- 2: Operation Pied Piper
- 3: Genocide (Holocaust, Armenia, Rwanda)
- 4: Nuclear weapons used in war (mustard gas, atomic bombs)
- 5: Mephistopheles/Beelzebub
- Read and annotate chapters 1-4 by 11/15
- seminar on chapters 1-4 so you will need seminar prep by Tuesday
- expect a quiz
4 November - Peer editing
- Would You Survive?
- Check out LOTF
Homework - Final draft of Antigone essay due on Tuesday (tii.com too) w/ Works Cited
- only put your ID # instead of your name
- Canterbury Tales revision (100 pts) due the week of 11/14
- See Nov. 2 homework for details
Antigone focus: What does it mean to be a contributing member of society?
2 November Homework - Canterbury Tales essay revision (100 points)
- Include footnotes in your revised version of your essay. In each footnote, explain the change you made
- Turn in a reflection with the revised and footnoted essay that explains what you learned by making these changes and how you have progressed as a writer
31 October - Did you enjoy Antigone? why or why not
- Vocab quiz
- Seminar
Homework - In-class essay on Wednesday!!!
- Revised essays due the week of Nov. 14
27 October - Sneeze: "The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins." -Kierkegaard
- Review episodes 3, 4
- Kreon T-chart
- Antigone's downfall
- Read Episode 5
- Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Hierarchy (the PPT is in the Resources section)
Homework - Vocabulary test on Monday
- Typed outline due Monday
- Work on the Kohlberg handout to be more prepared to write the essay ... think of it as pre-writing
- Seminar on Monday (your annotations will serve as your prep)
25 October - Share ballads
- Review Prologue & Episode 1
- Read Ode in Praise of Man
- Read Episode 2
Homework - Vocab test on Monday
- Read Episodes 3, 4 (pages 46-58)
- Focus for Episode 3: Make a T-chart for reasons why Kreon should enforce the law, and reasons why he should change the lie
- Focus for Episode 4: What aspect of Antigone's personality causes her downfall?
- Ode due Thursday
- 10 points for the writing; 10 points for the creativity of how it's presented (clip art, painting, etc)
21 October - Sneeze: Is it necessary to stand up for what you believe in? What if what you want goes against what society says is right? How far would you go?
- T-chart: What a contributing member of society looks like/sounds like
- Article: "A Forgotten Contribution"
- Read Prologue in Antigone
- Journal: What is Antigone doing that goes against society? Why is she doing it? Do you agree/ disagree?
- Persuasion
Homework - Vocab due Tuesday
- Complete persuasion chart
- For Antigone & Ismene, use the prologue to identify types of persuasion
- Read Episode 1 (page 27-34) with a focus on Kreon and the tactics (persuasion) he uses to get society to do what he thinks is right
- Complete the persuasion chart, adding Kreon
19 October - Time to work on ballads
- Antigone background
- Story of Oedipus
Homework - Antigone's family tree due Friday
- Ballad due Friday
17 October - Creating writing: "Do not squeeze the ... "
- Ballads
- Computer lab
Homework - Group ballad due Friday based on news article
- Bring article to class on Wednesday to work
13 October - Essay self-evaluate
- Creative project presentations
Homework - Canterbury Tales self-eval due on tii.com ONLY by Monday
- Essay --> tii.com by tonight!
11 October - Sneeze: Which of the seven deadly sins are you most prone to and why?
- Peer edit workshop
- 7 Deadly Sins
Homework - AoW --> tii.com
- Final essay due Thursday in class AND on tii.com
- Creative project due Thursday
7 October - YouTube Clip on the education paradigm and discussion
- Essay writing overview
- intro, body, conclusion, thesis statement (how does aspect 1 influence aspect 2 in order to show misogynistic or feminist view of women?)
Homework - Upload rough draft #1 --> tii.com by tonight
- Revise rough draft and bring to class on Tuesday (upload to tii.com -- look for the one that says Revision 1)
- AoW #2 due Tuesday
- annotate, and then write thought paper (upload thought paper to tii.com)
- Creative project due Thursday
5 October - Sneeze: Did you enjoy the Wife's tale? Explain.
- Vocab test
- "Wife of Bath"
- seminar prep
- seminar
- outline essay
Homework - For Friday: typed, MLA formatted rough draft of Canterbury Tales essay
- For Tuesday: AoW#2
- you choose! Go to the Resources section and pick whatever article you want. Print it, annotate it, and write the thought paper (be sure to follow t he guidelines!)
