Frankenstein A Modern Prometheus

1. FrankensteinA Modern Prometheus Giachetti English 12

2. November 19, 2012 Periods 5 and 6 Learning Targets • I can identify skills and attributes necessary for a survival and success in both wilderness and urban cultural settings.

3. Quick Write • What is life? When does it begin? Is artificial conception ok? How about cloning? What are your beliefs about the creation of life?

4. Essential Questions • What is the function and effectiveness of a frame story? • What are the characteristics of a Romantic novel? • What is the relationship between ambition and responsibility? • What is human? • What is the responsibility of a creator to his/her creation?

5. Prometheus Frankenstein • Created mankind Created ?? • Stole Fire for humans Electricity / galvanism • Punished by Zeus Punished by ??? • Daily an eagle ate - fate (for rejecting his liver his creation)? - for creating life? - guilt/horror/fear/ regret/????????

6. September 26, 2012 • Read A.R. and write one reader response.

7. Academic Vocabulary • Foil - a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character • Allusion - a brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage • Epistolary- a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used. Recently, electronic "documents" such as recordings and radio, blogs, and e-mails have also come into use.

8. Vocabulary Continued • Frame story – a story within a story • Romantic literature - a genre of the Romanticism era which emphasized emotions as apprehension, horror and terror, and awe—especially that which is experienced in confronting the sublimity of untamed nature and its picturesque qualities • Gothic novel - a genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance.

9. September 27, 2012 • Read A.R. and write one reader response.

10. Frankenstein • Preview your knowledge map (handout) • Add to yesterday’s notes – more about gothic literature and Romantic Period • Discussion notes – Cornell Format • Theme tracking • Folders to keep in room

11. September 28, 2012 Cornell notes • Mary Shelly life /background • With Percy Bysse Shelley • Writing Frankenstein • Structure of the novel • Vocabulary – (galvanism = first word) • Theme tracking • Page #, paragraph #, Quote, importance/meaning

12. Theme Tracking • Choose one to track through the novel. You will write an essay on that theme. • Family • Secrecy • Appearances • Knowledge • Creation • Nature • Women (portrayal of) • Friendships • Fate • Dreams

13. Frankenstein • Read the Note and Author’s Introduction • Take Cornell Notes as directed previously

14. October 1, 2012 • What did you learn in the intro and author’s note? • What is a frame story? • What is an epistolary? • What is a romantic novel? • What is a gothic novel? Review your notes and be ready to answer!

15. Vocab – Letters 1-4 For your Cornell Note sheet • Ardent – passionate • Countenance – face; expression • Dauntless – fearless • Harrowing – extremely distressing • Irrevocably – in a way impossible to change • Mariner – navigator of a ship • Perseverance – steady persistence

16. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner • New literary vocabulary for your notebook: Allusion: a reference in a written work to something from history, art, religion, myth, or another work of literature. (Writers use allusions to give readers additional insights about what is happening in the story and why)

17. Assignment • Read Letters 1-2, pages 1-6 • Choose a couple of themes to track (use Cornell Notes and make sure to mark your places in the book with paper or post-its) • Work on Cornell Notes • Vocabulary (your own in addition to what I give to you) • New: Keep track of Walton’s characteristics • Work on study guide questions

18. October 2, 2012 Discuss Letters 1 and 2. Add to Walton Cornell notes Read Letters 3 and 4. • Work on Cornell Notes • Vocabulary (your own in addition to what I give to you) • Again: Keep track of Walton’s characteristics • Work on study guide questions • Don’t forget to track a couple of themes.

19. October 3, 2012 Quick Write • Walton has a thirst for knowledge, as the stranger once did. What details suggest that both are willing to make sacrifices in the search for knowledge? Do they seem unusual in this respect?

20. October 8, 2012 Entry Task – Quick Write Explain how Walton sees himself in Victor Frankenstein

21. Ch. 1-10 vocabulary • Benevolent – showing charity • Commiserate – to express sympathy • Consolation – something that eases sorrow disappointment • Discern – to detect; to perceive • Fiend – evil spirit; devil • Hideous – extremely ugly • Omen – sign of future good or evil

22. Did you know? • Alchemy – a field of philosophy that speculated about natural processes and often involved chemical experiments. • Not a true science • Beliefs: • Find substances to transform metals into gold • Create magical drink for extended youth / life • Contributed to science • Discovered mineral acids and alcohol • Invented lab equipment and procedures • Spurred Frankenstein’s interest in science • Noted alchemists 300-500 years earlier

23. October 8, 2012 For Quiz Tomorrow: Make sure… • You have read through Ch. 3 • You have completed study questions through Ch. 5 • Your Cornell notes for theme tracking (two themes), Walton, Frankenstein, and vocabulary are up to date.

24. October 9, 2012 • Explain the influence that Elizabeth had on Clerval’s study of ethics/morality and on Frankenstein’s study of the “physical secrets of the world.” (ch. 2)

25. October 10, 2012 Entry Task Quick Write • What evidence do we already have that Henry Clerval may be a foil to Victor? Vocabulary: Chimera – fanciful mental allusion or fabrication.

