Today, we continued reading and analyzing "The Old Man and the Sea." Andrew completed viewing and taking notes on the documentary, "Chasing Coral." He wrote down the topic of his research paper: Explain the causes of, consequences of, and possible solutions to coral bleaching. I instructed him to use the NOAA.gov website to locate two additional sources on coral bleaching for his research paper.
Today, we finished watching the documentary, "Chasing Coral." Andrew continued taking notes in preparation to complete a question set and write a research essay on the topic of the documentary.
Today, we viewed half of the documentary, "Chasing Coral." Andrew was instructed to take notes in preparation to complete a guiding notes question sheet and write a research essay discussing the causes of, consequences of, and possible solutions to coral bleaching.
Andrew began working on IXL Reading Strategies E. Analyzing Informational Texts 3. Trace an argument: set 1. He completed an exercise from “Calisthenics for the Brain.”
Andrew completed half of Warm-Up #14 in “Calisthenics for the Brain.” We read and analyzed The Old Man and the Sea. He continued working on IXL Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2.
We are continuing our analysis of the parallels between the novel and Milton's "Paradise Lost" by comparing Frankenstein and God and the monster and Satan. Further, we are considering why Shelley subtitled the novel "A Modern Prometheus. " We discussed how both Frankenstein and Prometheus are condemned to eternal torment as punishment for creating Man. With regard to the monster, we noted again how he compares himself with both Satan and Adam (of Milton's "Paradise Lost"). Joshua discussed the dichotomy of Satan/Adam (evil/innocence), and I expanded that discussion by relating it to the doppelgänger motif. We then reviewed all of Joshua's study guide homework . His work was very complete and insightful. Last, as Joshua is working on a written poetry analysis of "Mutability" , we looked at an AP poetry analysis question that is very similar to the assignment and noted how the prompt is worded and what type of support the essay requires i.e . identifying how literary techniques contribute to mood and meaning.
Today, Andrew completed the second half of Warm-Up #12 in "Calisthenics for the Brain." He continued working on IXL E. Analyzing Informational Texts 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2.
Today, Andrew kept working on IXL E. Analyzing Informational Texts, 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2. He completed part of Warm-Up #14 in "Calisthenics for the Brain."
As the intersection of Romantic poetry, as a genre ,"the Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ,and Milton's "Paradise Lost" becomes more pronounced as the novel progresses ,we today continued to explore these connections. Joshua is doing very well with this novel as he enjoys this genre of Gothic /fantasy fiction . We discussed again the continued evocation of the ancient mariner as a narrator who is isolated much like the monster, Frankenstein ,and Capt. Walton, the ultimate narrator of the tale . Noting the monster's excoriation of Frankenstein for his rejection of his own creation and for thereby causing the monster to shed his generous nature and to adopt murderous violence, we construed the monster as both Adam and Satan of Milton's "Paradise Lost." As a portion of Percy Shelley's "Immutability" is quoted verbatim in the studied chapters , I distributed the entire poem . We then analyzed the poem using the analytic framework studied in class: speaker, type of poem, figurative language, symbols. theme.
