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Homework

English II
Quiz Wednesday on the reading up to p142. We will also discuss the Frankenstein Presentation Project, which will research and connect a topic in current science to the novel. Please review the assignment and consider the topics listed.

English IV
As you receive your comments from Tuesday's workshop, then copy/paste your paper into a new document, and share it with me as "lastname-revision4". Revisions are due (printed, with sources and peer reviews attached) on Wednesday, and I will introduce the film you will be viewing in class: Truman Show. As you watch, take notes and consider the following:
  • Character development - all are actors playing a part (except Truman)
  • The various environments created
  • Advertising - product placement and consumerism, in general
  • Clues to the reality of Truman’s world
  • Cameras everywhere
  • Significance of names
  • Themes of fear, loss, love, religion

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