SUPER RELAXED
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein were two very relaxed, open people who choose to just go with the flow. You will analyze Chapter 17 section by section.
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Phrases
· Cool
· Groovy
· Chill
· Love is a friendship set to music.
· All we are saying is - Give peace a chance
· You're either on the bus or off the bus.
· Whatever
· Man
· Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?"
· Carry on, love is coming. Love is coming to us all
· Love is all you need
· Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command.
· You create your own reality.
· Like a true Nature's child, we were born, born to be wild
WILD WEST
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein were two cowboys meeting in a saloon (impending show down?). You will analyze the Chapter 17 section by section.
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Phrases
· Pardner
· Whiskey
· There’s many theories about arguin’ with a Woman, None of them Work.
· Do it right or get off the Horse.
· Don’t squat on your Spurs.
· Ten-Gallon Hat
- When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
- The best sermons are lived, not preached.
- It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
- Don't go milkin' your neighbors cow.
- Well Butter my Butt and call me Biscut.
· Gun Toting
· When in doubt, let your Horse do the thinkin’.
· Just 'cause you put your boots in the oven, that don't make 'em Biscuits.
JERSEY SHORE
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein live in the Jersey Shore house. You will analyze the Chapter 17 section by section.
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Phrases (to get you started)
· Juice Head
· “G.T.L. baby. Gym, Tanning, Laundry.”
· Poof
· He better not hope I don’t find out his name, bro.
· Grenade
· I’m not sure what lobsters eat, but I think they eat like insects or something… so I was gonna feed them worms.
· SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU DIRTY LITTLE HAMSTER!
· Meatball
· I ain’t wearing this shirt when we go out; this is the shirt BEFORE the shirt.
· Excluded from surf and turf night! Excluded from ravioli night! Excluded from chicken cutlet night!”
· I don’t have time for stupid bimbos
COUNTRY FOLK
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein are really into country music and trucks. You will analyze the Chapter 17 section by section (follow these steps for each one).
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Phrases (to get you started)
· Just because I like country music, muddin, guns, and big trucks doesn't mean I'm a redneck.
· Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.
· "Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down."
· "She needs wide open spaces, room to make her big mistakes."
· "Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance, and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance."
· Life aint hard but it's too long to live it like some country song.
· I Just Can't Get Over How You've Gotten Over Me
· If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
EXTRA AWKWARD
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein are two very awkward, nerdy people stuck on an elevator together. You will analyze the Chapter 17 section by section (follow these steps for each one).
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Phrases (to get you started)
· Ummmmm…
· Okay
· Lots of long pauses
I think the main thing here is to make both characters act really apologetic and uncomfortable…. Maybe stand too close to each other, scratch strangely, not really know what to do…
“So… uh, you created me…”
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein are in a sci-fi movie. You will analyze the Chapter 17 section by section (follow these steps for each one).
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Quotes (to get you started)
· Space Suit
· Alien
· Cyborg
· The universe is composed of infinite planes of the random.
· Right now you're just one man with a very large conspiracy theory... take great care in what you choose to find out.
· The issue isn't whether you're paranoid, It's whether you're paranoid enough.
· You got nothing little girl, only answers you were supposed to find.
· Time and tide and buttered eggs wait for no man.
· I must find a more suitable host body
ACTION MOVIE
Your objective is to rewrite this chapter as if the monster and Frankenstein are in an action movie (think Terminator). You should include some corny catch phrases, and probably lots of unnecessary, over-the-top fighting. You will analyze the Chapter 17 section by section (follow these steps for each one).
· READ each section aloud to your group.
· DECIDE what it means together (everyone should be working towards a common understanding/interpretation.
· REWRITE as if they’re super relaxed and don’t really care about anything
· STAGE IT! Each person in your group should have a role (narrator, monster, Frankenstein, sound effects, or even part of the set). Act out what is happening.
Vocabulary/Quotes
· “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry!”
· I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick butt…and I’m all out of bubble gum.
· Dyin’ ain’t much of a living, boy.
· Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.
· I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse
· I ain’t got time to bleed
· Machine Gun
· Nun chucks
· Throwing Stars
