Several things: Look at the array here, the time lines given, and decide what you need to do tonight.  For sure in class tomorrow we will work with Paradise Lost, but quite frankly, that is the one thing you really CAN'T go ahead with tonight.  But I suggest you don't completely


Frankenstein
1) Here is a one-page summary of Sorrows of Werter .  Read this and consider why Mary Shelley might have chosen to include it in the portmanteau of books that the Creature finds.

2) Here's a map of Europe.  By Wednesday, draw two big loops on this map that show both Frankenstein's journey--with Clerval and then where he goes on his own--as well as the route that Frankenstein follows as he tries to chase the Creature down.  Label specific points that are mentioned in the book. (Although Tartary will be "off the map" to the east, you can run it along the edge of what you've got.)   Political Map of Europe

Frankenstein and Heart of Darkness
3) Upcoming quiz:  Friday, Jan. 16
An objective quiz over BOTH Heart of Darkness and Frankenstein.  Expect a range of objective questions--multiple choice, matching, perhaps a handful of flat-out answers.   This quiz will serve as one facet of your review for the 1st semester final exam.

Paradise Lost--for its connections to Frankenstein as well as for Milton's style, 17th century language, features of formal epic poetry, and immersion in blank verse [= unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter].
4) Paradise Lost--We'll look briefly at the "answer" for today's grammatical structure tomorrow, but you'll get the packet for the first 270 lines and mostly start afresh.  On Wednesday you'll receive a second packet, with short excerpts from Books 3, 4, and 9.

A Doll's House
Review /finish Act I.  Short discussion with part of Wednesday.
Read Act II for Thursday.
Read Act III and complete some discussion questions (available on Thursday this week) for Tuesday, 1/20.

What about The Awakening??
Be reading it.  But there is no way to include it on the exam.  I never planned to talk about it much, or at great length, but we can't not deal with it at all. This book is only 155 pages long in my paperback edition ("your mileage may vary").  Have at least 2/3 of it read by Monday, Jan. 26, and the rest by that Wednesday (the 28).  Those 3 days will be the discussion time for this book.  You'll get a significant comparison/contrast assignment on Tuesday (with A Doll's House), and the first draft for that will be due on Wednesday, Feb. 4.  Final draft due on Monday, Feb. 9.