Listen to the following NPR report and
identify facts, opinions, and what effect they
have on the story.
Homework
• Journals will be checked and there will
be a quiz Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1-2
of Frankenstein tomorrow (you’re
welcome)
• Journals will be checked and there will
be a Chapters 3-6 of Frankenstein
Friday.
Journaling
What do I want you to write?
•Do not summarize the text! Reflect on what YOU
feel about the text.
•Focus on the subtext: what is the author hinting
at but not flat-out saying?
•Elements to comment on: setting, characters,
plot (Freytag’s), style (point-of-view, tone, mood,
sound devices, figurative language, symbols,
theme), and how all affect the story.
About how much do I want you to write?
•½ page for a book chapter
( Journals must be written in complete sentences. )
STACK YOUR STUDENT COMPACTS ON MY
DESK!!!
DO NOT MOVE YOUR REMOTES!!!!
Using the context clues in the sentence below,
compose a definition for ameliorate.
After upsetting his mom by forgetting to take out
the garbage again, Max washed the dishes in
attempt to ameliorate his mom’s mood.
Ameliorate-to improve or make (something bad
or unsatisfactory) better.
CPS Time!
Announcements/Reminders
•Tomorrow my class will be held in room
D113 (Buehler)
th
th
•5 and 7 period, remember that Thursday
and Friday we will report to the Computer
Lab in room 108.
•The presidential debate is tonight from 89:30; no extra credit opportunity, but I hope
you watch it.
Context Clue Words
Each group will receive 2 words
from Frankenstein that they must
compose a complete definition
using the surrounding context
clues or by any means necessary
and write a new, complete sample
sentence using the term.
1.His limbs were nearly frozen, and his body
dreadfully emaciated by fatigue and suffering.
2.These visions faded when I perused, for the first
time, those poets whose effusions entranced my
soul and lifted it to heaven.
3.His whole countenance is lighted up, as it were,
with a beam of benevolence and sweetness that I
never saw equaled.
4.You have been tutored and refined by books and
retirement from the world, and you are therefore
somewhat fastidious.
5.Listen to my history, and you will perceive how
irrevocably [my destiny] is determined.
6. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity
and indefatigable attention to public business.
7. While the number of half-clothed children gathered about
[a poor cottage] spoke of penury in its worst shape.
8. When my father returned from Milan, he found playing
with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured
cherub.
9. Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated
disposition; but, with all my ardour, I was capable of a more
intense application and was more deeply smitten with the
thirst for knowledge.
10. It was my temper to avoid a crowd and to attach myself
fervently to a few.
Now, let’s hear our examples from each
group.
During the next activity, I will be coming
around to check your journals.
Please flip through your journal as I
walk by to receive credit.
Compose a headline that might accompany an article using
this photograph.
Announcements/Reminders
•Journals will be checked and there will
be a quiz on Chapters 3-6 of Frankenstein
Friday.
•Anyone interested in ACT tutoring,
should sign up with me by Monday.
Characterization
•Characterization is the process by which
the writer reveals the personality of a
character.
•Characterization is revealed through direct
characterization and indirect
characterization.
Characterization
Direct Characterization
the author/narrator TELLS the audience
what the personality of the character is.
Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were
both well mannered and did not disobey their
mother.”
Explanation: The author is directly telling the
audience the personality of these two children.
The boy is “patient” and the girl is “quiet.”
Characterization
Indirect Characterization
the author/narrator SHOWS things
that reveal the personality of a character.
There are five different methods of indirect
characterization: Speech, Thoughts,
Effects, Actions, and Looks.
Indirect Characterization
Speech - What does the character say?
How does the character speak?
Thoughts - What is revealed through the
character’s private thoughts and feelings?
Effect - What is revealed through the
character’s effect on other characters?
Actions - What does the character do? How
does the character behave?
Looks - What does the character look like?
How does the character dress?
Both direct and indirect characterization reveal
qualities or characteristics of a character known as
traits.
Description: a character who is easily angered, yells,
or often has a scowl on his or her face
Traits: mean or temperamental
Description: a character who often worries about
others or commits charitable acts
Traits: kind or considerate
Description: a ship’s captain writes to his sister that he
desperately needs a friend.
Trait: lonely (you might want to write that one on the
character chart)
Interpret this political cartoon.
Bell Work
Watch the following local news
segment and identify the type of
propaganda the candidate attempted
to use.
Al Kapone’s Rap Video for
George Flinn Made ‘Private’
Bell Work
What type of propaganda did the candidate attempt
to use through Al Kapone’s song and video?
Testimonial propaganda What’s that?
• Testimonial is a type of propaganda when a
celebrity or expert endorses, approves, or is the
spokesperson for a product or campaign.
• The intention of this propaganda technique is for
the audience to buy the product based on the
approval of this public voice they trust.
• Michael Jordan endorses: batteries, hotdogs,
underwear, etc. He’s famous and likeable, but
what does Michael Jordan know about batteries?
Bell Work
Why would Flinn use testimonial endorsement
from Al Kapone?
Al Kapone’s song and video of course shows his
support for Flinn, but who else did they attempt
to use in the video and how did that create
problems?
Why is that a problem?
CPS Time!
Announcements/Reminders
•Journals will be checked and there will
be a quiz on Chapters 10-13 of
Frankenstein on Thursday.
•Tonight is the final presidential debate
from 8-9:30 p.m. The topics will mostly be
on foreign policy, so expect further
discussion of the Benghazi attack.
•Don’t forget the Governor’s School
deadlines, which that information can be
found on my website.
Bell Work
What type of propaganda is used in the
following poster?
