The final test over Brave New World will be available ONLY during the final exam period. Your final exam period is scheduled today from 9:57 AM to 11:27 AM.
 
To access the test, follow the directions given in U5L4A2 Reading Assessment.
 
The test MUST be submitted by the end of the final exam period.
 
Please complete the Course Feedback survey on the main page of the web site, www.kmcauthor.com after you have finished the Brave New World test.
 

Today, you will work on answering the questions on the two study guides I provided on Brave New World. Your ability to answer all of the questions correctly will have a large impact on the grade you get on the multiple choice test over the book.
 
The two study guides (LP_Brave_New_WorldFinal-pp 13-14 Study Guide.pdf and Brave New World Extra Study Guide.docx) are attached to the U5L4A2 Reading Assessment assignment. They are also available in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive. It might also be helpful for you to access the PDF of the book (Brave New World text Landscape format.pdf) – it is searchable and can help you locate answers within the text.
 

If you have borrowed a copy of the novel from me, you MUST return it TODAY.

​​If you have not, you need to take Sample Assessment FA20 in CTLS Assess so you will know what to expect on the day of the final exam.
 
Directions for what to do and what you will see is in the CTLSASSESS-Taking an Assessment.pdf file attached to the U5L4A2 Reading Assessment assignment as well as in the main directory on the Google drive.
 
Today, you will work on your FINAL EXAM ESSAY. Remember – NO LATE FINAL EXAM ELEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ELEMENTS NOT HANDED IN ON TIME WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO. The essay is due by 11:59 PM on Saturday, May 15.

​BOOKS ARE DUE FRIDAY.
You might want to take Sample Assessment FA20 in CTLS Assess so you will know what to expect on the day of the final exam.
 
Directions for what to do and what you will see is in the CTLSASSESS-Taking an Assessment.pdf file attached to the U5L4A2 Reading Assessment assignment as well as in the main directory on the Google drive.
 
Today, you will work on your FINAL EXAM ESSAY. Remember – NO LATE FINAL EXAM ELEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ELEMENTS NOT HANDED IN ON TIME WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF ZERO.

​SPOILER ALERT!!!  Read Ch. 18 BEFORE you complete the assignment.
 

1. Read Chapter 18.
2. Look at the “Symbolism in the Novel” presentation (attached to the U5L3A7 Warnings assignment AND in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive).
3. Review “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” in the Romanticism in England Presentation and consider the last three slides.
4. On the U5L3A7 Warnings discussion board, submit your thoughts to the following prompt by 6:00 PM: Of the many messages that Huxley weaves into Brave New World, what do you think is the most powerful warning he gives the reader? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

Respond to AT LEAST TWO of your classmates’ posts before 11:59 PM on May 11 - NO LATE WORK WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN ½ CREDIT.

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1. Read (or listen to) Chapter 15 of Brave New World.
2. Watch the video in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive: Pill Nation_Are Americans Overprescribed.mp4-2011.
3. Read the first couple of paragraphs of each of these articles that are in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive, paying attention to the article dates (there’s no need to read the entire article unless you just want to):
   1. A Glut of Antidepressants - The New York Times
   2. One in 6 Americans Take Antidepressants, Other Psychiatric Drugs_ Study - NBC News
   3. NHS prescribed record number of antidepressants last year _ The BMJ

4.   U5L3A5 Soma: In Chapter 12, John comments, “I’d rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here” (179). What does he mean by this?  Do you think the population of the world we live in has more in common with John’s opinion or with the opinion of most everyone else in the World State? With whom do you agree? Why?
 
Post your response to these questions on the U5L3A5 Soma discussion board by 6:00 PM on May 7. Respond to AT LEAST TWO of your classmates’ posts before 11:59 PM on May 7 - NO LATE WORK WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN ½ CREDIT.
 

​Read Chapters 12-14
There are some Laugh-Out-Loud moments in these chapters! Enjoy!
 
You should be working on your final exam essay EVERY DAY now to get it done by the due date (Saturday, May 15 by 11:59 PM). You should also be working on the study guide for the test. I have added an additional study guide (Brave New World Extra Study Guide.docx) to help you review important details. Please note that some of them you will not be able to answer…yet.
 

​Hand in Vocab Journal #9 by 11:59 PM.
 
Today, you will read Chapters 10-11 of Brave New World and consider John’s shifting perception of the World State.
 
Yesterday, you considered John’s tone and attitude in Chapter 8 when he first utters these words from The Tempest: “O brave new world that has such people in it.”
 
John repeats these words in the middle of Chapter 11 (160). When he repeats these words, is his tone and attitude the same?
 
You should be working on your final exam essay EVERY DAY now to get it done by the due date (Saturday, May 15 by 11:59 PM). You should also be working on the study guide for the test. I have added an additional study guide (Brave New World Extra Study Guide.docx) to help you review important details. Please note that some of them you will not be able to answer…yet.
 
Due to AP Testing, there will be no live session today.

REMINDER: Your Vocab Journal is due tomorrow by 11:59 PM in Turnitin.
 
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Read Chapters 8-9 of Brave New World.
2. Consider this: At the end of Chapter 8, when Bernard has invited John to go back to “civilization,” John says, “O brave new world that has such people in it. Let’s start at once.” (This is a quote from The Tempest btw.) When he says this, what is his tone, his attitude? On whose opinions is his attitude towards the World State based?