FRANKENSTEIN, HEART OF DARKNESS, TFA LESSON PLANS AND HW

FRANKENSTEIN LESSON PLANS AND HW

rev. 4.10.2014

PRE-FRANKENSTEIN DAY ONE

 

   Terrific Frankenstein Food Treats Tomorrow! Bring Halloweeny, Spooky, Green Treats!  Wear GREEN or “school appropriate” Halloween gear!

DAY BEFORE DAY 1 OPENING HW ASSIGNMENT (OLES)

1.  Do OJ5  Frankenstein . . . What the heck?  (1 side minimum)  Discuss what cultural baggage you have regarding Frankenstein as well as any issues and thoughts you have now that you’ve done some reading in the novel. What preconceived notions do you or society have when people hear the name “Frankenstein”?  What do you already know about Frankenstein (the character and/or the book)?  What do you think this book is about?

2.  FRANKENSTEIN BACKGROUND NOTES!! You will have a minimum of 3 sides covering 3 different topics.  TOPIC A: THE ROMANTIC ERA, TOPIC B: GROUP TOPIC  TOPIC C:  SHELLEY’S AUTHOR INTRO AND PERCY’S PREFACE.

   1. TOPIC A: THE ROMANTIC ERA:FRANKENSTEIN ASSIGNMENT F1.    EVERYONE (all WALLIES):  Take a minimum of one side of Background Notes on the Romantic Era from the black LBT book pp. 565-576 (5 points). NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY 2 SIDES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE!

      •Read pp. 565-576 in the black LBT text on “The Romantic Age 1798-1832) and take at least one side of a page of notes.  (5 pts.)  These should look like NOTES!  Use color, highlight, boxes, bold letters, capitals, space, etc. (so that the notes are easily read by other group members when you compare notes tomorrow)  NOTE  Pay special attention to major events that characterize the Romantic Period, trends and styles, and look especially closely for something to put down in your notes about these critical names:

      1. Mary Wollstonecroft and William Godwin,
      2. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
      3. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron (George Gordon),
      4. John Keats,
      5. Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley.         

   2.  TOPIC B: GROUP TOPIC Additionally, each group does additional reading and take at least one side of a page of notes (worth 5 points) on your group’s assigned topic as listed below. NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE! Once again, these should look like NOTES!  Use color, highlight, boxes, bold letters, capitals, space, etc. (so that the notes are easily read by other group members when you compare notes tomorrow). Here are the groups:                                                      Hamlet group (Matt H, Ashley, Alex, Susane, Sreyas, Erik)–Do topic A: THE NEO-CLASSICAL PERIOD EXPERTS– •In the black LBT, read pp. 346-356 “The Seventeenth Century” (1625-1660) and pp. 433-444 “Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (1660-1798) and take at least ONE side of a page of notes.  (5 pts.)   NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE! Complete the purple worksheet with boxes (click 2013 Neo-Classical & Romantic Era hand-out if it was not given in class) comparing the Neo-Classical Period and the Romantic Periods.   Put the items in the proper boxes based on what you understand of the Neo-Classical and Romantic characteristics (5 pts.)   

      Horatio Group (Alina, Claire, Joseph Haynes, Peter, Tessa, Sam B)–Do topic B: MARY WOLLSTONECROFT–

      •Read the two articles on Mary Wollstonecroft and take at least one side of a page of notes.  (5 pts.)  NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE! Be sure to key in on what it was about her life that struck you as most engaging, interesting, critical, etc.          

      Ophelia (Audrey, Greta, Yanna, Olivia, Katie L ) Do topic C: MARY SHELLEY–

      •Read the articles on Mary Shelley and take at least one side of a page of notes.  (5 pts.)  NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE! Be sure to key in on what it was about her life that struck you as most engaging, interesting, critical, etc.  

      Ghost Group (Jazmine, Kaylee, Ben, Raleigh, Yitz, Parker)–Do topic E: THE GOTHIC NOVEL EXPERTS–

      •Read the article entitled, “Gothic Horror,” and take at least one side of a page of notes. (5 pts.)   NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE!

   3. Claudius Group (Purva, Maria, Lauren G, Julia, Matt C, James)  Do this special topic–FRANKENSTEIN IN POP CULTURE                                                                                                Go online and research how Frankenstein is being used in pop culture today.  Take at least one side of a page of notes.  (5 pts.) NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE!

   4.  TOPIC C:  EVERYONE also reads the “AUTHOR INTRODUCTION” and Percy Shelley’s “Preface” in your Frankenstein book pp. xxi-xxvii and takes a minimum of ONE SIDE of a page of NOTES (5 points).                                 If you forgot to pick a Frankenstein book up in the ERC, you can find the two readings–Mary Shelley’s Author Introduction and Percy’s Preface on the following website:

      1. http://tcpl.org/community-read/Frankenstein/mary1831.pdf
         Scroll down to pages 21-22.
         Mary Shelley’s “Author Introduction” is also in the same document starting on page 16 and ending on page 20.

      NOTE!  THE GREEN HOMEWORK PACKET MIGHT SAY TAKE 2 SIDES OF NOTES, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO ONE SIDE!

1. vs.
   

    Start the next paper–the Lit. Analysis paper on 2 summer novels.  Due on March 12th.  Check out the  YELLOW brainstorming sheet for ideas.  If you need a sheet, click 2012 paired novels_001.  Due date on Wednesday, Oct. 16th.  Click HERE for the Lit. Analysis paper packet.  Click HEREfor the grading sheet.   

   SAMPLE OUTLINES AND FIRST PAGES OF LIT. ANALYSIS PAPERS:

   1.  Sample A–Beardsley  (point by point organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYS A POINT BY POINT STYLE BY STEVE BEARDSLEY_001.

   2.  Sample B–Li (block style organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS B BLOCK STYLE by HE LI_001.

   3.  Sample C–Paulus (point by point organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS C POINT BY POINT STYLE BY BRIAN PAULUS_001.

   2.  Sample D–Farrell (block style organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS D BLOCK STYLE BY ANN FARRELL_001.  NOTE:  Ann Farrell’s paper was done before MLA version 7 was in effect, so there are some errors in italicizing titles.

DAY 1 OLES

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus 

(Oles)

the cottage Lord Byron rented on the amazing

ghost story telling night!

Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

DiNiro as the creature and Branagh as Victor

James Whale’s 1936 Frankenstein

  

♥ The ROMANTIC MOVEMENT!

The GRANDFATHERS:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

and

William Wordsworth

 

THE 3 “GRANDSONS”:

John Keats:

 

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.  ~John Keats

Lord Byron:

Percy Bysshe Shelley

(husband of Mary Shelley):

 

Today’s Quotes:

No one can make you feel inferior without YOUR consent.  ~Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt

Today’s allusion:

NIMBY

Today’s Words of the Day

malapropism

euphonic

plethora

poignant

Today’s Frankenstein-related Words of the Day

progeny

ardent

galvanize

A GALVANIZED CORPSE!

Group Check-in

1. Cool things you learned in background notes?
2. Progress on Lit. Analysis paper
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
3. Intro to Frankenstein–Background Info Presentations on Neo-classicism, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley and Gothic Horror
4. General comments on the above from Mr. Olson

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp background notes–Romantics, Group topic, Author intro & Percy’s preface (3 sides = 15 points)
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT

1. 
   

   Rime of the Ancient Mariner

   

      

   ASSIGNMENT F3 A-D: Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner work!

   A. First, read about Coleridge (p. 594 in the LBT–black textbook Literature:  The British Tradition).   Take some notes. B. Then read about  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’s sound devices (p. 595 LBT).   Take some notes.   C. Now, read the entire Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (LBT pages 596-618), and do SQ’s 1-12.  The study questions follow the selection in the LBT.   D.  Thoughts on Prometheus–Jot down ideas/questions about both the Prometheus story (Google it and refresh your memory as to what Prometheus did and how it might relate to the novel.  Remember that this novel has a sub-title–“The Modern Prometheus.”) and the poem “Prometheus” by Lord Byron (see the Frankenstein packet for a copy of this poem).

