Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
Resources:
Brave New World online text
Brave New World audio recording (chapter start times are on the web site)
Brave New World study guide
Brave New World lens tracking sheet
Final Exam Essay assignment page
Final Exam Essay Rubric
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Tuesday, May 3: Vocab Journal #9 Due (Last one!!!)
-Tuesday, May 3: U5L3A3 BNW Ch 6 Discussion Board
-Wednesday, May 4: U5L3A4 BNW Ch 7 Comparing Worlds
-Monday, May 9: U5L3A5 Soma
-Wednesday, May 11: U5L3A6 World State Foundations
-Thursday, May 12: U5L3A7 Warnings
-Monday, May 16: Final Exam Essay Due by 11:59 PM
-Wednesday, May 18: 3rd and 4th Periods Final Exam
-Thursday, May 19: 2nd Period Final Exam
Monday, May 2, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4, L6
Reminder: Vocab Journal #9 due tomorrow
Infiniti_Q50_Commercial_-_Factory_of_Life.mp4. How has contemporary life been influenced by Huxley?
Discuss Ch. 4.
Read aloud and discuss Ch. 5, Part I.
Discuss what Henry (an Alpha) understands about conditioning that Lenina (a Beta) cannot grasp.
U5L3A2 BNW The Unknown Citizen ReMix Groups assigned by the teacher navigate to the link provided on the Class Board in CTLS and, as a group, use the tools to modify “The Unknown Citizen” to reflect a citizen of The World State.
Individually, Read Ch. 5, Part II.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4, L6
U6V9 Vocab Journal #9 due (Last one!!!).
U5L3A3 BNW Ch. 6 (RF)
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Discuss Ch. 5 and 6.
Review Satire’s purpose.
U5L3A4 BNW Ch. 7 Comparing Worlds (RF)
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Friday, May 6, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Monday, May 9, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
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 11:59 PM tonight. Respond to AT LEAST TWO of your classmates’ posts before 11:59 PM tomorrow - NO LATE WORK WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN ½ CREDIT.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Watch the THX1138 movie trailer (THX1138_Directors_cut_The_Future_Trailer.wmv) and think about how contemporary life has been influenced by Huxley.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10
Friday, May 13, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, L3, L4
Monday, May 16, 2022
Standards: L1, L2, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, W2, W4, W5, W10
Activities:
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10
Work on study guides over Brave New World in preparation for the final exam.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Final exam, 3rd and 4th periods
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Final exam, 2nd period
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
Resources:
Brave New World online text
Brave New World audio recording (chapter start times are on the web site)
Brave New World study guide
Brave New World lens tracking sheet
Final Exam Essay assignment page
Final Exam Essay Rubric
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Tuesday, May 3: Vocab Journal #9 Due (Last one!!!)
-Tuesday, May 3: U5L3A3 BNW Ch 6 Discussion Board
-Wednesday, May 4: U5L3A4 BNW Ch 7 Comparing Worlds
-Monday, May 9: U5L3A5 Soma
-Wednesday, May 11: U5L3A6 World State Foundations
-Thursday, May 12: U5L3A7 Warnings
-Monday, May 16: Final Exam Essay Due by 11:59 PM
-Wednesday, May 18: 3rd and 4th Periods Final Exam
-Thursday, May 19: 2nd Period Final Exam
Monday, May 2, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4, L6
Reminder: Vocab Journal #9 due tomorrow
Infiniti_Q50_Commercial_-_Factory_of_Life.mp4. How has contemporary life been influenced by Huxley?
Discuss Ch. 4.
Read aloud and discuss Ch. 5, Part I.
Discuss what Henry (an Alpha) understands about conditioning that Lenina (a Beta) cannot grasp.
U5L3A2 BNW The Unknown Citizen ReMix Groups assigned by the teacher navigate to the link provided on the Class Board in CTLS and, as a group, use the tools to modify “The Unknown Citizen” to reflect a citizen of The World State.
Individually, Read Ch. 5, Part II.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4, L6
U6V9 Vocab Journal #9 due (Last one!!!).
U5L3A3 BNW Ch. 6 (RF)
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:
- Read (or listen to) Chapter 6.
- Answer the following questions on the “U5L3A3 BNW Chapter 6” discussion board by 11:59 PM tonight.
- In Chapter 6, Part I, Why is Bernard frustrated with Lenina?
- Why is Lenina frustrated with Bernard?
- How do you explain the differences in their points of view?
- Who do you think is behaving irrationally?
- At the end of Chapter 6, Lenina and Bernard were flying to the Savage Reservation, and “Ten minutes later they were crossing the frontier that separated civilization from savagery” (105). Huxley (seemingly deliberately) totally leaves out any indication of which side of the frontier is civilization and which is savagery. Now that you’ve read the book, when comparing the Savage Reservation to the World State, which do you consider civilized and which do you consider savage? Why?
- Initial post is required by 11:59 tonight.
