English 4
Dr. Murphy
Curriculum Schedule/ Frankenstein Reading Schedule
REVISED: 11/30
Note: In addition to remaining faithful to this curriculum, please keep competent class and reading notes on this novel, as your semester final will derive, in part, from both your reading and our discussion of this text. Also, as always, I reserve the right to quiz you, without prior notice, as we journey through this excellent, if downright freaky, classic of English Literature.
11/6Receive syllabus. Discuss “Franken” associations/FrankenClips (in class—1931 and YF 2); Homework: Read Author’s Introduction (v-x); Read “Letters” (pp.1-14) and Chapter 1 and 2.
11/10 Vocabulary 11; Discuss “Letters” and the ever-shifting narrative perspective; Finish CE Rough Drafts.
11/11-12 Note: Veteran’s Day (Show your appreciation and gratitude to a veteran. Deepen your understanding of geopolitics.)College Essays: Peer Editing day; discuss chapters 1 and 2. Homework (due 11/13): Finish/type CE (Final Version); Read Chapter 3.
11/13Begin discussion of Mary Shelley’s most interesting biography. Receive Enlightenment/Romanticism packet; Discuss Map/Frankengeography; Discuss difference between “interpretive” and “objective” questions; Homework (due 11/17): Read 4-8; type 3 objective questions and 2 interpretive questions (will check for credit); research Godwin, Wollstonecraft, and PB Shelley.
11/16 Vocabulary 12; SSR with Brahms and Liszt.
11/17Seminar (Chapters 3-8); Romantic Poetry; Homework (due 11/18-19): Read 9-10.
11/18-19 Discuss the Gothic; Listen to Beethoven; Survey visual/cultural/cinematic depictions of the Gothic (YF Part 1, etc.)Romantic Poetry; Homework (due 11/20): Read Chapters 11-12
11/20Discuss 11-12; DiscussEnlightenment/Romanticism packet (Prometheus);Homework(due 11/23): Read Chapters 13-15; Select and explicate three (3) notable quotes from chaps. 11-15 (write and cite these quotes; type this assignment.)
11/23 Vocabulary Test (10-12); Vocabulary 13; Collect quote/explication homework; SSR; Homework (due 12/1): Read Chapters 16-21
11/24SSR; Frankenloosends.
11/25-30 Thanksgiving Break—Turkey Bowl, family pig-out with possible “issues” session; Naps all-around; Revitalize thyself in general; buy a Christmas gift for your favorite English teacher.
11/30 Vocabulary 14; SSR;Homework (due 12/2-3)
12/1Discuss The Modern Prometheus and The Education of Frankenjunior; Homework: read 16-21
12/2-3 Discuss 16-21; Frankenclips; Homework: Finish the novel
12/4 Frankenstein: Last Chapters...
12/7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; Vocabulary 15; Receive Take Home Essay Topics; Receive extra credit opportunity
12/8-11 Frankenethics: A Workshop
12/14Review for Final:
Your Semester final includes the following:
1)Vocabulary 1-15
2)Frankenstein, Romanticism, Rationalism, and the Gothic
3)Romantic Poetry
Note: This Syllabus is subject to change.