Monday, September 23, 2013

Sept. - Oct. Syllabus


HORROR LITERATURE G BLOCK OCTOBER 2013

 


           
Tues., Sept. 24          Hand in and discuss college essays
HUBRIS IN HORROR LITERATURE
The story of Babel
            Beowulf – Grendel
                                    Diction and passive voice

Wed., Sept. 25           Punctuation review

Beowulf – Grendel’s Mom and the Dragon


Thurs., Sept. 26        MONSTER PRESENTATIONS
College essay idea 2 written down and submitted

Fri., Sept. 27              MONSTER PRESENTATIONS

Tues., Oct. 1              College Essay 2 due
ROMANTICISM AND THE GOTHIC – Powerpoint
                                     “The Masque of the Red Death,” Edgar Allen Poe
                                   
Wed., Oct. 2               “A Tell-Tale Heart”
WRITING UNIT II: The analytical essay
The difference between observation and idea

Thurs., Oct. 3                        “The Pit and the Pendulum”
                                    Developing the Thesis

Fri., Oct. 4                 “The Fall of the House of Usher”

Tues., Oct. 8              “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne
                                    Body Paragraphs, Transitional Topic Sentences

Wed., Oct. 9               Intro and concluding paragraphs
“The Monkey’s Paw”

Thurs., Oct. 10          Setting up quotations
                                    Hand out Frankenstein
Factoids: Who was Mary Shelley?

Tues., Oct. 15                        Factoid presentation
                                    Frank, chapters 1 – 4
                                   
Wed., Oct. 16             Hand out Frank Vocab List 1. Go over usage.
                                    Frankenstein 5 - 7
                                   
Thurs., Oct. 17          Frank 8 – 13
                                   
Fri., Oct. 18                14 – 16
                       

Tues., Oct. 22                        Frank Vocab quiz 1
                                    Hand out Frank Vocab list 2
17 – 19

Wed., Oct. 23             Frankenstein, 20 – 21
                                    Outside reading presentations

Thurs., Oct. 31          Finish outside reading presentations
Discuss end of novel
Frankenstein” movie             
                                    Hand out Frankenstein essay assignment

Mon., Nov. 4             End of Term I

Tues., Nov. 5             Outline for Frankenstein  essay due
                                    Frankenstein movie review due

 

Wed., Nov. 6              Vocab quiz 2
One-on-one for Frank essays
                                   

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