Listen to the following NPR report and identify facts, opinions, and what effect they

have on the story.

Homework

• Journals will be checked and there will be a quiz Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1-2 of Frankenstein tomorrow (you’re welcome)

• Journals will be checked and there will be a Chapters 3-6 of Frankenstein Friday.

JournalingWhat do I want you to write?•Do not summarize the text! Reflect on what YOU feel about the text.

•Focus on the subtext: what is the author hinting at but not flat-out saying?

•Elements to comment on: setting, characters, plot (Freytag’s), style (point-of-view, tone, mood, sound devices, figurative language, symbols, theme), and how all affect the story.

About how much do I want you to write?•½ page for a book chapter

( Journals must be written in complete sentences. )

STACK YOUR STUDENT COMPACTS ON MY DESK!!!

DO NOT MOVE YOUR REMOTES!!!!Using the context clues in the sentence below,

compose a definition for ameliorate.

After upsetting his mom by forgetting to take out the garbage again, Max washed the dishes in

attempt to ameliorate his mom’s mood.

Ameliorate-to improve or make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

CPS Time!

Announcements/Reminders

•Tomorrow my class will be held in room D113 (Buehler)

•5th and 7th period, remember that Thursday and Friday we will report to the Computer Lab in room 108.

•The presidential debate is tonight from 8-9:30; no extra credit opportunity, but I hope you watch it.

Context Clue Words

Each group will receive 2 words from Frankenstein that they must

compose a complete definition using the surrounding context

clues or by any means necessary and write a new, complete sample

sentence using the term.

1.His limbs were nearly frozen, and his body dreadfully emaciated by fatigue and suffering.

2.These visions faded when I perused, for the first time, those poets whose effusions entranced my soul and lifted it to heaven.

3.His whole countenance is lighted up, as it were, with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I never saw equaled.

4.You have been tutored and refined by books and retirement from the world, and you are therefore somewhat fastidious.

5.Listen to my history, and you will perceive how irrevocably [my destiny] is determined.

6. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business.7. While the number of half-clothed children gathered about [a poor cottage] spoke of penury in its worst shape.8. When my father returned from Milan, he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub.9. Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated disposition; but, with all my ardour, I was capable of a more intense application and was more deeply smitten with the thirst for knowledge.10. It was my temper to avoid a crowd and to attach myself fervently to a few.

Now, let’s hear our examples from each group.

During the next activity, I will be coming around to check your journals.

Please flip through your journal as I walk by to receive credit.

Compose a headline that might accompany an article using this

photograph.

Announcements/Reminders

•Journals will be checked and there will be a quiz on Chapters 3-6 of Frankenstein Friday.

•Anyone interested in ACT tutoring, should sign up with me by Monday.

Characterization•Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

•Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization.

CharacterizationDirect Characterization the author/narrator TELLS the audience what the personality of the character is. Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.” Explanation: The author is directly telling the audience the personality of these two children. The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.”

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Indirect Characterization the author/narrator SHOWS things that reveal the personality of a character.

There are five different methods of indirect characterization: Speech, Thoughts, Effects, Actions, and Looks.

Indirect CharacterizationSpeech - What does the character say? How does the character speak? Thoughts - What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings? Effect - What is revealed through the character’s effect on other characters? Actions - What does the character do? How does the character behave? Looks - What does the character look like? How does the character dress?

Both direct and indirect characterization reveal qualities or characteristics of a character known as traits.

Description: a character who is easily angered, yells, or often has a scowl on his or her face Traits: mean or temperamental

Description: a character who often worries about others or commits charitable actsTraits: kind or considerate

Description: a ship’s captain writes to his sister that he desperately needs a friend.Trait: lonely (you might want to write that one on the character chart)

Interpret this political cartoon.

Bell Work

Watch the following local news segment and identify the type of propaganda the candidate attempted to use.

Al Kapone’s Rap Video for George Flinn Made ‘Private’

Bell WorkWhat type of propaganda did the candidate attempt to use through Al Kapone’s song and video?

Testimonial propaganda What’s that? •Testimonial is a type of propaganda when a celebrity or expert endorses, approves, or is the spokesperson for a product or campaign. •The intention of this propaganda technique is for the audience to buy the product based on the approval of this public voice they trust.•Michael Jordan endorses: batteries, hotdogs, underwear, etc. He’s famous and likeable, but what does Michael Jordan know about

batteries?

Bell WorkWhy would Flinn use testimonial endorsement from Al Kapone?

Al Kapone’s song and video of course shows his support for Flinn, but who else did they attempt to use in the video and how did that create problems?

Why is that a problem?

CPS Time!

Announcements/Reminders•Journals will be checked and there will be a quiz on Chapters 10-13 of Frankenstein on Thursday.

•Tonight is the final presidential debate from 8-9:30 p.m. The topics will mostly be on foreign policy, so expect further discussion of the Benghazi attack.

•Don’t forget the Governor’s School deadlines, which that information can be found on my website.

Bell WorkWhat type of propaganda is used in the following poster?

