TODAY IN CLASS
Ballad structure; what was "throwback" about Coleridge's "new" style in Lyrical Ballads? We looked at "Sir Patrick Spens," examined some ballad features, and looked at just a few sample stanzas of Rime.

But I pointed out that formative feedback had revealed some significant gaps/vague understanding/a few downright wrong ideas in the understanding of the later part of Frankenstein. Please understand that this comment does not apply to everyone--yet there seems to be a tipping point that needs to be addressed.

The blog post for Feb. 12, the Wednesday before break, had urged students to look at the guiding questions for the last part of Frankenstein. Here is the link again:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxigzimXmDnvZDl0Z2NNZ0IxTUk/edit

SO FOR TOMORROW
Please print these out, or if you'd really rather to keep the link open, that's okay.  Pick up with Chapter 17=---after the Creature stops talking. If you read through these and feel--as some of you might--that you're absolutely on top of this and know the material well, that's wonderful.  You're golden.  But if you don't, well, this is part of studying novels for AP.  You need to know the details.  So use the guide as what it is:  find and jot down what is being asked along the way.  I never intended for AP students to write out study question answers for Frankenstein, but that's because it's essentially easy enough that I didn't think it was necessary. I am still not going to require written answers, but I DO expect you to have fairly certain knowledge about the way this ends tomorrow.

A few people thought the next poetry terms quiz was tomorrow; it isn't.  I had originally said "Monday or Tuesday," and yesterday (at least in one class) I said I'd decided on Tuesday.

There will be an in-class timed write on Frankenstein on Monday, however.