Relevancy
Assignment Calendar
Course Description
Relevancy is a literature driven course. The course is designed to help students make meaningful connections between classic literature and the world in which we live. The novels we will be reading are as follows: Frankenstein, 1984, and Dracula. In addition, we will read selected nonfiction articles and poetry that relate to the core novels. Throughout the course, we will look at the theme of fear and how our fears as a society are represented in our popular literature.
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5/13/19--Class Agenda
*Chapter 13-18 groups
*Collect Lit Mag Extra Credit
HW: read chapters 19-20
5/10/19--Class Agenda
*Fear of Foreigners discussion
*Read chapter 16
*Lit Mag extra credit
HW: read chapters 17-18
5/09/19--Class Agenda
*finish quote presentations
*Watch "Through the Wormhole: Are we All Bigots" and prepare for discussion tomorrow
HW: read chapter 15
5/08/19--Class Agenda
*Chapter 1-12 Fear quote analysis in groups
HW: read chapters 13-14
5/02/19--Class Agenda
*Chapters 1-6 analysis groups
*read chapters 7-8
HW: read chapters 7-8
5/01/19--Class Agenda
*Dracula chapters 1-2 quiz
*Read Dracula chapters 5-6
HW: finish reading chapters 5-6