2.   vs.   Work on the Lit. Analysis paper on 2 summer novels.  Check out the  YELLOW brainstorming class for ideas.  If you need a sheet, click 2012 paired novels_001.  Due date on Wednesday, March 12.  Click HERE for the Lit. Analysis paper packet.  Click HERE for the grading sheet.   SAMPLE OUTLINES AND FIRST PAGES OF LIT. ANALYSIS PAPERS:  1.  Sample A–Beardsley  (point by point organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYS A POINT BY POINT STYLE BY STEVE BEARDSLEY_001.  2.  Sample B–Li (block style organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS B BLOCK STYLE by HE LI_001.   3.  Sample C–Paulus (point by point organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS C POINT BY POINT STYLE BY BRIAN PAULUS_001.2.  Sample D–Farrell (block style organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS D BLOCK STYLE BY ANN FARRELL_001.  NOTE:  Ann Farrell’s paper was done before MLA version 7 was in effect, so there are some errors in italicizing titles

DAY 2 OLES sem 1 2014

♥ The ROMANTIC ♥ MOVEMENT!

The GRANDFATHERS of the Romantic Movement:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

and William Wordsworth:

 

THE 3 “GRANDSONS”:

John Keats:

Lord Byron:

Percy Bysshe Shelley (husband of Mary Shelley):

 

Today’s Quotes:

I hate cameras.  They are so much more sure than I am about everything.  ~John Steinbeck

Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you’re just a reflection of him?  ~Calvin and Hobbes

It makes sense to make a map of places where you can get eaten by bears, or where there’s a bottomless pit, but when you get into making maps of your mind, you’re basically wasting your time.

Today’s allusion:

White Elephant

Today’s Words of the Day:

epigram

euphonic

nefarious

 nepotism

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend?
2. Progress on Lit Theory paper

Class Plan:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
2. Intro to Frankenstein and background
   
3. Watch video on background of Frankenstein
   

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp Romantic Period background notes
2. stamp F1 group assignment
3. stamp Author Intro & Percy’s Preface notes

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1.   Do Assignment F2:  Read Walton’s Letters (pages 25-38).  Write 3 FIG questions on your own paper:  1 of each level–pink = level 1 factual, blue = level 2 interpretive, gold = level 3 global. Click HERE to refresh your memory as to how to do FIG questions.  Remember to include an answer for each question.

2. Do Frankenstein assignment F3 (20 pts.):

   1. Read about Coleridge (p. 594 LBT).  Jot down some notes on a piece of paper where you will also put your study questions for the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.  (3 points)
   2. Read about the Rime of the Ancient Mariner’s sound devices (p. 595 LBT)  Jot down some notes on a piece of paper where you will also put your study questions for the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. (3 points)
   3. Now, read Coleridge’s entire Rime of the Ancient Mariner in your black LBT textbook (pp. 596-618).  Answer SQ’s 1-9, 11-12 (pp. 618-619) on the sheet of paper on which you placed your Coleridge and sound device notes.  (11 points)
   4. Read the “Prometheus” story hand-out in your Frankenstein packet.  Read the  “Prometheus” poem by Lord Byron on the Supplemental Poetry Sheet within the Frankenstein packet.  Jot down about 1/2 a page of  ideas/questions about each of these right under your Rime of the Ancient Mariner study questions.  Label these “Thoughts on Prometheus.”   (3 points) Read the Prometheus hand-out.   If you need a copy of this hand-out, open up the PDF file of the first Frankenstein Hand-out Packet.  The Prometheus hand-out is pp. 27-31.  Click HERE and scroll down for this hand-out.
      

DAY 3 OLES

Week 5 Day 3 Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014–OLES

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1.  

 

 

Today’s Quotes of the Day:

from Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner

“He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.” —  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

also fromColeridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Farewell, farewell ! but this I tell
To thee, thou Wedding-Guest !
He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.

He prayeth best, who loveth best
All things both great and small ;
For the dear God who loveth us,
He made and loveth all.

The Mariner, whose eye is bright,
Whose beard with age is hoar,
Is gone : and now the Wedding-Guest
Turned from the bridegroom’s door.

He went like one that hath been stunned,
And is of sense forlorn :
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.

Quotes about night (for those who love the late night as I do!!)

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.  ~Vincent Van Gogh

Most glorious night!
Thou wert not sent for slumber!
~Lord Byron, Childe Harold

O radiant Dark!  O darkly fostered ray!
Thou hast a joy too deep for shallow Day.
~George Eliot, The Spanish Gypsy

If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want. 

~Oscar Wilde

Today’s allusion:

Waterloo

Today’s Words of the Day to describe people:

• wastrel
• lummox
• dilettante
• roue
• poseur

Group Check-in:

1. Debrief  SQ’s for Ancient Mariner
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
3. Finish presentations on background info on Frankenstein
4. Discuss Rime of the Ancient Mariner
5. maybe–Freaky stuff on meme and memetics

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp SQ’s 1-9 for Rime of the Ancient Mariner
2. stamp background notes

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1.   Do Assignment F2:  Read Walton’s Letters (pages 25-38).  Write 3 FIG questions on your own paper:  1 of each level–pink = level 1 factual, blue = level 2 interpretive, gold = level 3 global. Click HERE to refresh your memory as to how to do FIG questions.  Remember to include an answer for each question.
2. F2-Read Walton’s letters (pages 25-38) and do FIG questions about the reading.

3. F3-Beyond the text.  Read Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (LBT pages 594-618).  Take some notes on S. T. Coleridge’s biography and the sound devices used in the poem.  Do the study questions on pages 618-9.  Read Lord Byron’s poem “Prometheus” to be found in your packet.
   

 

DAY 3 WALLIES

Week 10 Day 1 Monday, 7 April 2014 –WALLIES day 3 Franky

♥ The ROMANTIC ♥ MOVEMENT!

The GRANDFATHERS of the Romantic Movement:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

and William Wordsworth:

 

THE 3 “GRANDSONS”:

John Keats:

Lord Byron:

Percy Bysshe Shelley (husband of Mary Shelley):

 

Today’s Quotes:

I hate cameras.  They are so much more sure than I am about everything.  ~John Steinbeck

Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you’re just a reflection of him?  ~Calvin and Hobbes

It makes sense to make a map of places where you can get eaten by bears, or where there’s a bottomless pit, but when you get into making maps of your mind, you’re basically wasting your time.

Today’s allusion:

Cassandra

 

Today’s Words of the Day:

Words from chess

• zugzwang
• gambit
• stalemate
• checkmate
• counterplay
• endgame
• patzer

 

Group Check-in:

1.  How was Spring Break?
2. Progress on position paper
   

Class Plan:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
2. Intro to Frankenstein and background
   
3. Watch video on background of Frankenstein
   

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp assignment F3 if I have not already done so
   
2. stamp Author Intro & Percy’s Preface notes

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1.   Do Assignment F2:  Read Walton’s Letters (pages 25-38).  Write 3 FIG questions on your own paper:  1 of each level–pink = level 1 factual, blue = level 2 interpretive, gold = level 3 global. Click HERE to refresh your memory as to how to do FIG questions.  Remember to include an answer for each question.
2. Do Frankensten assignment F5-Coleridge and “Kubla Khan”
   

3. WORK ON POSITION PAPER

 

DAY 4  WALLIES

Week 10 Day 2 Tuesday, April 8, 2014–WALLIES  Franky day 4

   

MEMETICS

 Click  memetics  to visit a couple of  websites devoted to the meme.

Xanadu

“Kubla Khan”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote this strange and powerful poem in 1797 after waking up from a dream. In the dream he had a vision of a pleasure palace built by the Mongolian Khan in Xanadu.
Xanadu was the capital of the Mongols after they conquered North West China.

He describes rivers and fountains, and dark caverns. Then he veers off into another dream of an maid carrying a dulcimer (stringed instrument). She is from Abyssinia in the horn of Africa – quite unconnected geographically.

