Chapter 12-16 Additional Study Questions

What could Huxley not do because of the disease that affected his eye?
Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
What is The Doors of Perception?
What is significant about the day Huxley died?
What is totalitarianism?
Where do we get the word utopia?
Who was Jonathan Swift?
Who is Freud?
How is promiscuity regarded in Brave New World?
What is one aim of the state in Brave New World?
What does Bernard promise will happen at his party?
Why is Bernard humiliated?
What does Bernard do after he is humiliated?
How do Helmholtz and John get along?
What play does John read to Helmholtz?
What happens when Lenina undresses in front of John?
Who calls John?
Why is John upset?
How does the nurse feel when John is upset about Linda?
What does John do to Linda before she dies?
What does John do to the boy after Linda dies?
How does Linda die?
What does John try to keep the Delta children from doing?
How does Lenina feel about John?
Who joins John?
According to Mustapha Mond, what is the basis for the stability in his society?
How does Mond say he will punish Bernard and Helmholtz?
How does Bernard react to Mustapha Mond’s plan for him?
How does Helmholtz react to Mustapha Mond’s plan for him?
What does Helmholtz want to do when he gets to this place?
What do we learn about Mustapha Mond in Chapter 16?

Homework Journal

Journal: Are Linda and John better off in the civilized world than they were in the Reservation? Why/why not? 5 sentence minimum.

You may e-mail your journal answer to Mrs. Woodliff or leave it as a comment to this blog entry. If you leave a comment, do NOT leave your full name.
Leave your class period and initials after your post. (For example: 1JD for “1st period, Jane Doe” or 4SB for "4th period, Sam Brown")

WordWebs

Vocabulary Word Webs = 50 points of Quiz Grade

• Each group will create a Word Web in which all or most of the 21 vocabulary words are connected.
• Compile the relationships between words that everyone in your group has made so far.
• Each word, triad, or dyad should have a picture to go with it. Extra points for including at word for each picture AND each relationship. (The more pictures, the more points!)
• Pictures should be neat and creative. Poorly drawn images will not be given credit!
• Use one of the large sheets of paper under Mrs. Woodliff’s desk when creating your word web (or use your own poster board).

Mini-Examples. Use one or all of these example when creating your web.

20 & 21 April 2009

4th period:
Independent Reading: Read over Chapter 5 & 6 questions; read the chapters; answer the questions.

Expect a quiz on Wednesday.

Group questions: Groups were given the opportunity to post their questions to woodliff4th.blogspot.com/.

1st period:

Make a cinquain or graphic organizer for 4 of the 11 vocabulary words defined so far.

Independent Reading: Read over Chapter 5 & 6 questions; read the chapters; answer the questions.

Expect a quiz on Thursday.

Group questions: If you group still has not posted questions to http://woodliff1st.blogspot.com/, you still have an opportunity. Get this done by the end of the day (April 21)

April 16, 17: BNW Day 2

• Journal: "Conditioning"
  If you had been conditioned to be who you are today, explain how it would have been done:
  A. Physical conditioning before you were "decanted" (Write about at least one thing that pleases your senses and one thing that doesn’t.)
  B. Psychological conditioning after you were "decanted" (Write about at least one interest/hobby and at least one thing you dislike doing/something you’re not interested in.)

• Reading schedule calendar was handed out. Chapters assigned on one day are expected to be finished the following class day. If you are absent, there is no excuse for not reading.
• Students worked in groups to answer as many pre-reading questions as they can using PowerPoints in folders. Click here for questions and instructions can be found here.
• Vocabulary, next 4 words
  Kiva – n. a large chamber, often wholly or partly underground, in a Pueblo Indian village, used for religious ceremonies and other purposes. Origin: Hopi kíva (ki- house + unidentified element
  Malignant – adj. Bad; disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect
  Manifest – v. To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal
  Moribund - adj. in a dying state; near death.; on the verge of extinction or termination.; not progressing or advancing; stagnant:
• Vocabulary: Word Relationships
  Steps to taken when finding logical relationships.
  First, find logical relationships between 2. Example 1) Burgeon & carapace: legs & head of a turtle come out of its shell like buds sprout from a plant. Example 2) Decanted & Incarnadine: wine (red wine, pour wine)
  Then, try to add a 3rd word to these pairs. The result: Burgeon & carapace – Things come out – add fulminate, to explode with a loud noise; detonate. to cause to explode
  What do these 3 have in common?
  Now, do (A) and (B) on vocabulary handout.
  Create at least 3 pairs in part A and 1 triad in part B
• Chapter 3: Read study quesitons; read Chapter 3 aloud; finish for homework.

