What genre is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein? Is it a gothic novel? A horror story? A work of science fiction? A tragedy? Is it a combination of these, or is it something else? Write a well-developed essay in which you propose an answer to this question.
If you use outside sources, you must cite them. Please do not plagiarize.
Due 2/26/16.
AP Book Club #1
If you use outside sources, you must cite them. Please do not plagiarize.
Due 2/26/16.
For the next several weeks, you will
use your time in English class to meet with your book club. This club will consist of three to five students who are all
reading and discussing the same novel.
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Each club must keep a work journal of
its daily activities. For each day you
meet, you must keep track of the following:
o
Group members who are present
o
What you accomplished during the
meeting
o
Your goals for the next meeting
o
Additionally, it is recommended that
you rotate the role of recording secretary.
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Your first act as a group should be to
determine each day’s reading assignment.
You may devote some class time to reading, but it must not exceed twenty minutes per period. Please make sure all group members have the
reading schedule.
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Each day, you will discuss your
reading. Take special note of how the
author draws attention to what is significant.
You will receive a Notice and Note
bookmark; please allow this to influence some of your discussion topics.
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Please keep a daily journal of your
reading, observations, ideas, conversations, and questions. This will be handed in at the conclusion of
this project.
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You will find several assignment topics
below. You will complete two of the
assignments below.
1.
Choose a symbol from your novel (an
object, a place, an idea) and analyze it.
Do not choose a symbol referenced on Sparknotes or any other online
cheating site.
2.
Choose a short passage—no more than a
page long—from your novel and perform a close reading of it. Analyze its connection to the novel’s themes.
3.
Write an essay in which you discuss
how the title relates to the book as a whole—or to a section of the book.
4.
Write about the significance of a
minor character.
5.
Trace the use of a particular word in
a section of your book. In what contexts
does it appear? How does it relate to a
theme of the book? The easiest way to
find individual words is to search an etext of your novel.
6.
Choose six quotations from your book
and analyze each one.
7.
Choose your own topic.
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Here are some important dates:
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March 4th: Assignment #1
due
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March 10th: Assignment #2
due
o
March 18th will be the last
day you meet in your clubs. On that day,
please hand in your personal journal and your club’s reading journal.
