Frankenstein Project

Frankenstein Project
Due March 22

Choose one of the following controversial technologies to research:

• Stem stell research
• Cloning
• Nuclear power
• Your choice (This must be approved at least one week before the final due date!)

You will use your research to write a 4-5 paragraph essay. Your essay must include the following information:

• Potential benefits of this technology
• Objections to / negative consequences of this technology
• Your opinion of how the technology should be used
• Based on what you know from the novel Frankenstein, what do you think Mary Shelly’s attitude about this technology would be?

Requirements:
• 12 point font, double spaced
• MLA format (including heading)
• Works cited page (in MLA format)

Week of 3/8/10

Mon – no school
Tues – Read Ch. 17
Compare monster arguments vs. Victor’s objections
Wed – Read Ch. 18 & Complete summary chart
HW: Define 10 vocabulary words (Ch.18)
Thurs – notes on foils
Victor & Henry Clerval
Victor & the creature
Victor & Robert Walton
Fri – Review of MLA format for marking period project

Due Friday: Examples of Satire in Pop Culture

Find four examples of satire in pop culture (film, television, magazines, etc.) You need to create your own copy of the chart to present your examples.

Examples of Satire Chart

Week of 1/25

Mon – Background for “A Modest Proposal” p. 518
HW: Finish reading “A Modest Proposal” and complete the graphic organizer.
Tuesday – Review “A Modest Proposal”. In-class activity with partner.
Wednesday – Understatement & Exaggeration. Finish in-class activity with partner.
HW: Answer p. 525 Literary Elements questions #1-3 (Complete sentences)
Thursday – Introduction to Romantic Period
Poetry Terms
Read p. 699 “For The Sake of a Single Poem” and define what makes a poem
Read p. 688-689 Wordsworth poems
Answer p. 690 #4, 6-7, 10
HW: “My Heart Leaps Up” Poem
Friday: Read ‘Kubla Khan” p. 711-712
Poetry Terms Workseheet

Act 3 & 4 Quotes Reponse – due Friday 1/8

Act 3 & 4 Quotes

Directions:  For each quote, answer the following

1. What is the quote about?
2. What does it reveal about the character speaking?
3. Why is it important in the play?

1. O beware, my lord, of jeoulousy! / It is the green eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.  –Iago (3.3.169-171)
2. Trifles light as air / Are to the jeoulous confirmations strong / As proofs of holy writ. –Iago (3.3.330-332)
3. Farewell! Othello’s occupation’s gone. -Othello (3.3.365)
4. Give me the ocular proof –Othello (3.3.368)
5. They are all but stomachs and we but food. / To eat us hungrily, and when they are full, / They belch us.  –Emilia (3.4.99-101)
6. Work on.  My medicine work1 – Iago (4.1.42)
7. Is this the noble Moor whom our full senate / Call all in all sufficient? – Ludovico (4.1.259-260)
8. Unkindness may do much, / And his unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love.  –Desdemona (4.2.166-168)

Act 4: Reading Guide

Homework for week of 1/4

Act 4: Reading Guide

Act 4:

Scene 1:

1. How does Iago respond to Othello’s fit?
2. How does Iago trick Othello into thinking Cassio is gloating and bragging about his affair with Desdemona?
3. Why is Bianca angry with Cassio?
4. How does Bianca’s return with the handkerchief help Iago?
5. What does Iago advise Othello to get rid of Desdemona?
6. Who is Lodovico, and why has he come to Venice?
7. What is Lodovico’s reaction to Othello’s behavior towards Desdemona? How does Iago later explain Othello’s behavior to Lodovico?

Scene 2:

8. What does Emilia say when Othello questions her about Cassio’s affair with Desdemona?
9. After Othello has called her a strumpet, what does Desdemona ask her to do?
10. What do Iago and Roderigo plan to do to Cassio? Why does Roderigo agree to this?

Scene 3:

11. How is the “Willow Song” an example of foreshadowing?
12. What is Emilia’s attitude about infidelity? How does Desdemona respond?

Week of 1/4

Mon – Othello as tragic hero
tragic hero – a noble character who makes an error in judgment or has a fatal flaw, that combined with external circumstances, leads to his or her downfall

*What makes Othello a noble character?
*What is his tragic flaw (or flaws)?
*How will it lead to his downfall?
*Why does he not confront Desdemona about about his suspicions?

Tues – Read Act 4: Scene 1
HW: Finish reading Scene 1. Answer Reading Guide Questions (#1-7)

Wed – Read Act 4: Scene 2 & 3.  Answer Reading Guide Questions(#8-12)

Thurs – Act 5: Film Guide Questions

HW: Act 3 & 4: Quote Response

Fri – Group Activity – Discussion Questions

Next Week -
Midterm Review
Test on Othello: Act 1-5 – Tues – 1/12

Extra Credit

Ms. DePhillips

English 12

Extra Credit:

Directions:

Research one of the following topics and write a short paper describing what you have found:

-The Globe Theater

-Elizabeth I

-Shakespeare’s Life

-Characteristics of a Shakespearean Tragedy

-Othello in performance

Requirements:

• You must include a works cited page with all of your sources.
• Paper should be 2-3 pages (typed and double-spaced).

-Worth up to 20 points on your lowest test grade.

Due Date: Friday, Jan. 8

Act 2 Quiz

On Tuesday – Dec. 15

Week of Dec. 4

Mon – Presentations of King Arthur Project
Tues – Continue reading Act 2, Scene 3 in class
Wed – Finish Act 2, Scene 3
HW: Response Questions for Act 2, Scene 3
Thurs – Review for Act 2 Quiz
Fri – Watch film version of Othello for Act 2

HW: Quiz on Tuesday, Dec. 15: Act 2