So this is a strange poem, but it is extremely musical. Don’t worry if you can’t follow the meaning, just listen to the sounds. Look out for the alliteration using the same sounds at the start of words “measureless to man” , “sunless sea” , “ceaseless turmoil seething”, “symphony and song”. 

To download/hear the audio, click

http://www.archive.org/details/kublakhan_librivox

   “

Kubla Khan

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
And ‘mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And ‘mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!

The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ‘twould win me
That with music loud and long
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

Today’s Quote:

Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Today’s allusion:

Catch 22

   

 

Today’s Words of the Day:

clandestine

besmirch

conciliate

 assail

Group Check-in:

1. Progress on Position paper
2. Questions on
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   

1. Rime discussion–esp. albatross
2. Discuss essential qualities of the Romantic Era
3. Discuss FIG questions
4. Freaky stuff on meme and memetics

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. signature on FIG Q’s for the first chunk of chapters
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. Frankenstein Assignment F4:  read chapters 1 – 5 of VICTOR’S NARRATIVE in the green CSCC text pp. 38-66 and write FIG questions over this material:  1 of each level–pink = level 1 factual, blue = level 2 interpretive, gold = level 3 global.  Click HERE to refresh your memory as to how to do FIG questions.

2. Work on POSITION PAPER!  The paper is due Wednesday April 16th.

   1. Click HERE to see/print a pdf. copy of the POSITION PAPER PACKET.  

      Remember that in writing this paper, you must advocate your viewpoint to a specific audience–taking into account an audience (positive, negative, neutral, indifferent) and a course of action to advocate for the audience after you have convinced them to come over to your side.  Yes!  You must include credibility for sources!! NOTE from Mr. Olson:  For more information on TRUTH and VALIDITY and DEDUCTIVE reasoning, visit either of these two sites:  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/courses/log/tru-val.htm   OR          http://www.zmag.org/instructionals/logstats/logstats3.htm

      ORDER TO TURN IN POSITION PAPER:

      • grading sheet(student parts MUST be filled out completely or you will lose points) Click HERE if you only need to print out a POSITION PAPER GRADING SHEET.

      • outline

      • paper   HOW TO HIGHLIGHT:  CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #1  MARKED in color #1 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #1 for that source

      • CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #2  MARKED in color #2 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in in color #2 for that source

      • CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #3  MARKED in color #3 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #3 for that source

      • works cited (3 doc. check sources highlighted–just like the CLT paper, do each source highlighted in a different color)

      • photocopy of first chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #1)

      • photocopy of second chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

      • photocopies of third chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #3)

DAY 5

  Frankenstein

MONSTERS!

LOGIC

Today’s Quotes:

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.  ~Mark Twain, “What Is Man?”, 1906

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.  ~John Lubbock

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.  ~James D. Miles

Today’s allusion:

in medias res

Today’s Words of the Day:

ambivalent

exegesis

germane

phlegmatic

Group Check-in:

1. CC group check-in
2. weekend?

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. Weather Reference to Frankenstein.  See Article
   
4. Discuss Walton’s letters and polar exploration.
5. Discuss “Kubla Khan.”

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. Stamp F5 “Kubla Khan.”
   
2. Stamp F6 FIGS chaps. 6-10.
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. Do PR #2.  Don’t forget your CODE, type double-spaced, and title your PR) PR #2  HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO HELP YOU:  Don’t forget to put your CODE on top–not your name (if your code is 2R, make up a “handle” such as 2-Reggae or 2-Responsible or 2-Ready to Leave, etc.).  Type double-spaced and give your PR 2 a title other than “PR 2.”  You are to type a minimum of one page on a topic (anything!) that you would like someone to respond to.  Be sure to not give away anything that would make someone guess who you are.  Write about a situation you’d like feedback on, something you have a passion for, rant about something, praise something, etc., etc.   Keep anonymity!  Remember that you can ask for special requests!PR #2.  Make sure you type your PR and include your code.  Remember that you can make requests.
   

2. ASSIGNMENT F7 Frankenstein   BEYOND THE TEXT READINGS: Lord Byron & Percy Bysshe Shelley   (40 points)

   When you turn in this assignment, your assignment should look like this:

   A.    LORD BYRON (10 points)

1. Read about Lord Byron, pp. 624-625 LBT.  Jot down some notes (3 pts).

 

2. Read Lord Byron’s poem, “She Walks in Beauty” (p. 626 LBT) and answer SQ’s 1-4 p. 626 (4 points).

1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________

3. Re-read the articles given to you on Prometheus and actively read Byron’s poem “Prometheus.”
4. Under the four “She Walks in Beauty” SQ’s, jot down how Byron’s poem “Prometheus” and as well as “She Walks in Beauty” relate to Frankenstein (3 pts).

 B.  PERCY SHELLEY INTRO & “Ozymandias” (15 points)

1. Read about Percy Bysshe Shelley and odes, pp. 636-637, LBT.  Jot down a few notes (3 points).

 

2. Read Shelley’s poem, “Ozymandias” (p. 638 LBT) and answer SQ’s 1-5 p. 638 (5 points).

1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________

 

3. Then, look up the word “mutability.”  Write down this word and its definition under your SQ’s on “Ozymandias.” (1 pt.)

 

4. Read both Shelley’s and Wordworth’s poems, both called “Mutability.”  Compare and contrast the two poems under your definition of “mutability. (3 points)

 

5. Reread the pages in Frankenstein where Shelley’s “Mutability” appears: •green CSCC text:  p. 89   •orange Signet text:  pp. 93-94 •Signet paperback:  pp. 79-80

 

6. On the back of your page of SQ’s and ideas about the two poems called “Mutability,” discuss how both “Ozymandias” and both versions of “Mutability” may relate to Frankenstein . (3 points)

C.  PERCY SHELLEY’S “Ode to the West Wind”  OR “To a Skylark” (15 points)

1. Read Shelley’s poem, “Ode to the West Wind” (pp. 640-643 LBT) and Shelley’s poem, “To a Skylark” (pp. 644-647  LBT).
2. Choose ONE of the two poems to do study questions.
3. Do either  SQ’s 1-8 p. 643. (8 pts) for “Ode to the West Wind” or SQ’s 1-8 p. 647.  (8 pts) for “To a Skylark.”  Make sure you write down the title of the poem you used.

1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________
9. __________________________________________________________

3. Under the SQ’s, write a response to this poem (3 pts.)

 

4. Finally, jot down how this poem may relate to Frankenstein. (3 pts.)

 

DAY 3

Week 9 Day 1 Monday Oct. 28, 2013–OLES

It’s alive!!!!!!!!

Today’s Quotes:

“Not all who wander are lost”  -Tolkien

Today’s allusion:

in medias res

Today’s Words of the Day:

behoove

beleaguer

superfluous

 xanthous

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend?
2. Progress on Lit. Theory paper
3. Debrief FIG questions
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
3. prepare posters on background readings
4. take notes on Age of Reason, Mary Wolstonecraft, Mary Shelley and Gothic Horror

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp FIG Q’s for Walton’s Narrative
   
2. stamp F3 Rime of the Ancient Mariner HW

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. Assignment F4–read Frankenstein chapters one through five and do FIG questions.

2.   Start Buybacks (rev. 2012)!    0-40 buybacks DUE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st.  41+ buybacks DUE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th.  If buybacks are not turned in on your deadline, they are 1/2 credit the next day and no credit the day after!  Read the blue BUYBACK hand-out CAREFULLY so you can ask any questions/clear up anything you don’t understand about the buyback procedure. 

    If you want to print out your own copy of the BUYBACK PACKET for highlighting, active reading, etc., click HERE.  

   If you would like to use a template (rev. 2012 enlarged) to do your buybacks, click 2012 SAMPLE BLANK TEMPLATE FOR WALLY’s BUYBACKS ENLARGED BOXES.
   

    (You can cut and paste this into a WORD DOCUMENT and make changes–add more rows or delete categories etc. to make it work for you.  Remember to print it out in landscape format!)

   For a pdf of the buyback template which you can just write on, click 2012-SAMPLE-BLANK-TEMPLATE-FOR-WALLYs-BUYBACKS-ENLARGED-BOXES.