• Bandwagon is an appeal to the audience to
follow the crowd, to join in because others are
doing so as well.
• Bandwagon propaganda often uses phrases like,
“Don’t be the last to get it” and “Everyone else is
doing it.”
• Bandwagon propaganda uses the idea of
popularity and the appearance of a winning side
to make the consumer scared they’ll be left
behind by the crowd.
Announcements/Reminders
•Journals will be checked and there will
be a quiz on Chapters 10-13 of
Frankenstein on Thursday.
•Don’t forget the Governor’s School
deadlines, which that information can be
found on my website.
•ACT tutoring began this week, my
sessions are Monday and Friday 2:304:00 (approximately).
Frankenstein
Quick Write:
For the next 5 minutes, as I come around to check
your journals, I want you to write a response to the
following prompt.
Frankenstein is considered the first science-fiction
novel because of the imagery of the mad scientist
toiling in his laboratory to create life from the body
parts of corpses.
Write a summary updating the sci-fi aspects of
Frankenstein. Modernize or futurize the science of
the story and predict how the events in the story
may play out differently as a result. Be creative!
Frankenstein
• Take out your journals, notes, and character
maps.
• Where are we on our character maps? Do we
need to recap on any characters?
• Do we need to summarize a confusing part of the
plot?
• Do you notice any characters, descriptions,
quotes, or other story elements that could be
thematically important?
Frankenstein
• Two important literary devices we've seen so far in
the text: allusion and foreshadowing.
• What is an allusion (not illusion)?
• An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a
reference to, or a representation of, people, places,
events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either
directly or by implication.
• What does that mean?
• In a story when the narrator/author mentions an
important literary or historical person, event, or work.
Frankenstein
• What allusion is made in the opening of the book?
• I am going to unexplored regions, to "the land of mist
and snow," but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do
not be alarmed for my safety or if I should come back
to you as worn and woeful as the "Ancient Mariner."
You will smile at my allusion, but I will disclose a
secret. I have often attributed my attachment to, my
passionate enthusiasm for, the dangerous mysteries
of ocean to that production of the most imaginative of
modern poets.
• What is the significance of this allusion? What does it
mean?
Frankenstein
• This allusion is to Samuel Coleridge's poem "The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
• This poem describes a sailor's tragic journey in which
an albatross (a great sea bird) follows a ship of men
along its voyage, apparently bringing it good luck
until the sailor shoots the bird with a crossbow, killing
it. Following this, the wind ceases to blow, stranding
the ship at sea; the sailor's shipmates blame him for
this and tie the dead albatross to his neck as
punishment.
Frankenstein
"Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung."
Frankenstein
So why does Shelley have Walton make this reference?
For me, the image of the ancient mariner does three
things:
• It shows Walton is well read and has been heavily
influenced by literature (indirect characterization);
traits- intelligent.
• It expresses Walton's sense of caution, as he knows
the lesson that the sea can be unpredictable and
unforgiving as the Ancient Mariner learned (indirect
characterization); traits- cautious.
• It introduces a thematic element: the mariner literally
tied to the albatross suggests that another character
may also be bound to their actions/mistakes.
Theme
Theme is the central idea or insight revealed by a
work of literature. It is a complex, universal lesson
that readers must conclude for themselves.
Step 1: Pay attention to the main character’s actions
and to the conflict.
Step 2: Use at least one complete sentence to state
the theme.
Step 3: Express the theme as a generalization
about life or human nature. Do not refer to specific
characters or events in the work.
Step 4: Remember that there’s more than one way
to state a story’s theme.
Theme
Now, using notes, journals, returned papers, etc.
compose a conclusive theme for one of your two
previous texts. The theme should be summed up in
one sentence with 4-5 additional sentences
supporting your claim with logical argumentation
or evidence from the text.
Pre-AP: A Gathering of Old Men OR The Color of
Water
Honors: The Glass Castle OR The Hunger Games
Interpret this political cartoon.
Here’s the original photo it is parodying.
Announcements/Reminders
•Journals will be checked and there will
be a quiz on Chapters 14-18 of
Frankenstein on Tuesday.
•Don’t forget the Governor’s School
deadlines, which that information can be
found on my website.
•Tonight’s game against White Station is
the final home game of the football
season: come support the Warriors!
Frankenstein
• What is foreshadowing?
• Also known as adumbrating, it is a literary device
in which an author indistinctly suggests certain
plot developments that will come later in the story.
• What does that mean?
• In a story when the narrator/author hints at
something that will happen later. Think of it as a
clue or a subtle setup for an event that will play out
later.
Frankenstein
What instances of foreshadowing are made in the
opening of the book?
We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by
dogs, pass on towards the north, at the distance of half a
mile; a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of
gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs. We
watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our
telescopes until he was lost among the distant inequalities of
the ice. This appearance excited our unqualified wonder. We
were, as we believed, many hundred miles from any land; but
this apparition seemed to denote that it was not, in reality, so
distant as we had supposed.
This moment is emphasized to the reader by the rescued
man’s strong reaction when Walton describes the figure.
Frankenstein
How is this foreshadowing? What event(s) do
you think it might be hinting at?
• The unusual appearance of the strange
figure, described as an "apparition" by
Walton and the rescued man’s reaction
suggests something inhuman,
foreshadowing a supernatural being that
plays some importance in the rescued
man’s story.
Frankenstein
What about symbols?
Suggestions:
lightning/storms
science
children/parents
the monster itself
What might these represent?
Frankenstein
Let’s have an open discussion of the novel.
Which characters, quotes, or scenes have
you investigated on your own or would like to
discuss with the class?
Keep in mind that we’re looking below the
surface. What can we dig up and analyze?