The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson

Warm-Up # 1 In your Writer’s Notebook, write a paragraph about the following prompt: Is any person completely good or completely evil? Instead, are people usually a mix of the two? Explain.

Warm-Up # 2 Definition: Repression is a process by which unacceptable behaviors or impulses are excluded from consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious. Basically, we suppress our more negative behaviors. Respond: Why? What purpose does repression serve to society and ourselves? Why do you not show your “dark side” (from your poem)?

Warm-Up # 3 Read “Victorian Literature” and respond to the questions.

Warm-Up #4 What questions do you have about the book so far?

Warm-Up # 5 Describe your reaction to the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the end of this section.

Warm-Up # 6 VOCAB: Arrange these words into three clusters of words. Each cluster contains one part of speech. Infallibly Enigma Ludicrous Unscrupulous Conflagration Sedulously Dire Demeanor

Warm-Up # 7 One issue raised by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is that of drug abuse. How does a person who is abusing drugs change in personality, appearance, and habits? What evidence in this section indicates that one of the characters is abusing drugs?

Warm-Up # 8 VOCAB: Change “sedulously” into an adjective and use it correctly in a sentence.

Warm-Up # 9 Create a chart listing two advantages and two disadvantages of an author’s revealing the end of a story before explaining how and why events occurred.

Warm-Up # 10 Place as many words as you can on the following spectrum. Words pertaining more to Jekyll, go closer to his name, words pertaining more to Hyde go closer to his name. Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde

Warm-Up # 11 Evaluate the decision that Jekyll /Hyde makes. Do you think the decision is reasonable, or that it is a hasty action arising from a tormented mind? Explain.

Warm-Up # 12