Hyde School Unit Plan
Course: Sophomore English, Mr. Sataloff
Year: 2010-2011, Winter
Lesson
Topics (WHAT)
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Intro, Mary Shelley
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Intro, Frankenstein
Unit: Frankenstein
Number Of Days: ~38
Readings and
Resources Required
Mary Shelley Intro
Learning Objectives and/or Tasks to be
Completed
-Read aloud in class p. i – Frankenstein, discuss
Read aloud in class Chronology and Introduction
p.vii–xiii - discuss
Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
OPEN BOOK Quiz; Mary Shelley’s Life up to…
Read aloud “Gothic Fiction” – (take notes)
Begin reading aloud Modern Prometheus (article)
Frankenstein: Introduction, p. 5-10 and
Preface p. 11-12 – discuss (they take notes)
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Multiple Choice Ques.
Quiz, p.21,22
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Frankenstein
Evaluation/Homework
-Read Mary Shelleys Life up
to….p. xiv-xxiii
Highlight important parts! Quiz
next class
-Read rest of Intro, Preface and
Letter I- p. 1-18
Do Intro/Pre/Letters section on
study guide, #1- 7
Warm up: From the intro: How did Mary Shelley
say she passes time as a child? (write) Later in
life, what did Percy want her to do? (write) Why?
(to judge if she was promising writer)
-Discuss Study Guide Questions 1-7 as a class
Read aloud letter 1
Warm up: how are themes (below) shown in
letters 2 and 4?
Discuss 8-10 Study Guide Questions as a class
Give Multiple Choice Ques. Quiz, p.21,22
Talk about themes: Loneliness (Walton has no
friends, Letter 2) Isolation (stuck in ice, Frank is
silent, Walton keeps other sailors away: Letter 4)
Read aloud letters 2-4
-Read letters 2-4
Do Intro/Pre/Letters section on
study guide, #8-10
Quiz on Intro/Pre/Letters
section on study guide, next
class
-Read Chapter 1-3, p. 33-50.
Answer study guide ques #1-6
Warm up: How is life for Eliz different than life
-Read Chapters 4-5, p. 51-64
Study Guide Questions
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Multiple Choice Ques.
Quiz, p.23,24
Writing assign 1
Frankenstein
Writing assign 1
Study Guide Questions
for Victor – or any other man? (she stays home)
Discuss theme– Vol 1 ch 3-5 p. 6 (summaries
/analysis)foreshadowing, light=knowledge,
dangerous at high levels fire, theme of secrecy
monster = inescapable,could appear any moment
Discuss 1-6 Study Guide Questions as a class
Read aloud p. 35 (last para)-50
Discuss 7-10 Study Guide Questions as a class
Take 5 min to review Ch 1-5 study ques
- Give Multiple Choice Ques. Quiz, p.23,24
Read aloud Chapter 5 (p 58-64)
Go over writing project
Take out drafts – peer edit and discuss
After revising, they type paper
Answer study guide ques 7-10
-Read chapter 7-8 and Vol 2
chapter 1 , p. 73-98
Answer study guide ques 3-10
Due Friday-Quiz Friday!
Writing assignment 2 (p. 64)
Have Draft ready for Monday
handwritten ONLY
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Frankenstein
Turn in papers – read aloud some?
Discuss 1-2 Study Guide Questions as a class
Read aloud ch 7
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Discuss 3-10 Study Guide Questions as a class
Discuss theme of nature/Romantics – Vol 2 ch 1
(summaries/analysis) p. 10
(?) Take 5 min to review Ch 6-9 study ques
- Give Multiple Choice Ques. Quiz, p.25,26
Go over writing project
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Multiple Choice Ques.
Quiz, p.25,26
Writing assign 2
Chapter summaries /
analysis
Frankenstein
Writing assign 2
Study Guide Questions
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
-Quiz?
Take out drafts – they do “prompt” on Writing
assign 2 worksheet
After revising, they type paper
- Turn in papers – read aloud some?
