AP Literature:
Start Frankenstein!
Sem. 2 Week 6
Monday,
February 26th
Bellwork (5 Minutes)
Date: February 26th
What do you know about Frankenstein? When you hear the word, what do you think of?
Field Trip to the Supply Room for Frankenstein! Now that you have novel in your hands, what do you notice about the book, the chapters, the structure, # of pages?
Pass out Daily Video Packet for Unit 6
AP Daily Video
Skill 1.A Daily Video 1
Unit 6: Long Fiction #1
Each day we will watch one video made by an expert teacher focused on the AP Big Ideas.
Be sure to take notes on the packet left on your desk.
Unit practice exams will be focused around these skills.
Annotate the passage before the teacher gives their reading. Discuss your findings with your table group & see how your readings compare.
Upcoming Open-Ended Essay #3: Due 3/20
Prompt here
For this essay, choose either
Native Son, The Awakening, The Rain God or Frankenstein as your focus text
This Is on hold for Guerrero’s class!
When?
In the summer of 1816, 19 year old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover, the poet Percy Shelley, visited the Lord Byron at his villa beside Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
The Motivation
Stormy weather frequently forced them indoors, where they and Byron's other guests sometimes read from a volume of ghost stories. One evening, Byron challenged his guests to each write one themselves. Mary's story, inspired by a dream, became Frankenstein.
Her Family’s Influence
Her father, William Godwin,was a political thinker and writer.
Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a feminist.
Women’s Rights
Women’s Rights
Most women in Frankenstein act how they are supposed to act—subservient, passive, submissive
Irony—written by female child of an early feminist, yet there are very few female characters and only one seemingly strong female role
Many examples of the condemnation of the patriarchy, but -- SPOILERS
Society’s Influence: Educational Theories of the 1800s
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s’ Emile, or On Education (1762) promotes the idea that a child’s upbringing is responsible for his nature.
John Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) argued that a child is a “blank slate” (tabula rasa) that is formed only through experience.
Her Love – Percy Shelley
Met when she was 15.
He was married. 1st wife drowned.
They married two years later. She had already had 2 of his children by this time.
He was a famous poet.
Other Historical Events
Romanticism
The Pre-Hippies
What was science up to at this point?
During Mary’s time, scientists and physicians were fascinated by the elusive boundary between life and death.
Experimented with lower organisms, performed human anatomical studies, attempted to resuscitate drowning victims, and performed experiments using electricity to restore life to the recently dead.
Frankenstein’s Science Inspirations
A Suspicious Death
Shelley’s first wife died by drowning (suicide?).
When she was found, resuscitation was attempted - smelling salts, vigorous shaking, electricity, and artificial respiration--using resuscitation bellows were used.
These were all methods that had been used since the 1760s to revive drowning victims to life.
Harriet, however, did not survive.
The Baby and
The Dream
Mary’s daughter Clara had died.
Mary dreamed that her daughter was brought back to life through vigorous rubbing and being held near a warm fire.
This inspired her to write Frankenstein.
More Bad News
Her sister committed suicide
Her son (William) died from malaria
Her daughter died from dysentery.
Mary’s Contest Submission
The Structure of the Story
Theme: Forbidden Knowledge
Read Letters
Farewell
Tuesday,
February 27th
Bellwork (5 Minutes)
Write the response to the following question in the bellwork section of your notebook. Keep all of these responses on the same page to be graded at the end of the month.
Date: February 27th
What does it mean to call something Romantic? (HINT: Multiple denotations and connotations)
AP Daily Video
Skill 1.C Daily Video 1
Unit 6: Long Fiction #1
Each day we will watch one video made by an expert teacher focused on the AP Big Ideas.
Be sure to take notes on the packet left on your desk.
Unit practice exams will be focused around these skills.
ALSO fill in the details not just for The Kite Runner, but for your choice novel. Can you identify foils in your chosen text?
P. Shelley
Frankenstein
Reading Schedule - This shows the date the chapter is assigned. If the chapter or section is not finished in class, finish it and annotate for homework.
Consider reading ahead.
February 27th: Letters & Chapter 1
February 28th & 29th: Chapters 2-5
March 1st: Chapters 6&7
March 4th: Chapters 8-11
March 5th: Chapters 12-16
-Socratic March 6th & 7th-
March 8th: Chapters 17&18th
March 11th: Chapters 19-21
March 12th: Chapters 22&23
March 13th & 14th: Read to end
-Socratic March 13th & 14th-
Read Chapter 1 as a class
Farewell
Wednesday & Thursday,
February 28th & 29th
Bellwork (5 Minutes)
Write the response to the following question in the bellwork section of your notebook. Keep all of these responses on the same page to be graded at the end of the month.
Date: February 28th & 29th
Frankenstein's full title is Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Why? What connection do you see with the Greek Myth?
AP Daily Video
Skill 3.A Daily Video 1
Unit 6: Long Fiction #1
Each day we will watch one video made by an expert teacher focused on the AP Big Ideas.
Be sure to take notes on the packet left on your desk.
Unit practice exams will be focused around these skills.
Annotate the passage before the teacher gives their reading. Discuss your findings with your table group & see how your readings compare.
Frankenstein
Reading Schedule - This shows the date the chapter is assigned. If the chapter or section is not finished in class, finish it and annotate for homework.
Consider reading ahead.
February 27th: Letters & Chapter 1
February 28th & 29th: Chapters 2-5
March 1st: Chapters 6&7
March 4th: Chapters 8-11
March 5th: Chapters 12-16
-Socratic March 6th & 7th-
March 8th: Chapters 17&18th
March 11th: Chapters 19-21
March 12th: Chapters 22&23
March 13th & 14th: Read to end
-Socratic March 13th & 14th-
Read Chapters 2-5 as a class
Farewell
Friday,
March 1st
Bellwork (5 Minutes)
Date: March 1st
What are your expectations for Frankenstein? Have your expectations already been challenged in some ways? If so, how?
AP Daily Video
Skill 3.B Daily Video 1
Unit 6: Long Fiction #1
Each day we will watch one video made by an expert teacher focused on the AP Big Ideas.
Be sure to take notes on the packet left on your desk.
Unit practice exams will be focused around these skills.
Annotate the passage before the teacher gives their reading. Discuss your findings with your table group & see how your readings compare.
Frankenstein
Reading Schedule - This shows the date the chapter is assigned. If the chapter or section is not finished in class, finish it and annotate for homework.
Consider reading ahead.
February 27th: Letters & Chapter 1
February 28th & 29th: Chapters 2-5
March 1st: Chapters 6&7
March 4th: Chapters 8-11
March 5th: Chapters 12-16
-Socratic March 6th & 7th-
March 8th: Chapters 17&18th
March 11th: Chapters 19-21
March 12th: Chapters 22&23
March 13th & 14th: Read to end
-Socratic March 13th & 14th-
Read Chapters 6&7 as a class
Double Entry Journal: Staying Accountable w/ Notes!
Please complete these journals digitally * At least one log for every other chapter. For four letter and 24 chapters, that is 14 entries*
Left Side - FROM THE TEXT (W/ pg #)- Consider this concrete detail
A passage
Interesting Language
Key Event
Critical Fact
Problem/Conflict
~This represents maybe 10-15% of the log entry
Right Side - FROM YOUR BRAIN- Consider this commentary
A reaction (not woah)
Theory/hypothesis
A comparison
An explanation
Discussion of meaning
~This represents maybe 90-85% of the log entry. THIS IS THE WORK!
Farewell