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Friday, April 26, 2013

Homework: April 26

English 12
  • You have two tasks this weekend, both involving Chapter 17 of Frankenstein.
    • Task 1: Fill in the chart that we developed at the end of class on Friday. It asks you to talk about the arguments for and against Victor's creating a lady friend. 
    • Task 2: Complete the "emotion timeline" that we started on that bluish-green piece of paper. Your going to work through chapter 17, and chart out how Victor's emotions fluctuate. We'll carry this chart through to the end of the story.
Honors English 11
  • Today in class, we had some great conversations about the poem "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot. We talked about imagery, themes, and ideas that are similar in "Prufrock" and The Great Gatsby
  • Your homework is to write an analytical paragraph in which you make an analytical connection between the two texts in the topic statement, then develop that statement with proof and analysis from both "Prufrock" and Gatsby.
  • Here's a recording of Anthony Hopkins reading "Prufrock"--he's the guy who played Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, so try not to get too creeped out: 

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