Frankenstein

Primary Sources:

• Music to listen to while you read: Click here

• Free, full online text of this book: Click here

• Gutenberg Project e-book options: Click here

• Quotes compiled from this book: Click here

• Quotes compiled from this author: Click here

• Audio recording of Book: Click here

Classroom Sources:

Romantic Poetry Handouts:

If you missed class or need one of the different poetry handouts, they're linked below:

• 1. William Wordsworth ("I wandered lonely as a cloud" i.e. "Daffodils")

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Page 1 and Page 2 ("Kubla Khan")

  3. John Keats: Page 1 and Page 2 ("Ode on a Grecian Urn")

  4. William Blake ("The Tyger")

  5. Percy Bysshe Shelley ("Ozymandias")

  6. Lord Byron ("She Walks in Beauty")

  7. Alfred Tennyson: Page 1 and Page 2 ("Ulysses")

  8. John Clare: ("X")

Suggested Poems to Memorize:

• 1. William Wordsworth

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  3. John Keats

  4. William Blake

  5. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  6. Lord Byron

  7. Alfred Tennyson

  8. John Clare

To print the Nature vs. Nurture Socratic Seminar document, click here

Supplemental Sources::

• • Biography of author: Click here

  • Original Handwritten Manuscripts of Frankenstein (pretty interesting stuff to see how it was changed and see Shelley's handwriting): Click here

  • "Faustian" Deals with the Devil:

  • Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (1592)

  • Doctor Faustus by by Goethe (1790)

  • Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann (1947)

  • Mercedes Benz Commerical: Click here

  • "Fortitude" by Kurt Vonnegut: See English IV Reading Notebooks.

• Real statue of Ramses II found ("Ozymandias" poem): Click here

• Webquest:

  • Enlightenment Era

  • Romantic Age

  • Essential Question Webquest:

    • 1. Watch video on Artificial Intelligence

    • 2. Add this source to your Graphic Organizer and add your personal reflections to it.

    • 3. Choose one video from the following to watch and reflect on:

      • X-Men and Ethics of Mutation

      • The Ethics of Selective Breeding (click on "The Ethics of Designer Brains")

      • 4. Add reflections in your Graphic Organizer about your chosen video (3 sentences)

      • 5. Choose one of the following texts to read and reflect upon (3 sentences):

      • Rethinking "Normal"

      • Stem Cells

      • Gene Manipulation

      • Memory Manipulation

• The Annotated Frankenstein Interview on NPR. Click here.

  • The Lady and Her Monsters, book review, NYTimes. Click here.

• Frankenstein Historical Context:

  • • John Greene: French Revolution

    • John Greene: Seven Years War

    • John Greene: American Revolution

    • Context in 60 Seconds: Click here.

    • Themes in 60 Seconds: Click here.

    • Symbols in 60 Seconds: Click here

    • Characters in 60 Seconds: Click here

    • Summary in 60 Seconds: Click here

    • Historical Context

The REAL Frankenstein Documentary:

Author Station

At this station you will be researching the author's biography and its influence on the work. Please click on the following link to watch a short video about the author and their work. Please complete the graphic organizer on a separate sheet of paper. Thanks.

Frankenstein: watch the first half of your video...you will finish the rest in another station...

Link:

Frankenstein: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/videos#decoding-the-past-the-real-dr-frankenstein

Myths Station

Here we're going to learn a little about the history of the myths surrounding your book and do our best to both defy stereotypes and demystify the history of these books. Please watch the following clips and complete the following graphic organizer on a separate sheet of paper.

Frankenstein: http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/videos#decoding-the-past-the-real-dr-frankenstein

Reading station

At this station you will have the opportunity to read together as a group. You will have 20 minutes to read together. Occasionally pause to discuss with each other what you have read and ask clarifying questions of each other.

Frankenstein: Take chairs behind screen in corner to read...

All assignments are attached below.