   For a sample of what BUYBACKS ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE WHEN DONE, CLICK 2012 Ima Student samples Buybacks (pdf.verson)! If you would like to use the ACE template, click HERE. 

DAY 4

Week 9 Day 2 Tuesday

Xanadu

“Kubla Khan”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote this strange and powerful poem in 1797 after waking up from a dream. In the dream he had a vision of a pleasure palace built by the Mongolian Khan in Xanadu.
Xanadu was the capital of the Mongols after they conquered North West China.

He describes rivers and fountains, and dark caverns. Then he veers off into another dream of an maid carrying a dulcimer (stringed instrument). She is from Abyssinia in the horn of Africa – quite unconnected geographically.

So this is a strange poem, but it is extremely musical. Don’t worry if you can’t follow the meaning, just listen to the sounds. Look out for the alliteration using the same sounds at the start of words “measureless to man” , “sunless sea” , “ceaseless turmoil seething”, “symphony and song”. 

To download/hear the audio, click

http://www.archive.org/details/kublakhan_librivox

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Kubla Khan

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
And ‘mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And ‘mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!

The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!

A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ‘twould win me
That with music loud and long
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

Today’s Quote:

Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Today’s allusion:

loaves & fishes

and

Today’s Words of the Day:

clandestine

besmirch

conciliate

 assail

Group Check-in:

1. Progress on Lit. Theory paper
2. Question on buybacks
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   

1. Rime discussion–esp. albatross
2. Discuss essential qualities of the Romantic Era
3. Discuss FIG questions
4. Freaky stuff on meme and memetics

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. signature on FIG Q’s for the first chunk of chapters
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. Do F5–Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”

-notes on pages 620-3.

-Read “Kubla Khan” and do study quesitons 1-9 on page 623

-Read Charles Lamb’s “Old Familiar Faces” and jot down your view of how it connects to the novel.

-Explain the reference to Rime of the Ancient Mariner found on page 59 of the novel.

DAY 5

Week 9 Day 3 Wednesday Oct. 30–OLES

The Creature???

Will you make me a bride?

How about a son?

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Goethe. Painting by Luise Seidler (Weimar 1811) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Goethe’s Faust

 

John Milton

   MEMETICS

 Click  memetics  to visit a couple of  websites devoted to the meme.

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

Today’s allusion:

magnum opus

 

 

Today’s Quote:

Edmund Burke said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Quotes about Neurotics!

The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.  ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won’t have that to worry about anymore.  ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.  ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.  ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

Today’s Words of the Day

hiatus

histrionics

rancor

debonair

Group Check-in:

1. Progress on Lit. Theory paper
2. Your favorite part of the novel so far
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS–paper questions
   
3. Discuss “Kulba Khan” by S. T. Coleridge
   
4. Discuss through the first five chapters of Frankenstein
   

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp “Kubla Khan” and other F5 homework
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1.   Terrific Frankenstein Food Treats Tomorrow! Bring Halloweeny, Spooky, Green Treats!  Wear GREEN or something “school appropriate for Halloween”!

2. Do F6-read chapters 6-10 and do FIG questions on that set of chapters.  One question of each type for a total of three questions.

3. • 1.   DUE TOMORROW:  Do F11–OJ 10 MIB & MIM (Most Important Books/Movies–4 interviews and your personal choices) JOURNAL (2 sides minimum!) In chapters 11-16, the creature identifies 4 books that have had a profound influence on him.  Interview 3 other people (representing 4 different decades of life and who are preferably from different “walks” of life).  You are also to include (as the 4th person) your own list!  Ask what the personal “top four” books and “top 4″ movies would be.  By “top,” I mean books & movies which have profoundly affected them  or  which have such powerful messages that they are books/movies others must read/see, too,  or  are so vital to a culture that if all other books/movies suddenly disappeared, these would be the last four  chosen to remain in existence. Be sure to write up the criteria/reasons each person gives for each book/movie and what the book/movie is all about..  CLICK HERE FOR A TEMPLATE AS TO HOW TO CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS/SET UP THE JOURNAL.  When you turn in this assignment, your assignment should look like this:

4. 1. person interviewed–age, descriptions, etc.	Most important books & why	Most important movies & why
      1.  yourself–age 18, free spirit, loves hockey and hang gliding and collecting peace necklaces, hates conflict & homework	1.  Catcher in the Rye because .2.  blienw because . . .3. pppoyudkn because . . .4.  qwevn because . . .	1.  Donny Darko because . . .2.  bkklkln because . . .3.  wwwchpon because . . . 4. bjkkelsicn because . . .
      2.  mom–age 47, B.A. in business, works as a buyer at Best Buy, loves crafts and cycling, loves to travel, dream is to live in Italy for a year	1.  the Bible because . . .2.  bjdlpon because . . .3.  aeoh;vn0i because . . .4.  nbopppndp because . . .	1.  A Clockwork Orangebecause . . .2.  Beowulfsssge because . . .3. aaoakdon because . . .4. hamletiohveo because . . .
      3. Coach Thomas—epajf3]eu9	1-4.  The Prince because . .	1-4.  No Country for Old Men because . .
      4.  my Grandma Marquard–aoe	1-4.  Gone With the Wind because . .	1-4. Run, Lola, Run  because . ..

   2.    Frankenstein READING: FINISH THE NOVEL!

      • Green CSCC text:  pp. 124-185

      Do ONLY ONE SET OF FIG QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—one level one FACT (pink), one level two INTERPRETIVE (blue) and one level three GLOBAL (golden).

5. Study for final test on Frankenstein. Organize all your FRANKENSTEIN assignments to turn in.

DAY 6

 

CARTOON OF THE WEEK:

Week 9 Day 5 Friday–OLES

Robert DeNiro as The Creature in Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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DAY 7

DAY 8

DAY 9

Today’s Quote:

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.  ~Thomas Jefferson

Today’s allusion:

Janus

Today’s Words of the Day

onerous

droit

dissemble

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend
2. Lit. Theory paper topics, etc.
   
3. IF done, Record OJ 10 MIB’s and MIM’s on sheet on clipboard
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS–questions on Lit. Theory paper
   
3. Discuss MIB and MIM
4. the Creature’ s education–Volney’s Ruins of the Empire
5. Discuss Frankenstein Creature’s narrative
   

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp
   

HOMEWORK:

1.   ASSIGNMENT F10 Frankenstein

   ASSIGNMENT F10  Frankenstein   BEYOND THE TEXT READINGS:  CHAPTERS 11-16 CHOICE ARTICLES (5 points)

   When you turn in this assignment, your assignment should look like this:

   CHOICE A.  SIMMONS’ ARTICLE (5 pts.)Read Eileen A. Simmons’ article, “Frankenstein for the Twenty-First Century:  An Exploration of Contemporary Issues”  AND  jot down a page of notes.  Be sure to record any ideas this article gives you for the position paper or which seem otherwise valuable.  (5 pts.)

   CHOICE B.  CANTOR & MOSES’ ARTICLE (5 points)Read Paul A. Cantor and Michael Valdez Moses’ article, “Teaching Frankenstein from the Creature’s Perspective”  AND  jot down a page of notes.  (5 pts.)

   1.   ASSIGNMENT F10 Frankenstein

      ASSIGNMENT F10  Frankenstein   BEYOND THE TEXT READINGS:  CHAPTERS 11-16 CHOICE ARTICLES (5 points)

      When you turn in this assignment, your assignment should look like this:

      CHOICE A.  SIMMONS’ ARTICLE (5 pts.)Read Eileen A. Simmons’ article, “Frankenstein for the Twenty-First Century:  An Exploration of Contemporary Issues”  AND  jot down a page of notes.  Be sure to record any ideas this article gives you for the position paper or which seem otherwise valuable.  (5 pts.)

      CHOICE B.  CANTOR & MOSES’ ARTICLE (5 points)Read Paul A. Cantor and Michael Valdez Moses’ article, “Teaching Frankenstein from the Creature’s Perspective”  AND  jot down a page of notes.  (5 pts.)

