So after a brief hiatus, a big, big fancy word which here means, "I haven't posted much lately, due to midterms, days off, holidays, etc." we're back. Let's begin with a reading schedule:
FRANKENSTEIN - READING SCHEDULE
Monday, November 5
Pages 3 - 33 [We discuss on Wednesday]
Wednesday , November 7
Pages 34 - 61 [We discuss on Thursday]
Thursday, November 8
62 - 94 [We discuss on Friday]
Friday, November 9
95 - 135 [We discuss on Tuesday
Monday, November 12 (no school, but you are still responsible for the reading)
136 - 164 [We discuss on Tuesday]
Tuesday, November 13
165 - 194 [We discuss on Wednesday
Wednesday, November 14
195 - 223 [We discuss on Thursday]
Your grades will be determined by:
* daily quizzes/writings (100 pts.)
* classroom discussion and close readings (50 pts.)
* bubble (aka fishbowl) discussions/hash (50 pts.)
* message board activities - 1 post per night, every night (30 pts.)
* Final activity/essay (100 pts.)
NOTE: These points are not a "given". You will not receive points simply for occupying space and spending time in room 1524. Oh, yes, and make sure you are awake tomorrow. Referrals will be a-plenty for sleeping in class, an incessant issue with some. Figure it out. Suck on a peppermint. Drink some caffeinated drink (before you get to room 1524). Just do it. It's time to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Each day, we will conduct literary close readings with analysis. These MUST be more than simply summarizing the text. We are looking to answer the follow questions:
* How does the speaker's point of view shape the content of the text?
* How do shifts in style (diction, syntax, sentence types) affect the text?
* What are some of the ways the writer's world view sneaks into the text?
* What concepts/ideas are naturally embedded into the framework of the text?
* What does the speaker indicate is his/her concern in the text, and which lines from the text prove it?
* Why did the narrator use certain word choices? What are the effects of those choices?
* Which elements in the text cause the text to be classifed as a type of genre?
FRANKENSTEIN - READING SCHEDULE
Monday, November 5
Pages 3 - 33 [We discuss on Wednesday]
Wednesday , November 7
Pages 34 - 61 [We discuss on Thursday]
Thursday, November 8
62 - 94 [We discuss on Friday]
Friday, November 9
95 - 135 [We discuss on Tuesday
Monday, November 12 (no school, but you are still responsible for the reading)
136 - 164 [We discuss on Tuesday]
Tuesday, November 13
165 - 194 [We discuss on Wednesday
Wednesday, November 14
195 - 223 [We discuss on Thursday]
Your grades will be determined by:
* daily quizzes/writings (100 pts.)
* classroom discussion and close readings (50 pts.)
* bubble (aka fishbowl) discussions/hash (50 pts.)
* message board activities - 1 post per night, every night (30 pts.)
* Final activity/essay (100 pts.)
NOTE: These points are not a "given". You will not receive points simply for occupying space and spending time in room 1524. Oh, yes, and make sure you are awake tomorrow. Referrals will be a-plenty for sleeping in class, an incessant issue with some. Figure it out. Suck on a peppermint. Drink some caffeinated drink (before you get to room 1524). Just do it. It's time to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Each day, we will conduct literary close readings with analysis. These MUST be more than simply summarizing the text. We are looking to answer the follow questions:
* How does the speaker's point of view shape the content of the text?
* How do shifts in style (diction, syntax, sentence types) affect the text?
* What are some of the ways the writer's world view sneaks into the text?
* What concepts/ideas are naturally embedded into the framework of the text?
* What does the speaker indicate is his/her concern in the text, and which lines from the text prove it?
* Why did the narrator use certain word choices? What are the effects of those choices?
* Which elements in the text cause the text to be classifed as a type of genre?