- For Thursday: creative project
3 October - Sneeze: Free write
- Paper pass back
- Vocab stories
- Read "Pardoner's Tale"
Homework - Vocab test on Wednesday
- Creative project due Oct. 13
- Read/annotate/answer questions for "Wife of Bath" by Wednesday
- Print Seminar Instructions in Resources section
28 September - Sneeze: Based on what you read of the Prologue, which character seems most interesting to you and why?
- Canterbury Tales PPT
- social hierarchy, review prologue, Middle Ages genres, types of comedy, the Pardoner
Homework - Read (print) "The Wife of Bath" tale and discussion questions from Resources section
- annotate and answer by Wednesday's class
- Study for Wednesday's vocab test (vocab is in the Resources section)
26 September - Sneeze: Have you ever been on a roadtrip? What did you do to pass the time? Did you meet any interesting people along the way? Explain.
- Vocab review
- Chaucer background
- Start reading prologue
Homework - Study vocab
- Finish reading the Prologue (ends on page 115)
- Complete the character chart (doing some outside research on the characters is not a terrible idea -- you'll catch the satire more)
22 September - Prince essay
- Share creative pieces
Homework - Beowulf self-eval due on tii.com tonight!
- Vocab due Monday
- Type up Prince paragraphs
- Can only change grammar, punctuation, spelling, & quotes (cite!)
- MLA format
20 September - Work on creative projects
Homework - Prince response on Thursday -- BRING BOOKS!
- Beowulf self-evaluation due on tii.com ONLY by Thursday
- Bring textbooks for Canterbury Tales
16 September - Sneeze: Did you enjoy Beowulf? Explain.
- Vocab test
- Boasts
Homework - Creative project due Tuesday
- Email your boast to me by tonight
- identify all the required aspects
- The Prince response on Thursday
14 September - Sneeze: How does comitatus play a part in Beowulf?
- Reading Guides
- Silent symposium
- Christian vs. Pagan
- epic hero
- wealth
- mortality
- supernatural
- loyalty
- Creative project
Homework - Boasts on Friday!
- Vocab test on Friday
- Bring supplies for creative project on Tuesday
12 September - Sneeze: In Beowulf, why does evil do what it does?
- Review vocab
- Beowulf
- reading guide
- review boast -- look for types of persuasion
- boast assignment
Homework - Vocab test on Friday
- Print out creative project guidelines from Resources section
- Boasts on Friday!!!!
- Finish the poem
8 September - Sneeze: What is a hero? What is a villain?
- Beowulf
- Finish elegy jigsaw
- vocab
- turn in kennings
- PP: Lyric Poem: heroic & epic hero
- Start reading "The Wrath of Grendel"
Homework - Vocab due Monday
- Read pgs. 39-49 & annotate aspects, BIG ideas in Beowulf (see your notes), Christian vs. Pagan, etc.
6 September - Sneeze: Writing for Full Presence
- Article of the Week #1 discussion
- Beowulf background
- Lyric Poem: Elegy
- Identify the aspects of a lyric poem using different colors
Homework - Article of the Week thought paper --> tii.com by tonight
- Kenning bumper sticker!
- Create a kenning for yourself that reflects your personality
- Art project :) Turn it into a decorated "bumper sticker"
- See Resources section for more information on kennings
- Bring textbooks for all of Beowulf
- Summer assignment
Article of the Week Details
1.
Print and annotate the article.
2.
Write the thought paper, which should
have the following components:
·
Thorough explanation of what was stated
in the article
·
Your opinion of the article – What did
you agree/disagree with? What connections did you make? (personal, literary,
historical, etc.)
·
Should be at least 350 words -
double-spaced, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman
·
Follow all MLA format guidelines
including heading
·
You can choose how many paragraphs you
need but it must be separated into paragraphs.
·
Try to integrate the explanation of the
article with your opinion.
·
Include at least TWO quotes from the
article (remember to cite!)
1 September - Anchor paper process
- Article of the Week #1
Homework - AofW#1: Annotations and typed thought paper due Tuesday
- hard copy & submit to tii.com
- TEXTBOOKS ON TUESDAY
- Summer assignment due the week of Sept. 12
30 August - Sneeze: Explain how your quotation reflects your personality
- Quotations on transparency
- Anchor paper process
Homework - Summer assignment
- Essay on reading --> tii.com
26 August - Sneeze: Book Talk T-chart
- Syllabus/Grading system
- Start working on homework
Homework - Essay on reading due 8/30 in class AND on tii.com
- Signed syllabus and supplies due 8/30
- Find a quotation that represents your personality, scribble it down, and bring it to class on 8/30
- Summer assignment due the week of Sept. 12
24 August - Introductions - name tags
- In-class essay
Homework - Finish the summer assignment by the week of Sept. 12
- Suggestion: Add an entry on The Prince
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