   2. ASSIGNMENT F11  Frankenstein   BEYOND THE TEXT READINGS:  JOURNAL OJ 10   (10 points)

      When you turn in this assignment, your assignment should look like this:

      JOURNAL:  M.I.B. and M.I.M. (Most Important Books & Movies 10 pts.)In chapters 11-16, the creature identifies 4 books that have had a profound influence on him.  Interview 3 other people (representing 4 different decades of life and who are preferably from different “walks” of life).  You are also to include (as the 4th person) your own list!  Ask what the personal “top four” books and “top 4” movies would be.  By “top,” I mean books & movies which have profoundly affected them  or  which have such powerful messages that they are books/movies others must read/see, too,  or  are so vital to a culture that if all other books/movies suddenly disappeared, these would be the last four  chosen to remain in existence. Be sure to write up the criteria/reasons each person gives for each book/movie and what the book/movie is all about.            Set it up like this:

person interviewed–age, descriptions, etc.	Most important books & why	Most important movies & why
1.  yourself–age 18, free spirit, loves hockey and hang gliding and collecting peace necklaces, hates conflict & homework	1.  Catcher in the Rye because .2.  blienw because . . .3. pppoyudkn because . . .4.  qwevn because . . .	1.  Donny Darko because . . .2.  bkklkln because . . .3.  wwwchpon because . . .4. bjkkelsicn because . . .
2.  mom–age 47, B.A. in business, works as a buyer at Best Buy, loves crafts and cycling, loves to travel, dream is to live in Italy for a year	1.  the Bible because . . .2.  bjdlpon because . . .3.  aeoh;vn0i because . . .4.  nbopppndp because . . .	1.  A Clockwork Orange because . . .2.  Beowulfsssge because . . .3. aaoakdon because . . .4. hamletiohveo because . . .
3. Coach Thomas—epajf3]eu9	1-4.  The Prince because . .	1-4.  No Country for Old Men because . .
4.  my Grandma Marquard–aoe	1-4.  Gone With the Wind because . .	1-4. Run, Lola, Run  because . ..

 

•   ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT F11  Frankenstein   BEYOND THE TEXT READINGS:  JOURNAL   (10 points)

When you turn in this assignment, your assignment should look like this:

 JOURNAL:  M.I.B. and M.I.M. (Most Important Books & Movies 10 pts.)

In chapters 11-16, the creature identifies 4 books that have had a profound influence on him.  Interview 3 other people (representing 4 different decades of life and who are preferably from different “walks” of life).  You are also to include (as the 4th person) your own list!  Ask what the personal “top four” books and “top 4” movies would be.  By “top,” I mean books & movies which have profoundly affected them  or  which have such powerful messages that they are books/movies others must read/see, too,  or  are so vital to a culture that if all other books/movies suddenly disappeared, these would be the last four  chosen to remain in existence. Be sure to write up the criteria/reasons each person gives for each book/movie and what the book/movie is all about.

            Set it up like this:

person interviewed–age, descriptions, etc.	Most important books & why	Most important movies & why
1.  yourself–age 18, free spirit, loves hockey and hang gliding and collecting peace necklaces, hates conflict & homework	1.  Catcher in the Rye because .2.  blienw because . . .3. pppoyudkn because . . .4.  qwevn because . . .	1.  Donny Darko because . . .2.  bkklkln because . . .3.  wwwchpon because . . .4. bjkkelsicn because . . .
2.  mom–age 47, B.A. in business, works as a buyer at Best Buy, loves crafts and cycling, loves to travel, dream is to live in Italy for a year	1.  the Bible because . . .2.  bjdlpon because . . .3.  aeoh;vn0i because . . .4.  nbopppndp because . . .	1.  A Clockwork Orange because . . .2.  Beowulfsssge because . . .3. aaoakdon because . . .4. hamletiohveo because . . .
3. Coach Thomas—epajf3]eu9	1-4.  The Prince because . .	1-4.  No Country for Old Men because . .
4.  my Grandma Marquard–aoe	1-4.  Gone With the Wind because . .	1-4. Run, Lola, Run  because . ..

DAY 10

DAY 11

DAY 12

SPRING BREAK EXTRA CREDIT (+5)

IF YOU BRING YOUR HAMLET

OR  HEART OF DARKNESS BOOK ON SPRING BREAK AND BRING BACK/EMAIL WALLY at lwallenberg@edenpr.org A PICTURE OF YOU THERE WITH YOUR BOOK!

 

Hamlet

 

Frankenstein

Heart of Darkness

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

 

 

Frankenstein

Heart of Darkness

Today’s Quote:

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.  ~Thomas Jefferson

Today’s allusion:

Janus

Today’s Words of the Day

onerous

droit

dissemble

Group Check-in:

1. Spring Break plans
2.  Lit. Theory paper topics, etc.
   
3. Record MIB’s and MIM’s on sheet on clipboard
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS–questions on Lit. Theory paper
   
3. Discuss MIB and MIM
4. Small group break out & discuss individual responsibility
5. Large group debrief–murder, punishment, & responsibility
6. the Creature’ s education–Volney’s Ruins of the Empire
7. Discuss Frankenstein Creature’s narrative
   

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp FIG questions chaps 11-16
   

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish your buybacks. 

   HERE ARE SOME REMINDERS: 

   1.  Remember that you must proofread your buybacks very carefully.  You cannot do buybacks on “buybacks.”

   2.  You will lose the buyback if you make new errors or do not do everything the buyback requires (i.e., label S & V for fragment, run-on, agreement errors).

   3.  You must also write the entire sentence (no ellipses!).  This even relates to errors made in the parenthetical references–write the entire sentence which belongs to the parenthetical reference.

   4.  If there is a works-cited error, you must write out the entire entry so I can see the error corrected in the context of the entry.

   5.  Remember that if you have 2+ errors in the same sentence, you are to combine those buybacks according to the rules in the blue buyback packet.  Put all buybacks with 2+ errors in the same sentence (or works-cited entry) at the end of your buybacks.

   6.  Read the blue BUYBACK hand-out CAREFULLY so you can ask any questions/clear up anything you don’t understand about the buyback procedure.

   Bring your Heart of Darkness book on Spring Break.  Take a picture and email it to Wally for an EC coupon!  Lwallenberg@edenpr.org  #2.  
   

2.   Do OJ 11 Frankenstein Parody (1 side min.) You may team up with one person, but you each need your own copy. Write a parody of some aspect of Shelley’s novel.  Maybe you will do a comic version of the creature listening at a chink in the wall, or you might imagine Victor talking to Walton about some college experience in Ingolstadt.  (1 side min.)

3. Study for final test on Frankenstein.

4. Organize all your FRANKENSTEIN assignments to turn in on Monday.

Today’s allusion:

skeletons in the closet

Words of the Day

defile

inordinate

bemused

incredulous

Group Check-in:

1. How are you doing?
   
2.  

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   

2. Discuss
   

HW collection:

1. Not sure
   

Tonight’s HW:

1.   Do Frankenstein Assignment F13

2. Do Frankenstein Assignment F15
   

3. Lit Theory Paper due MONDAY. See Lit Theory paper tab for details. By midnight Monday night, be sure to send your literary theory paper by ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION to TURN-IT-IN.com   If there are problems, email Olson at rolson@edenpr.org. Here’s how to do it:  In order to use Turnitin, students must have a Turnitin account. To create an account, you must have a seven-digit class ID and class enrollment password, which can only be provided by your instructor. If you have used Turnitin in the past, see the warning below before creating another account/profile.  Go to www.turnitin.com.  Under the email box in the upper right corner,click on the link “Create Account”.  On the next window, under the “Create a New Account” heading, click on the “Student” link.  Follow the directions on the New User page. You must have a Class ID# and class enrollment password to complete your profile.(Do not cut and paste into these fields.)  Once enrolled, your class will show on your homepage.  Click on the class name and you will see the assignments and submissions for that class.  Warning: If you have used Turnitin.com in the past, then you may already have an account. Do not create a new account.  Students who have previously created a Turnitin profile will need to log into their existing accounts, as creating duplicate accounts with duplicate class enrollments can cause issues.  To fix these issues, your instructor,possibly the school administrator, and the Turnitin Help Desk will need to be involved.  Helpful Definitions:  Class ID #   (for AP Lit it is 5567147) – This is a unique 7 digit identification number for your class.  Your instructor will give you this number.  You need this number to enroll in the class.  If you do not have a Class ID# or have forgotten it, you must contact the instructor.  Turnitin does not provide this information.  Enrollment Password  (It is an important word from Achebe’s novel) – Your enrollment password is provided by your instructor.  If you have not received one, or the one you have is incorrect, you must contact the class instructor.  Turnitin does not provide this information.   (Reminder – All Turnitin passwords are case-sensitive.