•Bandwagon is an appeal to the audience to follow the crowd, to join in because others are doing so as well.•Bandwagon propaganda often uses phrases like, “Don’t be the last to get it” and “Everyone else is doing it.”•Bandwagon propaganda uses the idea of popularity and the appearance of a winning side to make the consumer scared they’ll be left behind by

the crowd.

Announcements/Reminders•Journals will be checked and there will be a quiz on Chapters 10-13 of Frankenstein on Thursday.

•Don’t forget the Governor’s School deadlines, which that information can be found on my website.

•ACT tutoring began this week, my sessions are Monday and Friday 2:30-4:00 (approximately).

FrankensteinQuick Write:

For the next 5 minutes, as I come around to check your journals, I want you to write a

response to the following prompt.

Frankenstein is considered the first science-fiction novel because of the imagery of the

mad scientist toiling in his laboratory to create life from the body parts of corpses.

Write a summary updating the sci-fi aspects of Frankenstein. Modernize or futurize the science of the story and predict how the

events in the story may play out differently as a result. Be creative!

Frankenstein• Take out your journals, notes, and

character maps.

• Where are we on our character maps? Do we need to recap on any characters?

• Do we need to summarize a confusing part of the plot?

• Do you notice any characters, descriptions, quotes, or other story elements that could be thematically important?

• Two important literary devices we've seen so far in the text: allusion and foreshadowing.

• What is an allusion (not illusion)?

• An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or a representation of, people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication.

• What does that mean?

• In a story when the narrator/author mentions an important literary or historical person, event, or work.

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• What allusion is made in the opening of the book?

• I am going to unexplored regions, to "the land of mist and snow," but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back to you as worn and woeful as the "Ancient Mariner." You will smile at my allusion, but I will disclose a secret. I have often attributed my attachment to, my passionate enthusiasm for, the dangerous mysteries of ocean to that production of the most imaginative of modern poets.

• What is the significance of this allusion? What does it mean?

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• This allusion is to Samuel Coleridge's poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

• This poem describes a sailor's tragic journey in which an albatross (a great sea bird) follows a ship of men along its voyage, apparently bringing it good luck until the sailor shoots the bird with a crossbow, killing it. Following this, the wind ceases to blow, stranding the ship at sea; the sailor's shipmates blame him for this and tie the dead albatross to his neck as punishment.

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"Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks

Had I from old and young!

Instead of the cross, the Albatross

About my neck was hung."

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So why does Shelley have Walton make this reference?For me, the image of the ancient mariner does three things:

• It shows Walton is well read and has been heavily influenced by literature (indirect characterization); traits- intelligent.

• It expresses Walton's sense of caution, as he knows the lesson that the sea can be unpredictable and unforgiving as the Ancient Mariner learned (indirect characterization); traits- cautious.

• It introduces a thematic element: the mariner literally tied to the albatross suggests that another character may also be bound to their actions/mistakes.

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ThemeTheme is the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature. It is a complex, universal lesson that readers must conclude for themselves.

Step 1: Pay attention to the main character’s actions and to the conflict.Step 2: Use at least one complete sentence to state the theme.Step 3: Express the theme as a generalization about life or human nature. Do not refer to specific characters or events in the work.Step 4: Remember that there’s more than one way to state a story’s theme.

ThemeNow, using notes, journals, returned papers, etc. compose a conclusive theme for one of your two previous texts. The theme should be summed up in one sentence with 4-5 additional sentences supporting your claim with logical argumentation or evidence from the text.

Pre-AP: A Gathering of Old Men OR The Color of WaterHonors: The Glass Castle OR The Hunger Games

Interpret this political cartoon.

Here’s the original photo it is parodying.

Announcements/Reminders

•Journals will be checked and there will be a quiz on Chapters 14-18 of Frankenstein on Tuesday.

•Don’t forget the Governor’s School deadlines, which that information can be found on my website.

•Tonight’s game against White Station is the final home game of the football season: come support the Warriors!

• What is foreshadowing?

• Also known as adumbrating, it is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story.

• What does that mean?

• In a story when the narrator/author hints at something that will happen later. Think of it as a clue or a subtle setup for an event that will play out later.

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What instances of foreshadowing are made in the opening of the book?

We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs. We watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our telescopes until he was lost among the distant inequalities of the ice. This appearance excited our unqualified wonder. We were, as we believed, many hundred miles from any land; but this apparition seemed to denote that it was not, in reality, so distant as we had supposed.

This moment is emphasized to the reader by the rescued man’s strong reaction when Walton describes the figure.

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How is this foreshadowing? What event(s) do you think it might be hinting at?

•The unusual appearance of the strange figure, described as an "apparition" by Walton and the rescued man’s reaction suggests something inhuman, foreshadowing a supernatural being that plays some importance in the rescued man’s story.

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What about symbols?

Suggestions:

lightning/storms

science

children/parents

the monster itself

What might these represent?

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Let’s have an open discussion of the novel.

Which characters, quotes, or scenes have you investigated on your own or would like to discuss with the class?

Keep in mind that we’re looking below the surface. What can we dig

up and analyze?

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