5/9/16 Monday Agenda

You should have a Frankenstein text from the library with you today and with you for every English class period until finals.  Please don't forget your text.  Bring it to class everyday!

GOTHIC COMPARISONS

Popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Gothic novels are
characterized by the use of intense emotion, the characterization of nature as a powerful
and destructive force, the use of weather and atmosphere to depict mood, and the
evocation of terror and horror. The survival of the gothic tradition can be seen in modern
movie monsters such as Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Kruger and Silence of the Lambs’s
Hannibal Lecter. To initiate a discussion of Gothicism, watch the video recording of Michael
Jackson’s hit, Thriller. 

MJ's Thriller

Please answer the following questions on binder paper and then compare your responses with your elbow partner. 
Title your paper: Gothic Discussion Questions

Gothic Discussion Questions:
1. What is it in human nature that attracts us to Gothic tales?

2. Can you think of any previously read titles that are Gothic in nature? (Think back to Freshman year and you might recall an Edgar Allan Poe tale such as The Cask of Amontillado).

3. Define Romanticism:

4.  Compare/contrast Romanticism and Gothic-ism. Frankenstein blends elements of both genres. You may want to answer this question in the form of a double-bubble or Venn-diagram.

Explanation about how we will read Frankenstein

• You are not responsible to take notes while you read
• You are not responsible to answer discussion questions or to take quizzes on each chapter
• You ARE responsible for doing two to three "CLOSE" readings of excerpts from the assigned chapters to prepare you for the AP exams that you will be exposed to next year.
• Frankenstein has 198 pages total and we only have 4 weeks to read the text.  I have organized the reading so you will have to read about 50 pages per week at 10-15 pages per night including one chapter over the weekend to stay on schedule.  
• Please do not fall behind on your reading during these last 4 weeks.

What is our FINAL for this class?
I have posted all of the Literary terms with definitions that we have studied this year.  You will take a final exam on these Literary Terms.  

The test will be set up exactly the same way that our vocabulary tests have been set up from quizlet. 

Pre-AP Lit Terms Study Guide for the Final

HW=
1. Read your LC text and prepare your Individual LC Text Analysis that is due on Friday June 3rd along with 3 Task Sheets.
2. Read Frankenstein-Author's Introduction, Preface and all Letters up to page 17.