October 2018
Brave New World Resources
Online text of entire novel
Audiobook on Youtube
Chapter timestamps:
Chapter 2 begins @ 29:20
Chapter 3 begins @ 50:40
Chapter 4 begins @ 1:38:10
Chapter 5 begins @ 2:04:32
Chapter 6 begins @ 2:33:36
Chapter 7 begins @ 3:10:02
Chapter 8 begins @ 3:40:50
Key Passage Focused Freewrite assignment
Online text of entire novel
Audiobook on Youtube
Chapter timestamps:
Chapter 2 begins @ 29:20
Chapter 3 begins @ 50:40
Chapter 4 begins @ 1:38:10
Chapter 5 begins @ 2:04:32
Chapter 6 begins @ 2:33:36
Chapter 7 begins @ 3:10:02
Chapter 8 begins @ 3:40:50
Key Passage Focused Freewrite assignment
Week 5: Welcome to the World State; Get a glimpse into the mind of Aldous Huxley
Monday Oct 29
Tuesday Oct 30
Wednesday Oct 31
Thursday Nov 1
Friday Nov 2
- Post Key Passage Focused Freewrites
- Nearpod: Welcome to the World State (Ch. 1)
- Begin guided read(audio) of Chapter 2: the Conditioning Centre.
Tuesday Oct 30
- Rats in a box review: Inside the Conditioning Centre (Ch. 2).
- Continue Nearpod: Reflect on your own conditioning.
- KPFF discussion
- Begin guided read of Chapter 3: how does Huxley use juxtaposition and jumpcuts to compare the World State to our own?
Wednesday Oct 31
- Fortnite and you
- Satire and "the mask"
- Step into the mind of Aldous Huxley.
- tip: look especially for irony, juxtaposition, exaggeration
Thursday Nov 1
- small group discussion: Ch. 3 KPFF on Padlet
Friday Nov 2
- Finish Padlet discussion: Huxley's satire in Ch. 3 (Period 5 and Period 8)
- Refer to your satirical devices handout
- Refer to your satirical devices handout
- Chapter 4, Part 1: Brave New World, the reality dating show: Bernard's feelings are hurt as Lenina tries to embrace the World State's dating philosophy. Meanwhile, Lenina heads out with Henry Foster to play obstacle golf. "I'm glad I'm not a Gamma."
- Chapter 4, Part 2: Bernard, feeling distressed over things getting complicated with Lenina, visits his good friend Helmholtz for a little bro time. The two discuss the ways they feel like outsiders from the World State. Something needs to change, but they're not quite sure what...
- Chapter 5, Part 1: Henry and Lenina's date continues: we're off to the club for dinner along with the sweet music of Calvin Stopes and his his Sixteen Sexophonists. Afterwards, there's time for a rocket flight over the Crematorium (romantic!) and a little soma.
- Chapter 5, Part 2: Back to Bernard for the Solidarity Service where the whole gang gets together to have some strawberry ice cream soma and sing the Solidarity Hymn. After that, they all...wait. What?!
Week 4: Brave New vocab; intro to dystopia's "black mirror" & satire's "thoughtful laughter"
Monday Oct 22
Tuesday Oct 23 and Wednesday Oct 24
Note: these assignments should be completed at your own pace over the course of these two days.
Brave New Vocab:
Sci-fi satire in Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron":
See below if you're unsure how to access StudySync.
Thursday Oct 25
Friday Oct 26
- Welcome to Dystopia / Philosophical Chairs
Tuesday Oct 23 and Wednesday Oct 24
Note: these assignments should be completed at your own pace over the course of these two days.
Brave New Vocab:
- Head to Schoology and open the blue Vocabulary folder.
- Begin with the Quizlet link which will introduce you to the 25 words for our first vocab unit connected to our first novel: Aldous Huxley's dystopian classic, Brave New World.
- Use Quizlet's "Learn" feature to...learn the words, along with any other practice activities you find helpful.
- Once you feel familiar with the words and definitions, head back to the Schoology: Vocabulary folder and open the Kami: Brave New Vocab practice assignment.
- On your own or with a partner, complete the practice activity to prepare you for this Friday's first vocab test.
