Friday, August 24 ... Finishing College Application Essay Rough Drafts

OBJ:   Students will use the writing process to create a well thought out and personal College (or Scholarship) Application Essay.

• Final Drafts are DUE a week from today - Friday, August 31, 2018

• By the end of class today, you should have completed the following:
• Topic Selection
• Pre-Writing (any format that works for you - but you MUST show evidence of pre-writing/planning your rough draft)
• The Rough Draft of your essay
• ALL OF THIS WILL BE SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31 WHEN YOU SUBMIT THE FINAL DRAFT ON CANVAS - IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT, IT WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT YOUR GRADE.

• Need some pointers or ideas on how to structure your essay?
• https://www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/college-essay
• https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/essays/tips-for-writing-an-effective-application-essay-college-admissions

May 16 ... The LAST TWO MAJOR GRADES .. of English IV ...

• Your essay exam over Brave New World is posted and available (or should be - let me know if you cannot get access to it) on Canvas.  One question comparing and contrasting BNW and The Hunger Games as well as some analysis into what YOU think the authors of the work are trying to convey to you (the reader).
• It is due by Midnight, Tuesday, May 22.  It will not be accepted after that point.
• It is open book .. open note .. but if you plagiarize or copy at all, it will become a zero and there will not be a change to "fix it" or "make it up" - answer the questions with original thoughts and ideas of your own and use evidence and specific examples from the stories to back up your statements.

• The instructions for the "Black Out Poetry" project are as follows ...

Blackout Poetry Assignment

Assigned: Wednesday May 16^th, 2018

Due: Tuesday, May 22^nd, 2018

Background:  Blackout poetry is a type of poetry that takes words from an existing text to create a new work. Usually, the poem expresses a similar theme to the work it pulls from. It does not have to rhyme, but it should create true meaning (i.e. not just nonsense) with few words.

Directions and Criteria:

1.     Select one page of text from anything you have read since day one of your freshman year. Original text must be typed (it does NOT have to have the MLA header, but should be in Times New Roman 12 or Calibri 11). So, either find a PDF of the novel or reproduce a page out of the text.

2.     Lightly box out your words as you create your poem. Poem should consist of 10-25 words.

3.     Begin blacking out the remaining text/creating your background image. The image (in the background of the text, or around the text somehow) should also relate to the theme of the poem and/or of the novel/play as a whole.

4.     Poem should make sense and flow from top to bottom and left to right (like normal text is read in Western societies).

5.     Project should be neat! Messy coloring, scribbling, incomplete drawings, and simply blacking out the entire page are not acceptable!

*Please see the examples (below) for further clarification. If you choose not to blackout the lines of text (and you use color instead), that is totally fine. Then, we’ll call it “found” poetry instead. J

EXAMPLES 

May 4 ... Brave New World Test ... Chapters 1-8

• Absolutely no phones or electronic devices of any kind allowed while you are testing - any phones picked up will go to the office and your test will be taken as well and will be a zero (and no opportunity to re-test will be allowed).

• It is OPEN BOOK ... if you don't have your copy of the novel with you, you may borrow one from the set in the crate up front.

• It is due today and must be completed within the class period - anything you do not complete will be wrong.

• However ... I will give you two free questions (for a value of 10 points) if you need them.  But you must write "FREE" as your response ... if you leave it blank, it will be marked wrong and points will be deducted.  You may only use this for two items - if you try to use if for more than two, then they're all wrong and you will be taxed an additional 10 points.

May 3 ... Brave New World (Chapters 1-8) Test Review Info

We will test tomorrow over Chapters 1-8 of the novel .. you will need to be familiar with the following:

Characters: Bernard Marx, Lenina Crowne, Mustapha Mond, Henry Foster, Helmholtz Watson, the Director of Hatcheries (DHC), Linda, and John the Savage

Other info ...

• Where did Huxley get the title for the novel?
• What events led to the creation of the World State?
• What happens (specifically) at the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre?
• What do people do for fun?
• What is the DHC/s dark secret?
• What does the phrase "history is bunk" mean (and who says this)?
• Describe the reservation?  How does Lenina react seeing it for the first time?
• What do John and Bernard have in common?
• Why does John want to go to the "other place"?
• Why does Bernard take John and Linda back with him?
• What happens to people in the World State when they get old?
• What influences John as he grows up on the reservation?

April 19 .. Brave New World Chapter 3-4 Study Questions

I am out today for the area track meet - but you will continue reading Brave New World (Chapters 3-4) and working on the Study Questions. If there are not copies of the questions available, you can find the questions below and answer on your own paper. (And no, you do not have to write the questions).

Brave New World Chapters 3-4 Study Questions 

Chapter 3 

1. Why is it considered a bad idea in this society to allow people to develop games for which no equipment is needed? Name 2-3 game you have played that require no equipment? 

2. What happens on the playground that we would consider morally wrong? 

3. Who is Mustapha Mond? What advice does he give the students? 

4. What does the extended simile on page 34 “he waved his hand…” mean? What does Huxley accomplish by employing this simile? 

