Jane Eyre

February 29 - March 4

February 29
Jane Eyre, 35-38
Jane Eyre Analytical Writing 

March 1
Skype meeting at 8pm
Charlotte Brontë
11 Lessons that Jane Eyre Can Teach Every 21st Century Woman about How to Live Well

Bonus Opportunity
Write your own article on 5 lessons that Jane Eyre taught you about living well and post it to your blog with the subject line "Living Well According to Jane Eyre."  Submit your writing piece for publication and email me confirmation of submission by 11pm

March 2
Jane Eyre Analytical Writing 

March 3
Victorian Introduction

March 4

Hanalani Writes

Resources
Jane's Inheritance

Fairytale and Realism in Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre and the 19th Century Woman
The Figure of Bertha Mason
The British Library: Jane Eyre Videos

February 22 - 26

February 22
Jane Eyre, 23-25
Jane Eyre Analytical Writing 

February 23
Skype meeting at 8:00pm
Jane Eyre, 26-28
tinyurl.com/janeeyresongs 

 

February 24
Jane Eyre, 29-31
Jane Eyre Analytical Writing 

February 25
Jane Eyre, 32-34
Jane Eyre Analytical Writing 

February 26
Hanalani Writes

Resources
Jane's Inheritance

Fairytale and Realism in Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre and the 19th Century Woman
The Figure of Bertha Mason
The British Library: Jane Eyre Videos

February 15 - 19

February 15
Presidents' Day Holiday

February 16
Skype meeting at 8:00pm
Jane Eyre, 13-16

Bonus Opportunity
Sketch or paint Jane's three paintings from chapter 13.  Post their images to your blog with the subject line "Jane Eyre's Three Paintings" by 11pm

February 17
Jane Eyre, 17-19

February 18
Jane Eyre, 20-22

Bonus Opportunity
Jane Eyre Vocabulary

February 19
Hanalani Writes

Resources
The Brontë Society

February 8 - 12

February 8

Jane Eyre, 1-3

For most of the novel, you'll be using your Twitter account to evidence your reading. For each chapter until February 18, label your tweet (i.e. #JE1) and post a compelling thought or question. If you need more than one post for a given chapter, be sure to label it well. Proper mechanics still apply, but citations are unnecessary after an initial reference 

Bonus Opportunity

Once a week (due Thursdays by 11:00pm) for the duration of the novel, you'll be able to select up to five questions from the Jane Eyre Doc to answer in a blog post. Title the blog post "Bonus Questions" with the corresponding chapters and include the questions with your answers 

February 9

Skype meeting at 8pm
Jane Eyre, 4-6

February 10
Jane Eyre, 7-9



February 11

Jane Eyre, 10-12

February 12
Hanalani Writes

Resources
Jane Eyre Text
The True Story of the Lowood Institution

Freedom Ideas

February 1 - 5

February 1
Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Ozymandias"
"England in 1819"
Create a Dragontape or video compilation (you may use a tool of your own) that describes a piece of Shelley's work or an aspect of his life (e.g. "The Bad Boy" and Lord Byron).  Post your creation to your blog using the subject line "Percy Bysshe Shelley" 

February 2
Skype meeting at 8pm

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein SparkNotes (read "Context," "Plot Overview," "Character List," "Analysis of Major Characters," "Themes, Motifs & Symbols," "Summary & Analysis," and "Important Quotations Explained")

"The beginning is always today" M. Shelley

February 3

Keats

"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer"

Respond to "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" in kind by writing a song or poem. Be faithful to Keats' poem but unique in the approach (I need to see the connection between his poem and yours - feel free to explain it to me if you don't think I'm going to be able to see it easily). The song may be recited, but both the song or poem must be in audio format with a musical background (i.e. "Amazed"). Video format is not required, but I would like to see the lyrics. Please post your song or poem to your blog with the subject line "Keats' Song"

February 4

Austen

"What Would Jane Do?"

Do some research on Austen's works. Create a list of her novels and corresponding "moral instructions." Post it to your blog with the subject line "Austen's Didacticism"

February 5

Hanalani Writes

Resources

An Introduction to "Ozymandias"
The Bully Project
Stand Up to Bullying - TED Talks
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein and the Villa Diodati
Digital Manuscripts of Frankenstein from the Shelley-Godwin Archive
Frankenstein; Or The Modern Prometheus
"An Introduction to 'Ode on a Grecian Urn': Time, Morality and Beauty"
The British Library Playlist on Jane Austen
"The Economics of Jane Austen"
Courtship, Love and Marriage in Jane Austen's Novels
Jane Austen
The Republic of Pemberley
Jane Austen Society of North America