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.HEART OF DARKNESS and THINGS FALL APART LESSON PLANS AND HW  Spring 2014  OLES

rev. 3.17.2014

2.   JOSEPH CONRAD
   

   HEART OF DARKNESS

3. 1. Read Heart of Darkness part ___: pp. ____.

   2. Do OJ ____ Heart of Darkness Reaction to part 3  Some ideas:  What universal questions seem to be reinforced?  Note:  You will be exchanging this journal with a partner for a peer response.

   

   

   

   

   Today’s JOSEPH CONRAD Quotes of the Day:

   A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.

   A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.

   A man’s most open actions have a secret side to them.

   A man’s real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

   A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

   A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

   Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

   All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

   An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.

   Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

   As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook.

   As to honor – you know – it’s a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn’t theirs.

   Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

   Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.

   Don’t you forget what’s divine in the Russian soul and that’s resignation.

   Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

   Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.

   For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

   Going home must be like going to render an account.

   Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

   Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/joseph_conrad.html#uEViWKIZosqcuhdW.99

   1. Re-read Heart of Darkness part 3: pp. 71-94.

   2. Do OJ 15 Heart of Darkness Part 3 Reaction to part 3  Some ideas: What is the significance of the scene with “the Intended”?  What universal questions seem to be reinforced?  Note:  You will be exchanging this journal with a partner for a peer response.

DAY 1 HofD/TFA 

Week 7 Day 5 Friday, March 14, 2014–Oles HofD/TFA day 1

 

IT’S Pi DAY!

The math’matical constant called “Pi”
Is Greek to your average guy.
“Transcendental,” some call it,
But most people maul it;
Comprehension is pie in the sky.

Here’s another:

At long last Pi Day is here

And the path to enlightenment is clear

A large piece of pie

Should you give one a try

You’ll fine nirvana that much more near

BEWARE

THE IDES OF MARCH–TOMORROW!

Click HERE or http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101922505 for a 3 min. NPR interview explaining the “ides of March.”

Click HERE or http://www.folger.edu/documents/Ides_Folger_Mag_Spring2010.pdf for Georgianna Ziegler’s article in the Folger Magazine about her research in to the “ides of March.”  As the Folger’s Head of Reference,

Georgianna Ziegler is often called

upon to explain arcane lore and

tidbits of Shakespeareana. Last

spring, National Public Radio

tapped her to tell its listeners why

they should beware the ides of

March—and what ides are anyway.

This article is a reprise of her response.

   Goodbye, Creature.

Hello, ♥ Heart of Darkness

THE HORROR !  THE HORROR!

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 ♥     ♥    ♥

  ♥  

Today’s Words of the Day

Eponyms

• silhouette
• casanova
• xanthippe
• shrapnel
• Don Juan

Words to describe people

• impetuous
• uxorious
• implacable
• cantankerous
• impudent

Today’s allusion:

Janus

 

Today’s quotes:

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

“The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they’re ok, then it’s you.”
― Rita Mae Brown

“Give a man a fire and he’s warm for a day, but set fire to him and he’s warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

 

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend plans?
2. Check out Heart of Darkness
3. How are you doing?
   
4. What is the meaning of Rolf?
   
5. Why does Rolf wear black every Friday?
6. Does Rolf like rolfing?
7. Does Rolf really like lefse?

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   

2. Math and Beauty

3. Young Frankenstein

HW collection:

1. EWS Logic notes chapters 8-9 and yellow logic exercises (15 points)
   
2. All FIGs from Frankenstein
3. All Frankenstein homework

Homework:

1. Do your first CC (Class-Connected Journal) #1  (at least one side of a page typed)   This is like a PR for Wally or Rolf, but you will put your name on it.  Remember that you MUST establish a clear Class-Connection in your journal–any topic related or connected or inspired by the first five weeks of class is fair game. Please specify your reader–Wally  or  Olson  or  Either–at the top of your CC #1.

2.   Read ALL of Heart of Darkness.  Do OJ 8 Initial Reaction to First Read-Through and Questions/Ponderings/Musings of Heart of Darkness. (1 side minimum)

3.          Oh no!  the horror!  the horror! Another paper!  POSITION PAPER is due Wednesday, April 16th.  Click HERE to see/print a pdf. copy of the POSITION PAPER PACKET.   PPP (Position paper planning sheet) is DUE on WEDNESDAY, March 26th–NOTE:  BEFORE SPRING BREAK.  Click HERE for a copy of this required PPP (Position paper planning sheet).  For a WORD document copy which you can copy and paste and type on, click HERE.   Remember that in writing this paper, you must advocate your viewpoint to a specific audience–taking into account an audience (positive, negative, neutral, indifferent) and a course of action to advocate for the audience after you have convinced them to come over to your side.  Yes!  You must include credibility for sources!! NOTE from Mr. Olson:  For more information on TRUTH and VALIDITY and DEDUCTIVE reasoning, visit either of these two sites:  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/courses/log/tru-val.htm   OR          http://www.zmag.org/instructionals/logstats/logstats3.htm

   1. ORDER TO TURN IN PAPER:   grading sheet (student parts MUST be filled out completely or you will lose points) Click HERE if you only need to print out a POSITION PAPER GRADING SHEET.

   2. outline

   3. paper   HOW TO HIGHLIGHT:  CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #1  MARKED in color #1 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #1 for that source

   4. CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #2  MARKED in color #2 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in in color #2 for that source

   5. CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #3  MARKED in color #3 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #3 for that source

   6. works cited (3 doc. check sources highlighted–just like the CLT paper, do each source highlighted in a different color)

   7. photocopy of first chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #1)

   8. photocopy of second chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

DAY 2 Hof D/TFA

by lrwallenberg

Week 8 Monday, March 17, 2014 OLES HofD/TFA day 2

INTRO THE POSITION PAPER

LOGIC

Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt0xxAMTp8M  to see the trailer

for Apocalypse Now.

“There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.”
― J.K. Rowling

Brando as Kurtz

Today’s Quote

“The things that make me different are the things that make me.”
― A.A. Milne

“But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.”
― Mitch Albom, For One More Day

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”
― Robert Frost

Today’s allusion:

a chip on one’s shoulder

Today’s Words of the Day:

Terms from law

• lex loci
• hereditament
• suborn
• mens rea
• attorn

Words to describe people

• voluble
• intransigent
• potentate
• sophist
• solicitous

Group Check-in:

1. WALLIES & OLES TOGETHER–WEEKEND?  TIPS FOR HAMLET/FRANKENSTEIN?
   
2. Eh, what old chap?
3. When are pilgrims not pilgrims and cannibals not cannibals?
4. How confused are you by the reading?

Class Plan:

1. 1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
      
   2. OLSON–INTRO THE POSITION PAPER (w/ Wallies)
      
   3. Round table discussion
      
   4. What is Marlow’s idea of the meaning of a story?  What classical allusions are present in the word “yarn”?   How many Dante allusions are there in part one?  Do you know the bible well enough to know the full implications of the “whited sepulcher” reference?

 

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. Collected parody journal:  OJ8
2. Stamped OJ 9
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. Re-read Part oneof Conrad’s  of Darkness. (pages 46-70 in the dark green text)  Do Not Read any background information, preface or introduction.
   

