Ms. Bridges' ERWC Class

Monday, April 30th:  The Turnitin Class ID for this Class is:  17952993 The class code is:  erwc ERWC Final Exam: LACC Prompt Students will write an essay in response to a prompt they will be given. Students will have the two-hour block to write their essay.  Students may not use their electronic devices nor dictionaries. The essay will be turned in at the end of the period and will be graded by the English department. Tuesday, May 1st:  Shortened day Finish the Socratic Circle on Brave New World Finish the Socratic Circle: Daylan, Cheyenne, Kaelyn, Stephanie   Alejandra, Henry, Katherine, Melanie, Noelia   Wednesday, May 2nd:  Turn in Brave New World Check out 1984 Read the first twenty-nine pages of 1984 Stop at Chapter 3 Please do a summary Please do a critical analysis of theme Please do a critical analysis of character Big Brother War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength...

Special Schedule Wednesday, April 23rd:  Work on outstanding working Thursday, April 24th:  Watch Into the Woods as part of Arts Integration

Monday, April 16th: Break into groups to form Socratic groups. Students will be given topics regarding Brave New World to create questions for the Socratic Circle. Groups: Daylan, Kaelyn, Stephanie, Cheyenne Wendy, Precious, Maybelin, Leonela,   Kenneth Monai, Shobana, Guadalupe, George, Kayla Henry, Melany, Noelia, Katherine, Alejandra Gaby, Katherine, Jonathan, Germain, Johana Ashley, Benedict, Doug, Nick, Modi Each member of each group is to create two original discussion questions based on Brave New World   and submit them to schoology by 9:13 a.m. today.   You are then required to find the answers. Examples of good discussion questions: 1.      Why did Huxley choose Henry Ford as the god of his new world?   In what way is Huxley’s Ford like or unlike the traditional notion of God? In your opinion, has belief in the power of science and technology replaced faith in God, as Huxley seems to suggest...

Monday, April 9th: Chapter 8 Reading Log was due at 11:59 on Wednesday, April 4 th Chapter 9 Reading Log was due at 11:59 on Thursday, April 5 th Chapter 10 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Friday, April 6 th .  Chapter 11 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Saturday, April 7 th Chapter 12 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Sunday, April 8 th .  Chapter 13 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Monday, April 9 th . Chapter 14 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Tuesday, April 10 th Chapter 15 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Wednesday, April 11 th .  Chapter 16 th  Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Thursday, April 12 th .  Chapter 17 th  Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on Friday, April 13 th .  Chapter 18 th  Reading will be due at 11:59 on Saturday, April 14 th .  Please write a brief summary of the chapter, an analysis of the characters, an explanation of the science, the themes, and at least three example...

Tuesday, April 3rd: Aldous Huxley Brave New World  Chapter 7 You might wonder where Aldous Huxley came up with some of his characters’ names. Many of the characters’ names come from historical figures in science (Huxley came from a long line of   prestigious scientists – his grandfather was a colleague of Charles Darwin - and was going to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestors until he developed serious vision problems) and politics, particularly socialist theorists. Vladimir Lenin (Lenina) was a Russian revolutionary, political theorist, and politician. He was one of the revolutionaries who brought about the   Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, and later became the ruler of Russia and then the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924. Karl Marx, a political theorist, wrote the Communist Manifesto in which he created the communist state, which was used as a blueprint for the government of the Soviet Union.   His name is forever linked to a partic...