5. What does Mustapha Mond have to say about the kind of family life we consider normal? 

6. Who are Lenina Crowne and Fanny Crowne? Why does Fanny criticize Lenina? 

7. According to the Controller, what is the “primal and ultimate need”? What causes a lack of this? 

8. Who is Bernard Marx, and what makes him a “square peg in a round hole”?

9. How does Lenina feel about Bernard? How do the other women regard him? 

10. What has Bernard asked Lenina to do? 

11. What does the name “Savage Reservation” suggest this place would be like? What is it actually? 

12. What is soma? Does it remind you of anything? 

13. Why does Huxley have the Controller say, “suffer the little children”? 

Chapter 4 

14. How does Lenina surprise Bernard? How does she view his reaction? 

15. How is Bernard’s “abnormality” rumored to have happened? What does this remind you of? 

16. How does Huxley use the Red Rocket to satirize the perfection of the new world? 

 17. Who is Helmholtz Watson? What do he and Bernard have in common? 

18. How does Bernard define the “something inside that was only waiting for you to give it a chance to come out”?  Is Bernard right?

April 16 ... Brave New World ... Reading Schedule and Possible Quiz Dates

Be aware that - much like a college syllabus - these due dates will be maintained regardless of whether you are present in class on a particular day or even if class meets.  You will be expected to have read each assigned portion by the due date and if a quiz is given on a possible quiz date, you will have to take the quiz on that date.  If you miss a quiz, it is your responsibility to ensure that you make arrangements to make it up as soon as possible or it will become a 0.


Chapters 1-2 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 4/17
Quiz 1-2 - 4/18

Chapters 3-4 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 4/20
Quiz 3-4 - 4/23

Chapters 5-6 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 4/25
Quiz 5-6 - 4/26

Chapters 7-8 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 4/30
Quiz 7-8 - 5/1

Chapters 9-11 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 5/3
Quiz 9-11 - 5/4

Chapters 12-13 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 5/8
Quiz 12-13 - 5/9

Chapters 14-16 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 5/11
Quiz 14-16 - 5/14

Chapters 17-18 - Reading and Reading Qs due by 5/17
Quiz 17-18 - 5/18

April 11 ... Brave New World ... Background and Beginning Chapters 1 & 2

***Start thinking about the things that make us "HUMAN"***

Background Information:

Top 10 Things (About BNW) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeEohZA3OGo

Thug Notes: BNW ... (First 1:00 only) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPO3aenqT4o


Read & Listen ... while you work on your reading questions over Chapters 1 & 2.

AudioBook ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4TY4IBIAFc


Quiz over Ch. 1-2 on Monday.  (Possibly).

April 4 ... Happiness Journal

Consider the following quote ...

“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

Write a 200-300 page SHORT journal explaining this quote in your own words and discuss whether Huxley is correct or not (and explain your stance).

Due today. Quiz grade.

April 3 ... Brave New World Prereading Activity

Brave New World - Prereading Activity

Complete the following on your own paper ...

I. Identify if you agree or disagree with a statement and explain your position in a sentence or two. YOU MUST EXPLAIN .. its wrong if you just Agree or Disagree. Have a reason.

1. Birth control should be practiced by all sexually active adults. Agree or Disagree

2. It is the responsibility of the females only to take birth control. Agree or Disagree

3. Birth control should be regulated by the government.Agree or Disagree

4. Sex education should be taught in schools.Agree or Disagree

5. There is too much emphasis placed on sports in this country.Agree or Disagree

6. Only a handful of people in the world make the most important decisions regarding
laws, freedoms, and policy. Agree or Disagree

7. A majority of people in the world have absolutely no power to make important
decisions regarding laws, freedoms, and policy. Agree or Disagree

8. It is possible to climb the socio-economic ladder in America (for example, become
rich even if you were born into poverty). Agree or Disagree

9. The mass media (television/movies, music/radio, books) programs us to feels fear
and bias toward others. Agree or Disagree

10. America is a utopia of freedom and democracy. Agree or Disagree

11. Humans should not be cloned. Agree or Disagree

12. Human organs should not be cloned for implantation. Agree or Disagree

13. Test tube baby conception (joining sperm and egg in a lab) is morally wrong.
Agree or Disagree

14. The mass media (television/movies, music/radio, books) promotes sex.
Agree or Disagree

15. It would be better if young adults had more sexual freedom. Agree or Disagree

16. Science is pushing mankind into dangerous moral territory. Agree or Disagree


II. Define the following terms using Google ...

17. Science Fiction

18. Dystopia

19. Utopia

20. Satire

21. Totalitarian

22. Caste

23. Genetic engineering


III. Describe the following relationships in a brief paragraph.

24. Henry Ford and the Assembly Line

25. Pavlov and  Classical Conditioning

April 2 ... Dystopian Society Journal

1st-4th Periods ... 

Using the information at the following link: 

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1lks-CVrymgSiaCNBjCTAERsxIcZ8McUIJRjgFNhWesNlr6E_2rm_E3d8xFKIvzgFnoCf42VzrN76YfdF/edit

Write a journal describing how either Fahrenheit 451 or The Hunger Games meet the criteria for a Dystopian Society.  Which characteristics do they fulfill and how?  What types of Dystopian Controls do we see in these stories?  How does the main character/protagonist exemplify the Dystopian Protagonist as described in those notes?

Journal response. 300-400 words. Quiz grade. Due today. You may hand write your responses or type then since you’ll need the laptops anyway to access the notes on Dystopian Societies.