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.

March 8 ... 3rd 9 Weeks CBA .. Research Paper Final Drafts ... Pandemonium Ensues

• We have to take our 3rd 9 Week Exams TODAY.

• FINAL DRAFTS will now be submitted electronically to me either today or tomorrow (since you'll lose the period today due to the 3rd 9 Week Exam.
• Even if you shared it with me once already - SHARE it again.  The date and time on the email I receive to show that it has been shared will serve as your official time and date of submission. Anything not turned in by 2:35 tomorrow, Friday 3/8 will be late.

• No phones, computers, or electronic devices of ANY kind during the exam.

March 6 ... Self Check ... Editing/Revising

• Grab a copy of the research paper checklist from the top of the laptop cart
• It is modified from a peer evaluation/editing assignment - so there are some things that are slightly changed or crossed out.  When in doubt, refer to the requirements for our paper.
• It is an optional quiz grade - but you MUST turn in a completed rough draft to receive that grade.  No rough draft, nothing to self-check/edit ... thus, no grade.

• Once you finish the checklist (you have today and tomorrow to work), finish your editing and revising on your rough draft so you are ready to print when we are in the lab on Thursday (3/8) when your paper is due.

• Once you have finished cleaning up your paper, copy and paste your works cited page to the end of the paper (make sure it starts on its own page).  Works Cited do NOT count toward your word count, just FYI.

***Also ... one last time ... the Advisory Passports cannot be used to substitute for the rough draft***

March 5 .. One More Week (and Research Papers are due Thursday!)

The rubric for grading your Final Draft is below - remember it is due on Thursday.

Also ... your notes and sources need to remain in the room starting today to receive a grade.  If you need them to work on your paper outside of class, you need to make sure I am aware of that.

• Rough Drafts are late ... they were due on Friday 3/2
• We will have a revising/editing/MLA checklist activity for you to complete in class tomorrow
• Final Drafts are due on Thursday, 3/8 ... we will be in the lab that day to print them.

Feb 28 - Mar 2 ... Calendar Update and Rough Draft Workdays

• ROUGH DRAFTS must be submitted to me/shared with me electronically by midnight on Friday, March 2.  I will still accept them after that and you should still turn it in, but they will be subject to a late penalty in accordance with the grading policy.

• FINAL DRAFTS .. we will be in the computer lab (A102) on 3/8 to print our FINAL DRAFTS!  You must turn in a printed copy in addition to the electronic copy you've already shared with me (the rough draft, prior to editing).

February 26 ... Updated Research Calendar - R/D due 2/28 ... F/D due 3/8

Research Paper Calendar ... the rest of the way ...

• 2/26 - 2/27 ... Work on Rough Drafts (I will be out for a teacher workshop on 2/21)

• 2/28 ... Rough Draft DUE / Submit an electronic copy of your Rough Draft (QUIZ)

• 3/1 ... Peer Editing Activities (DAILY)

• 3/2 - 3/8 ... Work on your Final Draft (Class in lab A202 on 3/6 and 3/7 to begin printing Final Drafts)

• 3/8 ... FINAL DRAFTS DUE (Classes will meet in Library Lab A202 to print on 3/7) / Students MUST turn in a printed copy AND submit or share an online copy as well (2x MAJOR GRADE FOR FINAL DRAFT)

Info on Parenthetical Citations to review ...

http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-format/how-to-cite-a-parenthetical-citations-mla/

https://www.ccis.edu/~/media/Files/Academic%20Resources/Writing%20Center/mla_examples.pdf


You can find MLA sample argument papers here to ensure you are on the right track with yours - or see me and we can go over what you have: MLA Sample Argument Papers

You may also want to look at the standard outline for an argument paper as you consider how to structure your paper: Argument Paper - Sample Outline


WORKS CITED INFO ... ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE IN WORD ONLINE, BE SURE TO SHARE IT WITH ME - richard.davis@sfisd.org

• Works Cited Page
• 8 QUICK RULES FOR YOUR WC PAGE
• Start a new page for your Works Cited list (e.g., if your paper is 4 pages long, start your Works Cited list on page 5).
• Center the title, Works Cited, at the top of the page and do not bold or underline it. Use 12 point Times New Roman in both the title and the entries.
• Double-space the list.
• Start the first line of each citation at the left margin; indent each subsequent line five spaces (also known as a "hanging indent").
• Put your list in alphabetical order. Alphabetize the list by the first word in the citation. In most cases, the first word will be the author’s last name. Where the author is unknown, alphabetize by the first word in the title, ignoring the words a, an, the.
• For each author, give the last name followed by a comma and the first name followed by a period.
• Italicize the titles of full works: books, audiovisual material,websites.
• Do not italicize titles of parts of works, such as: articles from newspapers, magazines, or journals / essays, poems, short stories or chapter titles from a book / chapters or sections of an Internet document. Instead, use quotation marks.

• Sample of what a Works Cited page should look like - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
• The information you need for each citation is at the end of each source from the Gale database.  You can copy and paste the MLA Citation from there - but you may have to adjust the formatting (size, font, etc.) to make sure it is within MLA rules.

ARGUMENT THESIS STATEMENT INFO ... 

• As you work, it is time to begin considering what your thesis statement will be.  Read over the following website if you need some assistance developing your thesis statement.
• Writing the Argumentative Thesis