Sci-fi satire in Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron":
- Head to StudySync and open the "Harrison Bergeron" assignment.
- Complete the assignment as directed in StudySync.
- Afterwards, return to Schoology and the pink folder: Dystopian stories and films.
- First, read the document: Satirical devices and techniques.
- Finally, use these resources along with your beautiful brains to complete the Kami assignment: Vonnegut's satire in "Harrison Bergeron" (due before Thursday's class)
See below if you're unsure how to access StudySync.
Thursday Oct 25
- Vonnegut's satire in "Harrison Bergeron"
- Watch and compare: 2081
Friday Oct 26
- Test: Brave New Vocab
- Read Brave New World Chapter 1 for Monday's class. Audiobook link is here, read by Michael York.
- If you prefer to read online (or are missing a book), you can find each chapter here.
- Below, review the Chapter 1 focus questions to help you zoom in on the key details of Huxley's introduction to the World State. Review #1-7 (optional to write, but expect to see them in some form in future quizzes/tests).
- Required: Key Passage Focused Freewrite. See here for this short writing assignment. Bring to Monday's class.
How do I get to StudySync?
1. Start in Clever.
2. Click on the McGraw Hill app.
3. Click on the StudySync app.
4. Once you're in StudySync, click on the "Harrison Bergeron" assignment and get reading!
Week 3: How has technology made us better--and worse--at being human?
Monday Oct 15
Tuesday Oct 16
Wednesday Oct 17
Thursday Oct 18
Friday Oct 19
Next week:
- What--and how--has technology made us better (and worse) versions of ourselves?
- Watch Explained: "Designer DNA"
- HW:
- Read "The promising and perilous science of gene editing"
- Listen to Paul Knoepfler's "What are the Unintended Consequences of Gene Editing?"
- As you watch, read, and listen to each of the three sources, use the T-chart to record benefits and drawbacks. Be sure to reference the sources as well as your own ideas for your reasons and evidence.
Tuesday Oct 16
- What'd you find interesting or convincing in yesterday's sources?
- Organize into teams of 4
- Scenario: You're members of the National Science and Technology Council who have been tasked with deciding whether or not our country proceeds with research on CRISPR/Cas9 for use in human gene editing.
- Affirmative Speaker: Present your claims, reasoning, and evidence for why we should proceed with research on CRISPR. (max 90 seconds)
- Negative Questioner: Question or counter (60 seconds)
- Negative Speaker: Present your C/R/E for why we should delay research on CRISPR (90 seconds)
- Affirmative Questioner: Question or counter (60 seconds)
- Flipgrid (P5) and Flipgrid (P8)
Wednesday Oct 17
- Flipgrids
- "Why You Shouldn't Be Allowed to Drive"
Thursday Oct 18
- Research day for sources in conversation: What technology will change our lives in the next 10 years?
- class/HW: Link your source, cite it (MLA conventions), and post a summary paragraph
Friday Oct 19
- Sources in conversation: What technology will change our lives in the next 10 years?
Next week:
- Welcome to Dystopia / Philosophical Chairs
- Brave New Vocab
- The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal.
- O brave new world that has such people in't!
Week 2: 26 Pebbles
Monday Oct 8
Tuesday Oct 9
Wednesday Oct 10
Thursday Oct 11
Friday Oct 12
- no school
Tuesday Oct 9
- College essay final copy due to turnitin.com by tonight
- Finish 26 Pebbles (the playwright asked for pictures: who's in?)
Wednesday Oct 10
- Nearpod: community, hope, and the call for healing in 26 Pebbles
Thursday Oct 11
- Nearpod: community, hope, and the call for healing in 26 Pebbles
Friday Oct 12
- 26 Pebbles Nearpod due by Sunday night
- blog setup / College essay contest
Week 1: 26 Pebbles
- College Essay "Office Hours" schedule
- See Fastweb or Scholly (small fee) for scholarship search (free $$)
Monday Oct 1
- College Essay peer review
Tuesday Oct 2
- Online portfolio/blog setup
- An introduction to 26 Pebbles
Wednesday Oct 3
- 26 Pebbles
Thursday Oct 4
- 26 Pebbles
Friday Oct 5
- 26 Pebbles
College essay final submission due to turnitin.com by Tuesday night