2. Do a set of FIG questions about the reading.

3. Do OJ 10. Write a one side journal reaction giving your thoughts and questions upon re-reading part one.   You could use one of your questions as a springboard for your entry.  ONE SIDE only.

4. Oh no!  the horror!  the horror! Another paper!  POSITION PAPER is due Wednesday, April 16th.  Click HERE to see/print a pdf. copy of the POSITION PAPER PACKET.   PPP (Position paper planning sheet) is DUE on WEDNESDAY, March 26th.  Click HERE for a copy of this required PPP (Position paper planning sheet).  For a WORD document copy which you can copy and paste and type on, click HERE.   Remember that in writing this paper, you must advocate your viewpoint to a specific audience–taking into account an audience (positive, negative, neutral, indifferent) and a course of action to advocate for the audience after you have convinced them to come over to your side.  Yes!  You must include credibility for sources!! NOTE from Mr. Olson:  For more information on TRUTH and VALIDITY and DEDUCTIVE reasoning, visit either of these two sites:  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/courses/log/tru-val.htm   OR          http://www.zmag.org/instructionals/logstats/logstats3.htm

5. 1. 1. ORDER TO TURN IN PAPER:   grading sheet (student parts MUST be filled out completely or you will lose points) Click HERE if you only need to print out a POSITION PAPER GRADING SHEET.

      2. outline

      3. paper   HOW TO HIGHLIGHT:  CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #1  MARKED in color #1 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #1 for that source

      4. CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #2  MARKED in color #2 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in in color #2 for that source

      5. CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #3  MARKED in color #3 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #3 for that source

      6. works cited (3 doc. check sources highlighted–just like the CLT paper, do each source highlighted in a different color)

      7. photocopy of first chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #1)

      8. photocopy of second chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

DAY 3 Hof D/TFA

Week 8 Day 2 Tuesday, 18 March 2014–OLES HofD/TFA day 3

 JOSEPH CONRAD

HEART OF DARKNESS

Today’s allusion:

Noble Savage

Today’s Words of the Day:

“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching,
Love like you’ll never be hurt,
Sing like there’s nobody listening,
And live like it’s heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

Today’s Words of the Day:

• repletion
• ponderous
• quondam
• inimical
• ignominy

Group Check-in:

1. Ideas for a position paper
2. How is Heart of Darkness going?

Class Plan:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
2. Allusion and Words of the day
   

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp OJ10 – part one reaction
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. journal on part two.
   

2. Oh no!  the horror!  the horror! Another paper!

   POSITION PAPER is due Wednesday, April 16th. 

   PPP (Position paper planning sheet) is DUE on WEDNESDAY, March 26th–BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

   Click HERE to see/print a pdf. copy of the POSITION PAPER PACKET.  

   Click HERE for a copy of this required PPP (Position paper planning sheet).  For a WORD document copy which you can copy and paste and type on, click HERE.  

   Remember that in writing this paper, you must advocate your viewpoint to a specific audience–taking into account an audience (positive, negative, neutral, indifferent) and a course of action to advocate for the audience after you have convinced them to come over to your side.  Yes!  You must include credibility for sources!!

   NOTE from Mr. Olson:  For more information on TRUTH and VALIDITY and DEDUCTIVE reasoning, visit either of these two sites:  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/courses/log/tru-val.htm   OR          http://www.zmag.org/instructionals/logstats/logstats3.htm

   1. 1. ORDER TO TURN IN POSITION PAPER:

         • grading sheet (student parts MUST be filled out completely or you will lose points) Click HERE if you only need to print out a POSITION PAPER GRADING SHEET.

         • outline

         • paper   HOW TO HIGHLIGHT:  CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #1  MARKED in color #1 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #1 for that source

         • CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #2  MARKED in color #2 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in in color #2 for that source

         • CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #3  MARKED in color #3 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #3 for that source

         • works cited (3 doc. check sources highlighted–just like the CLT paper, do each source highlighted in a different color)

         • photocopy of first chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #1)

         • photocopy of second chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

         • photocopy of third chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

   • TURN-IT-IN.com. SUBMISSION OF PAPER by Wednesday, April 16th midnight!   If there are problems, email Olson at rolson@edenpr.org. Here’s how:

     1. In order to use Turnitin, students must have a Turnitin account. To create an account, you must have a seven-digit class ID and class enrollment password, which can only be provided by your instructor. If you have used Turnitin in the past, see the warning below before creating another account/profile.

        1. Go to www.turnitin.com.

        2. Under the email box in the upper right corner,click on the link “Create Account.”

        3. On the next window, under the “Create a New Account” heading, click on the “Student” link.

        4. Follow the directions on the New User page. You must have a Class ID# and class enrollment password to complete your profile.(Do not cut and paste into these fields.)

        5. Once enrolled, your class will show on your homepage.

        6. Click on the class name and you will see the assignments and submissions for that class.

        Warning: If you have used Turnitin.com in the past, then you may already have an account. Do not create a new account.  Students who have previously created a Turnitin profile will need to log into their existing accounts, as creating duplicate accounts with duplicate class enrollments can cause issues.  To fix these issues, your instructor,possibly the school administrator, and the Turnitin Help Desk will need to be involved.

        Helpful Definitions:

        Class ID #   (for AP Lit it is 5567147) – This is a unique 7 digit identification number for your class.  Your instructor will give you this number.  You need this number to enroll in the class.  If you do not have a Class ID# or have forgotten it, you must contact the instructor.  Turnitin does not provide this information.

        Enrollment Password  = yams (lower case) – Your enrollment password is provided by your instructor.  If you have not received one, or the one you have is incorrect, you must contact the class instructor.  Turnitin does not provide this information.   (Reminder – All Turnitin passwords are case-sensitive.)

DAY 4 Hof D/TFA

Week 8 Day 3 Wednesday, March 1, 2014–OLES  HofD/TFA day 4

Today’s allusion:

Burning Bush

Today’s Quote of the Day:

Among men, it seems, historically at any rate, that processes of co-ordination and disintegration follow each other with great regularity, and the index of the co-ordination is the measure of the disintegration which follows. There is no mob like a group of well-drilled soldiers when they have thrown off their discipline. And there is no lostness like that which comes to a man when a perfect and certain pattern has dissolved about him. There is no hater like one who has greatly loved.

-John Steinbeck, novelist, Nobel laureate (1902-1968)

Today’s Words of the Day:

• repletion
• ponderous
• quondam
• inimical
• ignominy

Group Check-in:

1. Ideas for a position paper
2. How is Heart of Darkness going?

Class Plan:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS
   
2. Allusion and Words of the day
   
3. Discuss part two of Heart of Darkness

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. stamp OJ11 – part tworeaction
   

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. journal on part three.  This will be OJ12
   

2. You could start on OJ13-Heart of Darkness parody (This will be due Monday).

3. Oh no!  the horror!  the horror! Another paper!

   POSITION PAPER is due Wednesday, April 16th. 

   PPP (Position paper planning sheet) is DUE on WEDNESDAY, March 26th–BEFORE SPRING BREAK.

   Click HERE to see/print a pdf. copy of the POSITION PAPER PACKET.  

   Click HERE for a copy of this required PPP (Position paper planning sheet).  For a WORD document copy which you can copy and paste and type on, click HERE.  

   Remember that in writing this paper, you must advocate your viewpoint to a specific audience–taking into account an audience (positive, negative, neutral, indifferent) and a course of action to advocate for the audience after you have convinced them to come over to your side.  Yes!  You must include credibility for sources!!

   NOTE from Mr. Olson:  For more information on TRUTH and VALIDITY and DEDUCTIVE reasoning, visit either of these two sites:  http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/courses/log/tru-val.htm   OR          http://www.zmag.org/instructionals/logstats/logstats3.htm

   1. 1. ORDER TO TURN IN POSITION PAPER:

         • grading sheet (student parts MUST be filled out completely or you will lose points) Click HERE if you only need to print out a POSITION PAPER GRADING SHEET.

