1. Unit 2: Frankenstein

2. November 7, 2016 A Life in Traffic
A subway system is expanded to provide service to a growing suburb. A bike-sharing program is adopted to encourage nonmotorized transportation. 1 To alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated. When any one of these changes 2 occur, it is likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.
Select an Answer
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph? 
A NO CHANGE
B Coordinating stoplight timing can help alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.
C Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.
D In a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams.

3. Answer
Choice C is the best answer because it most closely maintains the sentence pattern established by the two preceding sentences, which begin with a noun and passive verb phrase (“A subway system is expanded,” “A bike- sharing program is adopted”).
Choice A is not the best answer because it does not maintain the sentence pattern established by the two preceding sentences. Rather, it begins the sentence with an infinitive phrase.
Choice B is not the best answer because it does not maintain the sentence pattern established by the two preceding sentences. Rather, it begins the sentence with a gerund.
Choice D is not the best answer because it does not maintain the sentence pattern established by the two preceding sentences. Rather, it shifts the placement of a modifying prepositional phrase, “in a congested downtown area,” from the end of the sentence to the beginning of the sentence.

4. November 7, 2016 Embracing Technology Quiz Essential Questions
Frame Story (story within a story)
Read “The Lorax”
Why does the Once-ler live alone?
What prompted Dr. Seuss to write this piece?
See the frame? (next slide)
Original details
Secondary story details
What issues are involved in creating, lengthening and bettering life?
Needs Vs. Wants Activity

5. I believe it is okay to use technology for the following:
____ Prevent/cure diseases
____ Increase food production
____ Make our lawns greener
____ Increase fertility (ability to become pregnant)
____ Find a date
____ Choose favorable characteristics in unborn babies-eye color, intelligence, height, gender, etc.
____ Improve athletic ability
____ Improve physical appearance
____ Clone humans
____ Create humans

6. Essential Questions
What issues are involved in creating, lengthening, and bettering life?
What is technology’s role in society?
What are the trade-offs for technological advances?
 What role will I play in future technology?
Question it, consume it, or help to create it?
What role does technology play in sustaining human life?

7. The Frame The Onceler gets payment to tell the story of the Lorax
First Story
Second Story
The Onceler gets payment to tell the story of the Lorax
The Onceler tells the story
The Onceler, now very sorry for what he has done, gives away the last Truffula seeds so that more trees can grow
The Onceler discovers the Truffula trees
The Onceler decides to make money from the trees and sets up a factory, while the Lorax tries to get him to stop
Onceler destroys the trees in order to make money, while everything else dissappears
The Frame

8. November 8, 2016 Using your Needs vs Wants activity from yesterday:
Journal: select one item on your page that you feel is controversial in whether it is truly a need or a want. Explore the reasons it is controversial.
Actions lead to consequences?
Technology
Lorax
Time Period: Romanticism/French Revolution
Women’s role in society
Gothic Literature:
Begin “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” pg 820 (Read parts 1-4)
Study Guide

9. Gothic Literature

10. Historic Context
The words Goth and Gothic describe the Germanic tribes (e.g., Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths) which sacked Rome and also ravaged the rest of Europe in the third, fourth, and fifth centuries.
By the eighteenth century in England, Gothic had become synonymous with the Middle Ages, a period which was in disfavor because it was perceived as chaotic, unenlightened, and superstitious.

11. Gothic Conventions Murder Death Suicide Ghosts Demons Gloomy settings
Family secrets
Dungeons
Curses
Torture
Vampires
Spirits
Castles
Tombs
Terror

12. A few more gothic conventions
Damsel in distress (frequently faints in horror)
Secret corridors, passageways, or rooms
Ancestral curses
Ruined castles with graveyards nearby
Priests and monks
Sleep, dream, death-like states

13. Gothic architecture 12th~16th century
Gothic architecture used pointed arches and vaults, flying buttresses, narrow spires, stained glass windows, intricate traceries, and varied details; its upward movement was meant to suggest heavenward aspiration.

14. Metonymy of gloom and terror
The metonymy of gloom and horror.
Metonymy is a subtype of metaphor, in which something (like rain) is used to stand for something else (like sorrow). For example, the film industry likes to use metonymy as a quick shorthand, so we often notice that it is raining in funeral scenes.

