January 30, 2017 - February 3, 2017 Weekly Schedule: Frankenstein and Romantic Poets

Monday, January 30th:
Went over the answers to "The Race"
Analyzed strategies in answering questions
Work on Crime and Punishment essays

Tuesday, January 31st: 
Read and discuss Mary Shelley's biography
For homework: Read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 
Work on Crime and Punishment essays

Wednesday, February 1st: 
 
Passed out the Romantics Packet
Went over “Things to Consider When Reading Frankenstein”
Discussion of Gothic and Romantic Literature
Read the biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley
For tonight: Read Frankenstein, the Letters, up to Chapter One.
Write down on a sheet of a paper
1.     What I Know About Gothic Literature
2.     What I Don’t know About Gothic Literature
3.     What I Would Like to Know About Gothic Literature  (“I don’t want to know anything about Gothic Literature” or “I Don’t Care” – is not an option)


Thursday, February 2nd: 
Read "Ozymandias"
Analyzed 
Read the biography of Lord Byron 
Read and analyzed "When We Two Parted" 
For homework: Continue reading Frankenstein

Friday, February 3rd: 

 Pass out and read the biography of John Keats
Pass out and read "The Guide to Reading a Poem"
Watch a short video about John Keats 
Pass out and read "Bright Star
Using the following questions, analyze John Keats' poem "Bright Star".

 
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1.     Find the apostrophe in “Bright Star”?  What is the purpose of the apostrophe?
2.     Find the spondee? Why is it being used?
3.     What is the purpose of the dash at the end of the line?
4.     What is the exception that he poses in line 2?
5.     Identify the simile. What is the purpose of the simile?
6.     What is the allusion being used? Why did Keats choose this reference?
7.     What is the religious ritual referenced in the poem? Why would he choose a religious ritual to express romantic longing?
8.     From whose perspective are lines 2 through 6 written?
9.     Where does the turning point or contradiction occur in the poem?
10. What is his dearest wish?
11. What are the examples of figurative language used in lines 10 – 11?
12. What is the oxymoron or contradictory image used in line 12?
13. Why does  John Keats repeat “Still, still” in line fourteen?
14. What is the last wish he has in the last line? Why does he wish it?
15. What kind of poem is it?

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 Looking ahead:
In class writing assignment: Compare and Contrast essay on "Bright Star" by John Keats and "Something Like a Star" by Robert Frost. 




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