Discuss 1-3 Study Guide Questions as a class
- 9 Sentence paragraph first
draft
-Read Chapter 6, p. 65-72
Answer study guide ques 1,2
Finish paper
-Finish paper
Read Volume 2, Ch 2,
Answer study guide ques 1-3
Class presentations: due
Thursday (rehearsal)
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Frankenstein
Read aloud V2 ch 2
Prepare for class presentations
-Class presentations-practice
Final presentation: Friday
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Frankenstein
- Class presentations
None
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
-Read aloud Vol 2 Ch 3-4 (p. 105-129)
Finish for homework
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- Discuss 4-10 Study Guide Questions as a class
Discuss themes of Vol 2 Ch 3,4,5,6, p13 & 15
(summaries/analysis) Knowledge = danger and
isolation because of “otherness”
Quiz p. 27, 28
Read aloud, Chapter 7 and go over #1
Read aloud Ch 8
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Chapter summaries /
analysis
Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
- Give Multiple Choice
Ques. Quiz, p.27,28
Frankenstein
Finish reading V2 Ch 3-4
Answer study guide ques 4-8
(Ch 10-15)
Read Ch 7,
Do #1 – study question
Quiz on Ch 2-6 tomorrow
Review Ch 7-9
Questions 2-8, Study questions
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Go over question Ch 16-20, # 2-8
Read aloud Ch 1 (Vol 3)
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Study Guide Questions
- Give Multiple Choice
Ques. Quiz, p.29, 30
Read aloud, Chapter 3, Vol 3
Discuss Ch 16-20 # 9-10 Study Guide Questions
as a class and review
- Give Multiple Choice Ques. Quiz, p.29, 30
Read Vol 3, Chapters 1-3
Do study ques Ch 16-20,
#9-10—Quiz
Read Vol 3, Ch 4
Do study ques Ch 21-24 # 1,2
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Go over study ques Ch 21-24 # 1,2
Read aloud Chapter 5, p. 189-
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Frankenstein
Study Guide Questions
Chapter summaries /
Go over study ques Ch 21-24 # 3-8
Discuss themes of Vol 3 Ch 4-6, p23
(summaries/analysis) Monster destroys V fam to
Prepare
Read Ch 8-9
Questions 2-8, Study questions
Read Vol 3, Ch 6,7 (p 198-212not Walton -continuation)
Do study ques Ch 21-24 # 3-8
Finish novel (to p 225)
Do study ques Ch 21-24# 9,10
analysis
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-Study Guide Questions
-Chapter summaries /
analysis
-Analysis (for end of
novel)
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Frankenstein
Multiple Choice Ques.
Quiz, p.31,32
Frankenstein film-1931
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Frankenstein film-1931
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Bride of Frankenstein
film
Final writing project:
2 articles Hellum:
Literature Literary
analysis: The import….
(see Homework -->)
Frankenstein
make him alone too, Murder of E = climax. Victor
becomes monster, dehumanized, living for hatred
only”
Read aloud Chapter 7, p.205Finish reading aloud Ch 7
Quiz next class-study Ques
Discuss Ch 21-24 Study Guide Questions as a
chapters 21-24
class and review
Discuss themes of Vol 3 Ch 7, p. 25
(summaries/analysis) Victor is inhuman now
utterly alone, allusions to hell, Satan. Monster
thinks himself martyred hero, W and F thinks
monster is a brute. Frank becomes the monster.
ALSO review “Analysis” and Mod Prometheus
Give Multiple Choice Ques. Quiz, p.31,32
Watch film – take notes during screening to
compare contrast book and film
Watch film – take notes during screening to
compare contrast book and film
Watch film – take notes during screening to
compare contrast book and film
Introduce final writing project-analytical essay
Article discussion
-What did the authors do well?
-What did they not do well?
-What was the main point of the arguments?
-How are they the same/different?
Begin work on final paper:
Read 2 articles Hellum:
Literature Literary analysis:
The importance of setting in
Mary Shelley’s“Frankenstein”
by Jack Bates and John Devera
-Think of a theme that you
relate to in the novel and write a
short proposal that marks what
you want to look into a little
more
-Come up with two quotes and
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Concept of themes-What are the themes that these authors wrote
about?
-Why do we write about themes? How does the
book connect to ourselves?
two outside sources to use
Work on Literary Analysis
Paper
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-Homework check, make sure they understand the
themes concepts
-Assign paper (3-5 Pages, 3 outside sources and 3
quotes from book in MLA format)
Work on Literary Analysis Paper
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-Frankenstein
Work on Literary Analysis Paper
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Work on Literary Analysis Paper
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Young Frankenstein
film
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Final exam
Turn in rough drafts and final draft of papers
Watch film – take notes during screening to
compare contrast book and film
Young Frankenstein
Watch film – take notes during screening to
film
compare contrast book and film
Young Frankenstein
Watch film – take notes during screening to
film
compare contrast book and film
Study sheet - final exam Some students present their “arguments” to class
Go over study sheet for final exam
Frankenstein
Finish: students present their “arguments” to class
Go over questions about final exam
Final exam
Work on Literary Analysis
Paper
Work on Literary Analysis
Paper
Work on Literary Analysis
Paper
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