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We turned in our Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde books today and offered critical reflection on two of the many adaptations that have made since R.L.Stevenson's first publication of the novel in 1886. If you were not in class today, here are the clips below, as well as a handout that offers suggestions on how to reflect critically. The idea here is to offer evidence of your assertions (the S. and the P. in SPES).
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Just a reminder of things due...
Thursday - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, chapters 6 - 8; quiz on the reading. 20 sentences for the word list 12 - due Thursday as well. Friday - reading chapt. 9 - 10 Vocabulary quiz on list 12. I've posted the reading schedule on Monday's assignments post, and below is a study guide in PDF format. You should answer all the questions in complete sentences, and in conjunction with the assigned reading; staple your responses to the study guide to receive your full 50 points for the guide. (You do not need to answer chapters 1 & 2 since we have already covered those chapters in class.) Keep in mind that your reading results in daily quizzes! Keep up!If you have conferenced with me and you have turned in a first typed draft, your final paper is due on Tuesday, except - first period - Brooke, Staci, Cameron, Jasmine M., Yasbely and Iltze ; second period - Joe G.; fourth period - none. (This is a list of everyone remaining who has turned in a first draft but has not yet conferenced.) Everyone else (including those of you who have NOT conferenced due to NOT turning in your first draft--your final draft is due! Get it in! READING - Monday night: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - chapters 1 & 2. You will have a reading quiz each day on the assigned reading. VOCABULARY - List 12. We are almost done with round one of the big WC - Writing Conferences. I have met with almost everyone that has turned in a paper to me. Below is a list of students who still need to meet with me regarding their first draft (typed); remember that the deadline to conference with me is tomorrow (Friday). If I have not received a paper from you, you simply give up your one-on-one time with me. This means that your first draft will be your only draft. As a reminder, the prompt is below!
Our group activities took us through chapters 17; while you worked in groups today, I conferenced with students one-on-one for your Macbeth argument papers. If you have not turned in the first draft of this, you will soon be unable to meet with me for a 1-on-1 conference and you will simply have to accept the grade given. This is a large-weight assignment, so make the effort to get it in. I don't want to see your grade be irrevocably injured from not turning this in! Tomorrow in class we will finish the group activities on the chapters and I will wrap-up our Writing Conferences. Keep in mind that if you have lost the prompts, here they are once more: With a quick nod to Bill Shakespeare in order (it's both his birth and death day 4.23.1564 - 4.23.1616), it's fitting and relevant that we looked at a work today that has author overlap with Shakespeare. Not quite a contemporary of Shakespeare, John Milton ( b. 1608) nevertheless wrote with similar language structure as did the Shakes, his most famous of which is his Paradise Lost. This tells the back story of what led to the guile-filled serpent, who deceives Eve into choosing to eat of the fruit that God had forbidden. The connection with Satan's "thumping-out-of-heaven" to our Frankenstein novel is quite deliberate (see chapter 15, pages 127 and following). The question you have to ask yourself is why does the monster feel more connection with Lucifer, the fallen angel, than he does with Adam, the fallen human? What connections can you make? homework - for Tuesday night, read ch. 23 - 24 (the end). Also, remember that we are on list 11 with our vocabulary.For those of you who are in the throes of revision, here are some great websites: How to cite Shakespeare cite in MLA format here ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Entire Searchable Text of Macbeth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Citation Maker: The Citation Machine Below is the example that is partially borrowed from Sandhills Community College. I have added a few things to make it relevant for our English IV papers... Ahh, the power of the group. Today in class, we worked through chapters 7-9 (periods 2 & 4) and had our debate (period 1) as to whether V. Frankenstein is a good or a bad character. The results are mixed, of course, but everyone seems to agree that at the very minimum, Victor Frankenstein displayed a sense of negligence when he abandons his creation, opting to run away from his responsibilities rather than engage the creature he has summoned to life. Your homework tonight is the continuation of the book - chapters 14 - 16 for all classes. See the reading schedule below: In class today, we accomplished several things: 1) a quiz on chapters 1-5; 2) we examined confusions and questions about chapters 4 - 6; and 3) first and second periods held a debate centered around the following question: "Agree or Disagree: Victor Frankestein is a moral and ethical failure." The two sides of this debate can be argued passionately; however, any argument(s) must be supported with evidence from the text. As a reminder, here is posted our reading schedule for each night: homework for Wednesday night: Read the chapters in Frankenstein; sentences for list 10 due tomorrow; quiz on vocabulary on Friday. |
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