TODAY IN CLASS
We used the "bookmarks" to start organizing how specific thematic springboards operate in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. The hardest part, actually, was to limit your thinking to how these topics affect the letters and first four chapters only, vs the rest of the book. Coverage was uneven, since discussion sprawled a bit from who said what first, but the idea is clear: make sure you understand how all of these concepts (except for Justice) are incorporated into the first section of the book.
We're tracking the following thematic ideas: Nature, Education, Parents/Children, Destiny, Justice, Knowledge, Friendship/Companionship.
Special note to 3rd: Look carefully at the last three paragraphs of Ch. 2 for the fuller explanation of how/why the tree blasted by lightening and the visiting "man of great research in natural philosophy" ALMOST but did not succeed in changing the immutable laws of destiny. (Class discussion was pretty shaky on this.)
An unnecessary crutch now, but potentially useful as you're reviewing next semester; without the Letters sections, Frankenstein is an incomplete story, and nearly any AP-worthy response needs to have firm command of them as well as of the usual "story" that begins with Ch. 1:
Notes on the Opening Letters
FOR TOMORROW
Not as to-be-turned-in homework, but as a self-check review of reading that might have been done on a plane, on a beach, or on a short break between the games or activities that occupied your time . . .
Frankenstein Review Questions Ch.1-10
Make sure that you're absolutely secure in the "what happens" as well as some of the (limited) critical thinking questions here, especially for Ch. 5-10, which we did not touch on today. Think through how the thematic ideas are significant in this part as well.
(If you haven't finished the book for whatever reason, just keep reading. Things will pile up badly if you are not absolutely finished by Wednesday.)
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