15. Note the following metonymies that suggest mystery, danger, or the supernatural
wind, especially howling
sighs, moans, howls, eerie sounds
rain, especially blowing
clanking chains
doors grating on rusty hinges
gusts of wind blowing out lights
footsteps approaching
doors suddenly slamming shut
lights in abandoned rooms
crazed laughter
characters trapped in a room
baying of distant dogs (or wolves?)
ruins of buildings
thunder and lightning

16. Importance of Setting
The setting is greatly influential in Gothic novels. It not only evokes the atmosphere of horror and dread, but also portrays the deterioration of its world. The decaying, ruined scenery implies that at one time there was a thriving world. At one time the abbey, castle, or landscape was something treasured and appreciated. Now, all that lasts is the decaying shell of a once thriving dwelling.

17. Archetypal Characters
The Gothic hero becomes a sort of archetype as we find that there is a pattern to his characterization. There is always the protagonist, usually isolated either voluntarily or involuntarily. Then there is the villain, who is the epitome of evil, either by his (usually a man) own fall from grace, or by some implicit malevolence. The Wanderer, found in many Gothic tales, is the epitome of isolation as he wanders the earth in perpetual exile, usually a form of divine punishment.

18. Basic Plot Structure for a Gothic Novel
Action in the Gothic novel tends to take place at night, or at least in a claustrophobic, sunless environment.
ascent (up a mountain high staircase);
descent (into a dungeon, cave, underground chambers or labyrinth) or falling off a precipice; secret passage; hidden doors;
the pursued maiden and the threat of rape, murder or abduction;
physical decay, skulls, cemeteries, and other images of death; ghosts; revenge; family curse; blood and gore; torture; the Doppelganger (evil twin or double); demonic possession; masking/shape-changing; black magic; madness;

19. Gothic Novels
1765: Horace Walpole. The Castle of Otranto 1794: Ann Radcliffe. The Mysteries of Udolpho 1794: William Godwin. Caleb Williams 1796: Mathew Lewis. The Monk 1798: Regina Maria Roche. Clermont 1806: Ann Mary Hamilton. Montalva or Annals of Guilt 1807: Charlotte Dacre. The Libertine 1818: Mary Shelly. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus 1820: Charles Robert Maturin. Melmonth the Wanderer 1826: Ann Radcliff: Gaston de Blondeville 1826: William Child Green. The Abbot of Montserrat or The Pool of Blood

20. Modern Gothic Novels Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronté

21. Other Gothic Writers Anne Rice Edgar Allan Poe Joyce Carol Oates
Stephen King
Stephenie Meyer

22. November 9, 2016 Recap parts 1-4 of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Read parts 5-7
Complete the study guide
Answer question #6 on page 845

23. November 10, 2016 Recall actions leading to consequences discussion
Respect of technology = better life?
View Mary Shelley Biography (14:00)
What was a woman’s role in society?
Did she fulfill expectations?
Distribute Frank books
Read Letters 1 & 2
Fill in study guide

24. End November 14, 2016 Recap letters 1 & 2 (quiz) Read letters 3 & 4
3 minutes
Recap letters 1 & 2 (quiz)
Read letters 3 & 4
3 Minute Questions:
What questions do you have so far?
How is the letter similar to the letters/notes that you may write to your siblings or friends?
Describe what you think the setting looks like. 
Given what you’ve learned about Walton’s character, what role do you predict he will play in the novel?
Based on his writings, what are the two most important things you have learned about Robert Walton?
What other people do you know of in society or literature who have also been driven by ambition?
End

25. Focus Questions
Throughout he reading, you will be asked to respond to several Focus Questions.
PURPOSE: explore deeply into a specific element from a chapter for the purpose of drawing thoughtful connections.
REQUIREMENTS:
Use direct quotes from the text following MLA citation guidelines
Incorporate them meaningfully into your response
Apply real life situations and lessons to each response.

26. November 15, 2016 Vocabulary: Plaited, Penury, Sublime, Filial
Focus Question #1: Often the opening chapter of a novel sets the mood for the entire novel. What mood is established in the opening section? Follow the plan below:
Read Chapters 1-2 (Finish ch 2 for homework)
Answer Plan
Possible Answer
Introduce the answer by restating the question
Write several sentences giving specific examples of language used in the text that contributes to the overall mood achieved
Conclude with a prediction about how this mood will contribute to the overall story

27. November 16, 2016
Ch 2 Quiz
Vocabulary: Recapitulation, palpable, emaciated, incipient
Focus Question #2: In chapter 2, what becomes the focus of Victor’s studies and what event pushes his interest further?
Vocab Focus: Read ch 3
Answer Plan
Restate the Question
Describe in detail the content of Victor’s studies
Conclude by explaining the big event that triggers his further interest in this field of study