         • outline

         • paper   HOW TO HIGHLIGHT:  CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #1  MARKED in color #1 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #1 for that source

         • CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #2  MARKED in color #2 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in in color #2 for that source

         • CHOSEN INSTANCE OF SOURCE #3  MARKED in color #3 then highlight ALL parenthetical references in color #3 for that source

         • works cited (3 doc. check sources highlighted–just like the CLT paper, do each source highlighted in a different color)

         • photocopy of first chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #1)

         • photocopy of second chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

         • photocopy of third chosen source (ALL used parts highlighted in color #2)

   • TURN-IT-IN.com. SUBMISSION OF PAPER by Wednesday, April 16th midnight!   If there are problems, email Olson at rolson@edenpr.org. Here’s how:

     1. In order to use Turnitin, students must have a Turnitin account. To create an account, you must have a seven-digit class ID and class enrollment password, which can only be provided by your instructor. If you have used Turnitin in the past, see the warning below before creating another account/profile.

        1. Go to www.turnitin.com.

        2. Under the email box in the upper right corner,click on the link “Create Account.”

        3. On the next window, under the “Create a New Account” heading, click on the “Student” link.

        4. Follow the directions on the New User page. You must have a Class ID# and class enrollment password to complete your profile.(Do not cut and paste into these fields.)

        5. Once enrolled, your class will show on your homepage.

        6. Click on the class name and you will see the assignments and submissions for that class.

        Warning: If you have used Turnitin.com in the past, then you may already have an account. Do not create a new account.  Students who have previously created a Turnitin profile will need to log into their existing accounts, as creating duplicate accounts with duplicate class enrollments can cause issues.  To fix these issues, your instructor,possibly the school administrator, and the Turnitin Help Desk will need to be involved.

        Helpful Definitions:

        Class ID #   (for AP Lit it is 5567147) – This is a unique 7 digit identification number for your class.  Your instructor will give you this number.  You need this number to enroll in the class.  If you do not have a Class ID# or have forgotten it, you must contact the instructor.  Turnitin does not provide this information.

        Enrollment Password  = yams (lower case) – Your enrollment password is provided by your instructor.  If you have not received one, or the one you have is incorrect, you must contact the class instructor.  Turnitin does not provide this information.   (Reminder – All Turnitin passwords are case-sensitive.)

DAY 5 Hof D/TFA

Thursday, March 20, 2014  OLES–day 5 HofD & TFA

 

Today’s part 3 Heart of Darkness Quotes of the Day:

• “He declared he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and then cleared out of the country, because he could do so, and had a fancy for it, and there was nothing on earth to prevent him killing whom he jolly well pleased.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “Whether he knew of this deficiency himself I can’t say. I think the knowledge came to him at last–only at the very last. But the wilderness found him out early, and had taken vengeance for the fantastic invasion. I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know, things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude–and the whisper had proved irresistibly fascinating. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “I turned to the wilderness really, not to Mr. Kurtz, who, I was ready to admit, was as good as buried. And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also was buried in a vast grave full of unspeakable secrets. I felt an intolerable weight oppressing my breast, the smell of the damp earth, the unseen presence of victorious corruption, the darkness of an impenetrable night.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “I did not betray Mr. Kurtz–it was ordered I should never betray him–it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice. I was anxious to deal with this shadow by myself alone–and to this day I don’t know why I was so jealous of sharing with anyone the peculiar blackness of that experience.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “I tried to break the spell–the heavy, mute spell of the wilderness–that seemed to draw him to its pitiless breast by the awakening of forgotten and brutal instincts, by the memory of gratified and monstrous passions. This alone, I was convinced, had driven him out to the edge of the forest, to the bush, towards the gleam of fires, the throb of drums, the drone of weird incantations; this alone had beguiled his unlawful soul beyond the bounds of permitted aspirations.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “They had behind them, to my mind, the terrific suggestiveness of words heard in dreams, of phrases spoken in nightmares.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “The horror! The horror!”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “Never see him! I saw him clearly then. I shall see this eloquent phantom as long as I live, and I shall see her too, a tragic and familiar shade, resembling in this gesture another one, tragic also, and bedecked with powerless charms, stretching bare brown arms over the glitter of the infernal stream, the stream of darkness.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
• “I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky–seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.”
  – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3

Group Check-in:

1. How is the parody going?  It’s due on Friday.
   
2. Quiz each other on trivia from HoD.
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   

2. Take the Heart of Darkness test
   

HW collection:

1. None

Tonight’s HW:

1. Read Achebe’s “Racism in Heart of Darkness.”  An Image of Africa_ Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
2. Write a journal reaction (one side) reacting to Achebe’s thesis.  This will be OJ17.
3. Find your copy of Things Fall Apart and bring it to class on Thursday.

DAY 6 Hof D/TFA  Friday, March 21, 2014

Week 8 Day 5 21 March 2014–OLES HofD & TFA day 6

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   Today’s Things Fall Apart chapters 1-11 Quotes of the Day:

2. • “A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 3
   • “But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan. His enemies said that his good fortune had gone to his head.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 4
   • “No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 7
   • “‘When did you become a shivering old woman,’ Okonkwo asked himself, ‘you, who are known in all the nine villages for your valor in war? How can a man who has killed five men in battle fall to pieces because he has added a boy to their number? Okonkwo, you have become a woman indeed.'”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 8
   • “After such treatment it would think twice before coming again, unless it was one of the stubborn ones who returned, carrying the stamp of their mutilation–a missing finger or perhaps a dark line where the medicine man’s razor had cut them.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 9
   • “‘Beware Okonkwo!’ she warned. ‘Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!'”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 11

More Quotes:

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.  ~Mark Twain, “What Is Man?”, 1906

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.  ~John Lubbock

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.  ~James D. Miles

Today’s allusion:

Sheherezade

Today’s Words of the Day:

ambivalent

exegesis

germane

phlegmatic

Group Check-in:

Use FIGs to do a quick revie

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. Test on Heart of Darkness
   
3. Read some old HofD parodies?

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

Collect a Heart of Darkness journal of your choice

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. Find your copy of Things Fall Apart.
2. Read the Chinua Achedbe article “Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” (first one in the packet) and do an OJ in reaction to it.
3. Position paper

DAY 7 Hof D/TFA  MONDAY, March 24, 2014

Week 9 Day 1 Monday March 24, 2014–OLES  Heart/TFA day 7

 Wallies & Oles back together again TOMORROW! 

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    Today’s Things Fall Apart chapters 14-24 Quotes of the Day:

   • “It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, like learning to become left-handed in old age.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 14
   • “We have heard stories about white men who made the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 15
   • “Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 17
   • “The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 20
   • “Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messengers escape. They had broken into tumult instead of action. He discerned fright in that tumult. He heard voices asking: ‘Why did he do it?'”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 2
   • “It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, like learning to become left-handed in old age.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 14
   • “We have heard stories about white men who made the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 15
   • “Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 17
   • “The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 20
   • “Okonkwo stood looking at the dead man. He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messengers escape. They had broken into tumult instead of action. He discerned fright in that tumult. He heard voices asking: ‘Why did he do it?'”
     – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Ch. 24

• Today’s allusion:

• Skeleton in the Closet

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   Today’s Words of the Day:

   Words with no repeating letters

   • benthic
   • captious
   • guerdon
   • procumbent
   • inosculate

Today’s Words of the Day:

ambivalent

exegesis

germane

phlegmatic

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend
2. Use FIGs to do a quick revie
   

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. Test on Heart of Darkness
   
3. Read some old HofD parodies?

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

Collect a Heart of Darkness journal of your choice

HOMEWORK TONIGHT:

1. HAMLET OPENING ASSIGNMENT
   
2. Read the Chinua Achedbe article “Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” (first one in the packet) and do an OJ in reaction to it.
   

   

OVERFLOW

1. 1. 1. 

         ALLUSION TEST

         

         Today’s Words of the Day:

          Words with hidden animals

         • capricious
         • bucolic
         • cuckold
         • lyceum
         • jubilee

       HOLLOW MAN!

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      Click HERE for more art inspired by Eliot’s “The Hollow Men”

      

      

      

      

      

      “This is the way the world ends . . .  not in a bang but a whimper.”

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