Week 7

We missed our athletes who were playing in the tournament today!  I hope you all were victorious.  We finished up our discussion of Frankenstein this afternoon, and discussed the Byronic hero archetype.  You can get an idea of what we learned by clicking on the picture of Lord Byron to the right.  Please read over these notes if you missed the discussion.  The term "byronic hero" is likely resurface.  We also learned litotes (a new trope) so you'll want to watch that video.  The worksheet is pretty self explanatory.

Writing Assignments:

• Litotes worksheet
• Essay on Rime of the Ancient Mariner.  Include litotes and hyperbole for your tropes. Choose your own schemes.

Reading Assignments

• Aristotle chapter 18
• Survey Huckleberry Finn - write 10 things you notice in the back cover
• Read chapters 1 - 9 Huckleberry Finn

*Aaron has Huckleberry Finn books for Walker and the Meine family

Week 6

Reading Assignments:

• Finish Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde this week
• Read Romans 7.  List similarities between the state of man that Paul describes with the story of Jeckyl and Hyde.

Writing Assignments:

• Hyperbole worksheet (pages 201-204)
• Complete a story chart for either Frankenstein or Jekyll and Hyde
• If you need to redo your "Strengthening the Proof" worksheet based on our class discussion, do that this week.  Feel free to add to your outline if you discover ways to improve the content of your essay as you complete the worksheet.
• Optional: begin work on your Rime of the Ancient Mariner essay. It will be due March 5th.

Week 5

No class next week.  Our next class date will be February 19th.

Keep reading Romans chapter 7!  I can't overemphasize the relevance of this passage from Paul's epistle to the themes we'll be dealing with in our discussion of Frankenstein and Jeckyll and Hyde.  As you read Romans this week, consider carefully what Paul is saying about the condition of mankind after the fall.  Here are some important questions to think about:

What did the fall do to our nature?
What is our condition before we are united with Christ?
Which monster (Stevenson's or Shelley's) best  illustrates the condition of fallen humanity?
How does our condition change once we are saved?

See if you can find the verse where Paul transitions from describing his condition as a lost man to describing his condition as a redeemed man.  Hint - watch the verb tenses!

Reading for this week:

• Aristotle chapter 17
• Romans 7
• Section 4 of the Monster-mester schedule

Writing:

• Strengthening the Proof: complete 1 worksheet for each of your main proofs.  Consider your sub proofs as the evidence given for the main proof.  Modify or change your proofs as you find ways to strengthen them.
• Create your outline from template 7

Week 4

I have posted our class calendar.  Click on the calendar picture to the right to view our class day schedule for the remainder of the semester.  We will not have class on Feb 12th due to a CiRCE event I'm attending in Ft. Worth.

Reading

• Romans 7 (read twice if you didn't read it last week)
• Frankenstein chapters 11 - 15
• Jeckyll and Hyde - Through "The Last Night" section (see reading schedule)

*Remember that for Frankenstein you need to write a title for each chapter and list a few key events in the upper margin at the beginning of the chapter.

Writing

• Sort your Rime of the Ancient Mariner ANI