Homework for 10/13-10/14

Freshmen
Period 4,9 - Frankenstein
Due Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 –
Please create 5 post-its in your book on the answer's corresponding page.
Focus upon your groupwork.  Are you trying to prove Frankenstein/the creature innocent/guilty?

Due Friday Oct 14th, 2011 -
Continue working on your projects.  Be prepared to show me your work on Friday.  I want evidence that you have been working at home.

Juniors
Period 2,7 - Bartleby the Scrivner
Due Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 –
Please create 5 post-its in your book on the answer's corresponding page.
Focus upon the following topics:
-What is the tone of the narrator in Bartleby?
-How would you characterize the narrator?
-How would you characterize Nippers, Turkey, and Ginger Nut as workers?
-How does the narrator first react to Bartleby’s catch phrase?

Due Friday October 14th, 2011–
Please create 5 post-its in your book on the answer's corresponding page.
Focus upon the following topics:
-Please provide 5 examples in which Bartleby exclaims “I would prefer not to” and the significance of the incident in which these words are stated.
-Please provide 5 examples that shed some light on Bartleby’s background.  Who is he?  Where does he come from?  What has he achieved in his lifetime?


Period 10 - Benito Cereno
Due Thursday Oct 13th, 2011 –
Please create 5 post-its in your book on the answer's corresponding page.
Focus upon the following topics:
- Please find an example of foreshadowing through setting.
-What is off or odd about this “strange” ship at the outset of our story?
-Trace examples of discomfort.
What is our narrator’s tone?

Due Friday October 14th, 2011–
Please create 5 post-its in your book on the answer's corresponding page.
Focus upon the following topics:
-How does Melville present race in this story?
-Describe the Spanish captain and his assistant.
-What has happened to the San Dominick?
-What type of narrator is presented in this story (1st?  2nd?  3rd?)