28. November 17, 2016
Vocab Focus: Lassitude, shroud, vacillating, diffident
Draw a web diagram to show the relationships of the characters we have met so far.
Read chapters 4 in pairs
Fill in Study Guide

29. November 18, 2016 Quiz over letters 1-4 and chapters 1-4
Vocab: Prognosticate, candor, conjecture, perdition
Read chapter 5
Focus Question # 3: In what way does the poem on page 44 aid in the clarification of Victor’s emotional status?
Read chapter 6 (HW)
Catch up on Study Guide & Vocab
Answer Plan:
Possible Answer
Restate the Question
Explain the mood of the poem (no example needed)
Make a connection between Victor’s emotional state, and that of the poem. (Examples here..at least one)

30. Characters to Include:
Robert Walton
Victor Frankenstein
Elizabeth Lavenza
M. Krempe
M. Waldman
Henry Clerval
Victor’s brother
Victor’s other brother
Daddy Frankenstein
Caroline Beaufort
Beaufort
Margaret

31. November 21, 2016 Chapter 6 Quiz Read chapters 7 & 8
Fill in Study Guide
Complete Focus Question 4
Oftentimes authors use the technique of letter writing in their novels. Why do you suppose Shelley uses this technique to allow her readers to learn of William’s death?

32. November 22, 2016 Chapter 8 Quiz Read chapter 9 Study Guide
Vocab: Ephemeral, impetuous, rent, dissoluble
Discuss “flashback”
Read Ch 10

33. November 23, 2016
‘You be the Judge’ Activity
Present findings

34. November 28, 2016
Focus #5: Why did Victor stay to listen to the creature’s story? What real life reasons can you offer?
Read chapter 11

35. November 29, 2016 Read ch 12 Fill in Study Guide
Vocab: Assuage, hovel, enigmatic, execration

36. November 30, 2016
Ch 12 Quiz
Focus ? #6: During the creature’s time in the hovel, he learns many things about life. What areas of life does he gain insight about?
Read Chapter 13
Create t-chart organizer
What are some characteristics about the monster that differ from humans?
Read Chapter 14
Draw Comic strip of chapter 14
Monster
Humans *

37. December 1, 2016 Read Chapter 14 Draw Comic strip of chapter 14
Vocab: Squalid, subsist, ensuing, mandate
Study Guide
Focus ? #7: In a piece of literature, the author often creates parallel circumstances among characters and situations to create emphasis. Why does Shelley create such a parallel between the DeLacey family and the creature?
Quiz over chapter 5-15 Tomorrow

38. December 2, 2016
Quiz over ch 5-15
Read and respond to Nature vs. Nurture Article
Read chapter 16
World Wide Café response
HW: Read chapter 17

39. World Wide Café Questions
What parental responsibility should Victor have to his creature?
How has the DeLacey family played the role of parental figures to the creature?
What will Victor do after hearing the creature’s story?
The creature was able to confide in the old man. What does this say about our society’s priorities and/or prejudices?

40. December 5, 2016
Focus ? #8
Does Victor play ‘good parent’ to his creation?
5 minute timed persuasive write
Vocab: Deprecate, tumult, spurned, vestige, detrimental, malice, acquiesced, indolence
Read chapter 18 & fill in study guide
Focus ? # 9:
How does Victor explain his trip to England and why does his family accept it so easily?

41. December 6, 2016 Read chapter 19-20 Fill in Study Guide
Vocab: palpitate, expedite, presentiment, atrocious

42. December 7, 2016
Paired Focus #10: Develop and support a position for the following question.
After putting so much work into the second creature, why does Victor ultimately destroy it rather than bring it to life?
Read chapter 21

43. Peer Grading Is there a clear topic/focus/thesis statement?
Is the paper persuasive?
Is proper grammar and punctuation used?
Is proper word choice used? (no get, got, a lot, stuff, things or you)
Is there a quote incorporated (not just thrown in) and cited properly?
Is there a clear beginning, middle, and end?

44. December 8, 2016 Peer grading of Focus Question 11
Highlight claim green
Highlight text reference yellow
Highlight life reference pink
Highlight opposition blue
Highlight refutation green
Vocab: precarious, vexation
Read chapter 22
Fill in study guide

45. December 9, 2016 Vocab: consternation, invective Read ch 23
Focus ? #11
After ch 23: If you were Robert Walton, how would you feel about this guest that is telling this story?

46. December 12, 2016 Read chapter 24 Fill in study guide
Finish focus Question if incomplete.

47. December 13, 2016 Finish ch 24 Finish Reading Guide if incomplete
Intro to The Frankenstein Challenge