26. October 10, 2012 • In the following quote, identify the speaker and then explain what he or she is referring to.

27. “Poor Clerval! What must have been his feelings? A meeting, which he anticipated with such joy, so strangely turned to bitterness. But I was not the witness of his grief; for I was lifeless, and did not recover my senses for a long, long time.”

28. October 10, 2012 • Homework: Make sure you are thoroughly finished with work through Chapter 5.

29. October 11, 2012 Quick Write Explain how the following quote is a paradox and then discuss Victor’s character traits that are revealed in the quote. “…from the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke upon me – a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised, that among so many men of genius who had directed their enquiries towards the same science, that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret.” (31 – top of page)

30. October 11, 2012 Homework – By Monday • Read and complete the study questions through Chapter 8. • Work on Cornell Notes: Frankenstein, Walton, vocabulary, theme tracking. • Find and write one important quote which you think best represents the ideas in Chapters 1-8. Mark the passage with a post-it note and be prepared to discuss on Monday why you chose it.

31. October 11, 2012 Group Work • Obsession – Thomas, Justin, Guy, Andrea • Juxtaposition – Colton, Ian, Brandon, Michelle • Imagery – Cara, Jayden, T.J., Raquel • Romanticist ideas – Matt, Randy, Joel, Daniel • Pausing in the telling to comment in present tense Natasha, Ariel, Malik, Alyssa • Abandonment – Kassidy, Jacob, Anthony, Trevor At least three examples from Chapters 1-5. Be prepared to teach your findings to the class tomorrow.

32. October 15, 2012 Pop Quiz • What news does Victor receive in a letter from his father? • When he receives the news, how long has it been since he created the monster? • Who has been accused of murder?

33. Most Important Quote • Chapters 1-8 • You were instructed to find and write one important quote which you think best represents the ideas in Chapters 1-8. You were to mark the passage with a post-it note and be prepared to discuss today why you chose it.

34. By Wednesday, Oct. 17 • Read through Chapter 10, complete notes and study guide. • Test over chapters 1-10 on Wednesday!

35. October 16, 2012 Entry Task – Quick Write • Why does Victor include such few details when describing the way in which he infused life into his creation?

36. ANSWER • Victor does not include details about his scientific methods because he does not want to lead Robert Walton down the same horrific path that he once traveled. If Victor explained his scientific methods, the secret of life would soon become common scientific knowledge and ,any scientists would create terrible creatures.

37. HOMEWORK • Write two open-ended discussion questions about chapters 9 and 10. Due tomorrow!

38. October 17, 2012 • Have your open-ended discussion questions for Chapters 9 and 10 out for me to grade. • Turn to your grammar section of your writing notebook or use Cornell Notes.

39. October 18, 2012 • Read Chapters 11 and 12 and continue note-taking (theme, Frankenstein, vocabulary). • Find one quote from each chapter that you think best represents the ideas of the chapter. Explain why you chose it. How is it representative of the chapter?

40. October 19, 2012 • Chapters 11 and 12 – monster’s story begins Pop Quiz • The monster wants to “discover [him]self to the cottagers…”but says “I ought not to make the attempt until…” What?

41. Think/pair/share • What are the layers of the frame story in these chapters? ___________telling _______ (etc.) How reliable is the story? Explain your thinking.

42. October 19, 2012 • Hand in your important sentences from Chapters 11 and 12. Read Chapters 13 and 14 for Monday (9 pages). Keep up with your notes!!!

43. October 23, Grammar • Quiz – ch. 13-15 • Four structures of sentences

44. Ch. 13-15 quiz • Explain the connection between the Prometheus myth and the following quote: “…sorrow only increased with knowledge.” • What is the family name of the cottagers? • Why does the creature become more miserable with increasing knowledge? • What is the monster’s plan to be accepted by the cottagers? • To what biblical character does the monster frequently compare himself?

45. October 23, 2012 • Read Chapter 16! • Continue notes!

46. October 24, 2012 • Answer the following for 2 points. • What happened to the DeLacy’s? • Make a two column graphic organizer: • Movie • Book

47. October 26, 2012 Vocabulary Work Get out your vocabulary Cornell Notes. Choose at least two words from each of Chapters 15 and 16. Look up the definitions and write them in your notes. Reread the sentences they are from. Do they make sense? Read chapter XVII by Monday!

48. October 29, 2012 Chapter 17 • Explain the following quote. Identify the speaker, listener, and issue being discussed. “…make me happy, let me feel gratitude towards you for one benefit! Let me see that I excite the sympathy of some existing thing; do not deny me my request!”

49. Group Work • Identify the images you are tracking. Choose your favorite image. • Meet with your group and share your evidence.

50. October 29, 2012 Homework Read through chapter 18. Work on study guide and Cornell notes.