Nov 21

Agenda:

• Sonnets and Odes
• Frankenstein Presentations

Homework:

• IPNs due anytime before Thanksgiving
  • Requirements for IPNs listed below--remember, quality matters!
  • Frankenstein Short Answer: Select ONE of the following:
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, How is Frankenstein similar to Voldemort?
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, how does the weather depicts Frankenstein's mood?
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, discuss how Frankenstein accepts or does not accept blame.
    • Pulling specific lines from chapters 1-10, discuss how Henry and Elizabeth serve as contrasts (foils) to Frankenstein.
  • Read one of Billy Collins' poems and Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in your IPN. Here's a list of Mrs. Gilliam's favorites: "The Trouble with Poetry"; "On Turning Ten"; "Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House"; "Books"; "The Lanyard"; "Questions about Angles"; "Today"; "I Go Back to the House for a Book"
  • Select a poem by Donne and Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in your IPN.
  • Select a poem by Percy Blythe Shelley. Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in you IPN.
  • Select a poem by Lord Byron. Write an entry to the poem following the entire poetry process in you IPN.
• Frankenstein Group Presentations (all groups)
• Revisions of Timed Writing due November 25th. (You can revise with Extremely Loud, or rewrite the essay on Frankenstein)
• Frankenstein Timed Writing due November 25
• Poetry and Place Due November 25th

Happy Thanksgiving

• Poetry Vocabulary Test 12/6
• Exam Timed Writing (you will write the Q2 and the Q3): 12/10
• Poetry Quiz MC 12/12
• MC Exam December 18