Teachers:
Use these plans and materials to help you build a Frankenstein unit (Gothic, Science Fiction, Romanticism, Brit Lit, 1818 Frankenstein). I am adding to and updating these pages and resources all the time!
Unit Calendar
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
| 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
| NO SCHOOL | Read Background Reading on Romanticism & Gothic Lit. (Take Notes)Read Poems 1 & 2HW: Read poems 1 & 2 (“Strange Fits…” and “She Walks…”). Choose one of the poems & complete one of the simple poetry charts for it | Chart Check (2 pts)Discuss poems 1 & 2HW: Read Poems 3 & 4 (& fill out a simple poetry chart for one) | Chart Check (2 pts)Passive VoiceDiscuss 3 & 4
HW: Read “Song of Myself” (& take notes however you like) |
Listen to 1-7 “Song of Myself” (Read by Mrs. Lamp)Discuss “Song of Myself” w/ small group & ask ?sHW: Read “Auguries of Innocence” & take notes |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Turn in 1-3 writing samples for your red folder (2 pts)Check notes over “Song of Myself” & “Auguries” (4 pts)Discuss “Auguries”
HW: Read “Tintern Abbey” |
Passive VoiceDiscuss “Tintern Abbey” | PV Practice 1In Class: Read/Listen to “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”HW: Take Notes & Answer the “Reflection Questions” | Check “Rime” Questions (2 pts)PV Practice 2Discuss “Rime” | QUIZ OVER ROMANTIC POETRYHW: Read the “Frankenstein Intro” on Canvas & take notes |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| NO SCHOOL | Discuss the Introductory ReadingGO OVER THE POETRY QUIZHW: Read pp. 51-63 and fill out the handout (Reading Questions + Chart) | PV Practice 3Discussion/NotesRead (pp. 64-88) | PV Practice 4Discussion/Notes
Read (pp. 88-110) |
PV Practice 5Discussion/Notes
Read (pp. 111-137) |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| PV Practice 6Discussion/NotesRead (pp. 137-160) | SNOW DAY | PV Practice 7Discussion/NotesRead (pp. 161-181) | Talked about morning prayer e.c. and the Junior Retreat permission slipsDiscussion/NotesRead (pp. 181-202) | PV Practice 8Discussion/NotesRead (pp. 202-221) |
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
| GRAMMAR QUIZ (10 POINTS)Discussion/NotesPass out Typed Essay Prompts (They’re also going to be on Canvas.) | Study/Work on Typed Essay | TIMED ESSAY (10 points) | Snow Day | THE JUNIOR RETREAT IS TO BE HELD ON 2/5 |
| 08 | 09 | |||
| 15 minutes: Vocab Games for E.C. (Quizlet)Work on Typed Essay(The typed essay is due Tuesday, 2/9 by the start of class, 10:15 AM. Note: We will submit our essays through Canvas AND on paper.) |
Romanticism
- Romanticism Background
English Romanticism
- Auguries_of Innocence, William Blake
- Tintern Abbey, William Wordsworth
- Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known, William Wordsworth
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- She Walks in Beauty, Lord Byron
- Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Ode on a Grecian Urn, John Keats
- To Autumn, John Keats
(Poems without links are featured in your poetry book)
American Romanticism
(Click titles to be linked to the poem online)
- Thanatopsis, William Cullen Bryant
- A Psalm of Life, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Last Leaf, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Song of Myself, Walt Whitman
- Each and All, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe
- Because I Could Not Stop for Death, Emily Dickinson
Additional Materials
- Enlightenment Info and Reading Suggestions / Supplemental reading for those interested in learning more about the Enlightenment period, referred to in the introductory text.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI1OeMmwYjU / Review video for those interested
- FULL TEXT: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (with line numbers and gloss)
- “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Audio Recording
Frankenstein (Novel)
Unit Packet
Additional Materials
- Frankenstein Modern Criticism Summary
- Teaching the Monster to Read
- Additional Sources
- 1818 Audio Book
- Prometheus Story
- Galvanism
- The Deserted Village Oliver Goldsmith
- Jerusalem William Blake
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