HOMEWORK: Finish chapter 3, read chapter 4. Be prepared for a quiz over Chapters 3 & 4. 1st period: 8 questions due as a blog post by 11:59pm April 17; 4th period: 8 questions due as a blog post by 11:59 April 20

Pre-Reading PowerPoint Questions: April 16, 17

Brave New World Pre-Reading PowerPoint Questions: Group Work.
Work with members of your caste to answer as many of these questions as you can using the PowerPoint in your folder.

Aldous Huxley
1. What did Huxley’s parents do for a living?
2. Why might Huxley’s ancestry have “brought down on him a weight of intellectual authority and a momentum of moral obligations?
3. What could Huxley not do because of the disease that affected his eyes?
4. How did Huxley know so much about science?
5. How did his eye disease influence who Huxley was to become?
6. What were some tragedies he experienced?
7. Why was Huxley not granted U.S. citizenship?
8. What are Huxley’s novels about?
9. Describe Huxley’s experience with hallucinogenic drugs.
10. Who is Jim Morrison and what is his connection to Huxley?
11. What is The Doors of Perception?
12. What is significant about the day Huxley died?
13. What other book contains similar themes as Brave New World? Who wrote this book?
14. How did Huxley and the author of this book know each other before their books were published?
15. What historical events happened around the time Brave New World was published?
16. What were the last few years of Huxley’s life like?

Terms, Literary Elements, Connections to Literature
17. What is a utopia?
18. What is a dystopia?
19. What is totalitarianism?
20. What point of view is Brave New World written in?
21. What are the themes of Brave New World? (in your own words)
22. Where do we get the word utopia?
23. Who is Sir Thomas More?
24. Who was Jonathan Swift? What is his link to More? To utopia?
25. What is the setting(s) of Brave New World? (time and place)

Brave New World
26. What is soma? What is its function?
27. Do we have a modern soma? Explain.
28. What are “feelies”?
29. What is “orgy-porgy”?
30. Who is Freud? What is his significance in Brave New World?
31. What is a Malthusian Belt?
32. What is a freemartin?
33. Describe the Alphas.
34. Betas.
35. Gammas.
36. Deltas.
37. Epsilons.
38. What is the result of the caste system?
39. How is promiscuity regarded in Brave New World?
40. Who is the director of the D.H.C.?
41. What is the aim of the state in Brave New World?
42. What is life like in the society of Brave New World? What is the quality of life?
43. How & why is the society of Brave New World a peaceful society?
44. Who is the savage & what does he believe?
45. How are the savage’s beliefs different from those of Mustapha Mond?
46. How is Brave New World more applicable today than in 1932 when it was published?
47. How is Brave New World a warning?

April 14 & 15: Brave New World Day 1

• Students began Brave New World today.
• Chapter reading assignments can be found on the calendars at the top of individual blog sites. Chapters assigned on a specific day are expected to be finished before the next class. Quizzes can be expected.
• Students were put into groups according to the caste system found in Brave New World: Alpha-Plus, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. (There are actually only 5 castes, but "plus" and "minus" are parts of those casts. I have used the Alpha-Plus so the class will have 6 smaller groups instead of 5 larger ones)
• Group Folders:
  *On the outside, write your caste name (Alpha, etc.) and class period.
  *On the inside, write your names
  *There is a glossary of terms and 2 copies of a PowerPoint in your folder. You will add additional handouts to the folder that your group will share. If you want copies, you will have to make them yourselves.
  *As you read today’s PowerPoints and the book, jot down characteristics of your “caste.”
  *You will eventually decorate the folder to symbolize your caste.
• Pre-Reading assignment using PowerPoints inside the folders (each caste has a different PowerPoint). (1st period should choose someone from their group to post their 8 questions as a comment to this post. Due Friday, 11:59pm)
  *Highlight information about
  *Events in the author’s life that might have influenced his works
  *Themes of Brave New World
  *Information you, as a group, deem important to know before reading.
  *Answer as many of the pre-reading questions on the handout as you can at this point.
  *Create one question that begins with each of the following
  *Who, what, when, where
  *Create two questions that begin with each of the following
  *Why, how
• Students read Chapter 1 aloud in class.
• Vocabulary Assignment: Define the first 7 words (give multiple definitions when possible) Links to definitions are posted in this entry.
  **Find a logical relationship between at least 3 words.
  **For example: Putrefy means to rot or decay; acrid means sharp or biting to the taste or smell; rank means highly offensive and disgusting. These 3 words all have something to do with "yuckiness."

HOMEWORK:

Vocabulary, Read Chapter 2.

Vocabulary 1-7

• Define the first 7 words (Give multiple definitions when possible. Links to definitions are below.)
• Find a logical relationship between at least 3 words.
• For example: Putrefy means to rot or decay; acrid means sharp or biting to the taste or smell; rank means highly offensive and disgusting. These 3 words all have something to do with _________________________ .
  
  burgeon
  
  carapace
  
  chronic
  
  decanted
  
  fulminate
  
  hypnopaedia
  
  fulminate