Week of 10/3/16

AP LIT:
- Continue your annotations for "The Road". 1 for every 25 pages
- By next Monday you should be done with the book and have all annotations ready to turn in.
- I will give you the preparation for the socratic seminar on Monday along with some Multiple Choice Practice

English 4:
- Socratic Seminar for the novel
- Have all annotations/presentations ready to turn in.
- An Essay will follow the class after the socratic seminar.
- Must have your progress report signed before turning in late work.

Below are the questions for the Seminar for each class:

Brave New World

Complete a close reading of last page. Analyze each line and what the text is doing on a thematic level.

           

Create a list of topics/themes that can be discussed in socratic seminar setting and find a few quotes for each one…you should have at least 5 topics or themes.

           

Analyze 3 Characters. Make sure to write about their:

            Characterization, appearance, dialogue/actions, and symbolism.

Prepare to have answers and supporting quotes for the following questions:

1. What is the significance of choosing Henry Ford as “God?”
2. Though Huxley’s brave new world seems less human in the way we are accustomed to living, explain the positive aspects of his society. What aspects would you particularly like and why?
3. Discuss Soma and its presence in the book.
4. What are the differences between Science and Technology? How do we use it vs. Brave New World?
5. What is the significance of taking away art, intelligence, and nature?
6. Make a list and briefly analyze John, Bernard, Lenina, Helmholtz, and Mond.
7. List and describe the ways the society in Brave New World mirrors and contrasts today’s society. Think of soma, sex, technology, religion, entertainment, consumerism, identity, etc.

Disgrace 

 This is to be completed by next class. This is your Socratic seminar preparation and will be turned in.

Find and mark down several quotes for each of the following topics. That means, for all 9 topics you should have quotes for each individual one:

Sex

Rape

Love

Hate

Violence

Suffering

Justice

Knowledge

Literature

Now, write 2 paragraphs for each of the following controversial discussions…that is 8 paragraphs total:

Good vs. Good Person

Just vs. Justified

What does it mean to be ethical and who decides?

Masculine (Academic) vs. Feminine (Personal) language       

Answer the question: Who in the novel lives in disgrace? Do they know, and who decided so?