Frank Essay and Precis Reminder

Hook  up to my post from last week and get your rhetorical "precis" of an article on medical ethics to me ASAP. Format Lesson:
Thanks!
Here is the schedule of when each part of the Frank Essay is due-- we are beginning Day Three again on Friday, as we had a lot of people unable to bring their rough drafts today.
Frank Process Essay

Frankenstein and Medical Ethics

Read the article about the Ashley Treatment, making notes and highlighting issues along the way. Then follow the directions below as you explore our modern version of Frankenstein's dilemma.

Medical Ethics Assignment:

1- Find an article of  respectable length, of personal interest, from a reliable source (print or electronic), that deals with some aspect of ethics/morality and modern science/medicine.  
2- Follow this link to a document that will explain how to write a “precis” about your article, then write one based on the model you find on this site.
3- Bring a copy of your precis along with your comments to class-- we will share information, discuss, and write a paper that relates our favorite Victorian monster and his creator to the moral/ethical problems created by today’s scientific realities.

Due Monday, November 5th

Working Our Way Through Frank

We had a couple of writing quizzes and some great discussion about Frankenstein--fun Times!

We took a stern look at the poem, "Elegy for Jane" by Theodore Roethke-- searching for meaning through seeing how tone-- Formal and Respectful-- contrasts with Word Choice (diction): which shows the speaker's ATtItUdE-- and reveals his true feelings in the fine print of the poem.
Please continue to read along, Mark up Your Text with all kinds of things you notice--fill out your Major Works Data Sheet for Jane Eyre and be ready to write an amazing essay next week---Oh, yeah!
Mrs. E

Last Week of Jane the Eyre--ee and on to the truly Eerie: Fankie!

Romantics be glad-- we have another Gothic novel on tap.  Frankenstein is a much shorter work, but very full of the high drama and "Emo" attitudes we have come to know and love, via Charlotte Bronte and Jane, herself.  Here is a link to the reading schedule-- we keep strictly to this schedule and there will in-class writings almost daily that will depend upon your having read the material.  Enjoy this romantic, Gothic, Victorian, scary read.

Really working on getting inside those dense poems!

Here is a link to the poem we looked at today that makes a whole new message about beauty-- one that I'm sure never entered Keats's mind! Barbie Doll  and Mirror along with a couple of other poems we will use later.
Glossary Reminder: Please only turn in entries on Thursdays.
APH Essay Outline: Please bring in your revised outline-- if I asked you to revise it-- on Monday.
Reading goal by Monday: Finished with Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre.
Have a great weekend!

Reading Update

Read Jane Eyre!  Okay-- a few more details:

Quiz on Thursday, October 4th if you need to make the first one up-- be done with Chapter 15 by then.

Two chapters a day, that's all we ask!  Easy reading schedule put us finished with Chapter 17 by Friday of this week and up through Chapter 23 by Monday--Mondays are my favorite Quiz days--just thinking aloud here.

Enjoy!

More Poetry Tools!!!!!

We went over a very thoroght guide for evaluation poetry in class today-- Wednesday, October 3rd
Investigation Poetry Guide
Investigation Poetry Form
Poem to investigate (Just do the Keats Poem-- we will compare it with the other on a later assignment.
Have most excellent fun!