Reading Schedule for Dracula

Dracula Reading Schedule
Third Quarter 2008-09

Reading assignments are for the afternoon and evening of the dates noted. Students are expected to have read the pages for the following class period to ensure strong discussion.

F 2/20 p. 0-56

M 2/23 p. 57-79
T 2/24 p. 80-124
W 2/25 p. 125-152 / Group Work #1 due
R 2/26 Parent Confs.
F 2/27 p. 152-203

M 3/2 p. 203-230
T 3/3 p. 231-275
W 3/4 catch up
R 3/5 p. 276-290 / Group Work #2 due
F 3/6 p. 291-305

M 3/9 p. 306-318
T 3/10 p. 319-333
W 3/11 catch up
R 3/12 p. 334-347
F 3/13 p. 348-363

Closure of Text for Tuesday 3/17 / Individual Chapter Artifact Assignment #3 due

Old World Vampirism Curiosity Questions

Students were curious about the following elements of vampire mythology:

• Why did Lilith get excluded from the Bible but was included in the Talmud?
• Why were vampires believed to be obsessive compulsive in Transylvanian folklore?
• Why does a large black dog with a painted set of eyes on its forehead repel a vampire?
• Did the Roman interpretation of the vampire stem from conflicts with the indigenous, barbarian European tribes (i.e., the Gauls)?
• If one was targeted as a living vampire in his/her community, did they then lead an isolated existence?
• What is it about human nature that causes us to create blood-sucking and often immortal beings?
• How do historical examples of individuals bathing in human blood align or contrast with Deuteronomy 12:33 ("The blood is the life.")?
• Why does one need to bury a vampire at a crossroads to induce a "final" death?

What Are We Doing Today? February 16 - 20

Week Four Agenda

• M -- Work Time on Polidori
• T -- Share and Discuss Polidori vocab and "Guardian Warnings"
• W -- Background on Bram Stoker's Dracula
  
• R -- Introduce Groups and Group Assignment /distribute books /Reading time
  
• F -- Reading time (read to page 56 for Monday)

What are we doing today?

Week Three Agenda -- Feb. 9 - 13

• Monday -- Murnau's Nosferatu
• Tuesday --Murnau's Nosferatu / discussion of film images
  
• Wed. -- The Gothic tradition in literature
• Thursday -- Polidori's "The Vampyre"
• Friday -- Polidori's "The Vampyre"