While I am Gone (Tuesday 11/1-Thursday, Nov.10): Spoiler alert!

I have linked a complete copy of the Frankenstein questions for writing, quizzes, discussion and the essay to this post. Please don't "Peek" ahead of the reading schedule--thanks! The substitute teacher will guide you through the daily assignments, but please make sure to keep asking questions you think I would ask as you read, and always take notes during your discussions-- all of this will help you better understand the text and triumph on the essay assignment.

One of the assignments you will get for homework AFTER you finish the text will involve you finding an article on medical ethics and writing a "precis" (pray-see) of that article in order to share its contents with the class and practice the form.  There are two very good links on the right side of this blogsite to help you with this task.  Make sure you read the article several times first, taking notes and highlighting as you go.  I can't think of a better way than this to make Frankenstein pertinent to our own times.
Enjoy the rest of the text, and I will see you soon.
Mrs.E
Frank Questions

Medea Ladies

Here is a copy of the requirements for your presentation-- please get as creative as you please about how to present-- I will give you time on Monday, October 31st to work together and plan. You will get out of an essay on Frankie for this, and enrich us all with your insights into a tragic lady!

Sorry for the Lapse in Coverage

Here is a fast update:
Glossaries: Please get some entries in this next week-- I will take up to FOUR from each of you, plus any number of re-writes,. when I get back on the 9th of November.
Read, notate and explore the meaning of these poems, two romantic and one contemporary-- BE sure to underline a lot and explore the Mullin poem fully for irony/layered meanings.
Jane Eyre Final Write is way over due--- last chance on Monday, Oct. 31
Frankenstein Reading Schedule For each section of text, write two questions that you think I will ask the class.
Frankenstein Reading Quizzes--- Turn one in on Monday, Oct. 31st.

Essays, Glossaries and Victorian Novels, Oh, My!

Jane Eyre Reading Schedule: Complete
Friday we took a look at sample questions and essays for the "poetry" prompt on the AP exam.  Our own examination of poetry dovetails into the study of how to properly write about it.  Please bring your revised essays on "It's A Woman's World" to class on Monday.
    Jane Eyre continues on in her quest for self-discovery-- but other mysteries abound.  What, in heaven's name or any other, is going on upstairs and Thornfield Hall? Jane insists to Rochester that, "I like to serve you, sir, and to obey you in all that is right" (Chapter 20).  But--will he point her in the right direction, or will she have to discover it on her own, or will  "Grace Poole" break loose again?  Stay tuned, dear reader.
    If you are looking for glossary entries in Jane Eyre, Bronte is fond of poetic understatement.  She employs "litotes" (Lie-toe-tees) with frequency and with "no small effect."

Poetry and Jane Eyre-- What Could be Finer!

We are still taking, "It's a Woman's World" by Eavan Boland (1983) apart in class.  Be ready by Wednesday/Oct. 5 to share your ideas with other groups.  We will write an in-class essay on Friday.
 Jane Eyre Schedule for this Week:
BY THIS DATE:         FINISH:
Tuesday 10/4            Chapter 4
Wed. 10/5                 Chapter 8
Thursday 10/6           Chapter 12
Friday 10/7               Chapter 15
Monday 10/10          Chapter 20

Remember for the first eight chapters to keep a running vocabulary list and write down your observations about how the class system and the clergy are portrayed in the text.