- Respond to AT LEAST TWO of your classmates’ posts before 11:59 PM tomorrow, paying particular attention to questions d and e - NO LATE WORK WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN ½ CREDIT.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Discuss Ch. 5 and 6.
Review Satire’s purpose.
U5L3A4 BNW Ch. 7 Comparing Worlds (RF)
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:
- Read Chapter 7 of Brave New World.
- Get the “Comparing Worlds” worksheet from the Brave New World folder on the Google drive (You may want to review the “Satire and Parody SP20” presentation you looked at on the first day of the unit in order to complete the assignment.).
- Answer the worksheet questions and submit your answers to the U5L3A4 BNW Ch. 7 Comparing Worlds assignment in Turnitin by 11:59 PM tonight.
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
- Look at Hypnopaedic Wisdom.pptx (after Ch. 7).
- Groups assigned by the teacher navigate to the link provided on the Class Board in CTLS and, as a group, use the tools to analyze the character assigned to your group.
- Watch 30 minutes of The Island and fill in chart: Island BNW World Compare Contrast Chart.docx.
- Read Chapter 8 of Brave New World.
- 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?
Friday, May 6, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
- Today, you will read Chapters 9-11 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.” What was his tone and attitude?
- 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 (Monday, May 16 by 11:59 PM). Be sure to look at the essay rubric. 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.
Monday, May 9, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
- Watch 30 minutes of The Island and fill in chart: Island BNW World Compare Contrast Chart.docx.
- Look at Allusions.ppt.
- You should be working on the final exam essay EVERY DAY (Final Exam Essay FA21.docx assignment page and rubric, Final Exam Essay Rubric.doc). It is due MONDAY. NO LATE WORK!!!!
- Read Chapters 12-14
- Complete the following assignment:
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 11:59 PM tonight. Respond to AT LEAST TWO of your classmates’ posts before 11:59 PM tomorrow - NO LATE WORK WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN ½ CREDIT.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
Watch the THX1138 movie trailer (THX1138_Directors_cut_The_Future_Trailer.wmv) and think about how contemporary life has been influenced by Huxley.
- Discuss Ch. 12-14:
- In Chapter 13, Lenina says about John, “he’s the one I want” (187). What does this indicate about Lenina?
- What causes the gap in communication between John and Lenina? Why can’t they understand one another? Do they want the same thing or not?
- In Chapter 14, why is John’s reaction to Linda’s death considered strange? How important is the individual person in the World State?
- Watch the video in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive: Pill Nation_Are Americans Overprescribed.mp4-2011.
- 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):
- A Glut of Antidepressants - The New York Times
- One in 6 Americans Take Antidepressants, Other Psychiatric Drugs_ Study - NBC News
- NHS prescribed record number of antidepressants last year _ The BMJ
- Watch 30 minutes of The Island and fill in chart: Island BNW World Compare Contrast Chart.docx.
- Read (or listen to) Chapter 15 of Brave New World.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L1, L3, L4
- Discuss: In Chapter 15, when John incites a riot, the police are called out in full riot gear to stop the riot. What is your opinion of their weapons?
- Read (or listen to) Chapters 16-17 of Brave New World.
- Answer the questions on the Ch 16-17 Wkst.docx (in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive).
- Submit your answers to U5L3A6 World State Foundations assignment in Turnitin by 11:59 PM tonight.
- Watch 30 minutes of The Island and fill in chart: Island BNW World Compare Contrast Chart.docx.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10
- Discuss Ch. 16-17
- Watch The Island and fill in chart: Island BNW World Compare Contrast Chart.docx.
- Read Ch. 18.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, L3, L4
- Discuss Ch. 18.
- Look at Symbolism in the Novel.ppt
- Review “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” in the Romanticism in England Presentation and consider the last three slides.
- Finish The Island (30 min.)
- On the U5L3A7 Warnings discussion board, submit your thoughts by 11:59 PM tonight: (a) Of the many messages that Huxley weaves into Brave New World, what do you think is the most powerful warning he gives the reader? (b) Do you agree with him? (c) Why or why not? (d) What theme(s)/ message(s) do Brave New World and The Island share? (e) Explain why/how the messages are/are not relevant to our society? (f) Which text do you think is more relevant to our world?
- Respond to AT LEAST TWO of your classmates’ posts before 11:59 PM tomorrow - NO LATE WORK WILL RECEIVE MORE THAN ½ CREDIT.
- Work on FE essay (Final Exam Essay FA21.docx; Final Exam Essay Rubric.doc). DUE by 11:59 PM ON MONDAY.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Standards: L1, L2, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, W2, W4, W5, W10
Activities:
- Work on FE essay (Final Exam Essay FA21.docx; Final Exam Essay Rubric.doc). Due by 11:59 PM tonight.
- If finished early, work on study guide (LP_Brave_New_WorldFinal-pp 13-14 Study Guide.pdf). Additional study guides are available on the Google drive.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10
Work on study guides over Brave New World in preparation for the final exam.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Final exam, 3rd and 4th periods
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Final exam, 2nd period