April 3, 2018 - April 6, 2018 ERWC
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 particular type of communism known as Marxism.
James
Watson: renowned geneticist who discovered the double helix in DNA.
Herman
von Helmholtz: a scientist who discovered the photoreceptors in the eye, which
is used in color vision.
Figurative
Language:
Quotation:
“The
mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust.”
Simile
What
is being described to what? The mesa is being compared to a ship.
What
is revealed by the comparison: Ships are secure. They are large and massive and
suggestive of power and of war. They are methods of transport. This comparison gives the mesa a
feeling of massive power and of potential movement; an object in a state of
inertia holding the potentiality of movement and force.
Quotation:
“Suddenly
as if the air had come alive and were pulsing, pulsing with the indefatigable
movement of blood.”
Identify
the figurative language.
What
is compared to what?
Write
a brief comparison between life in the New World and life on a “savage
reservation”.
What
is Lenina’s response to the reservation?
Give
two specific quotations and two specific references to the book to explain her
reaction and the reasons for her reaction.
Vocabulary:
Indefatigable:
tireless; inexhaustable
Wednesday, April 4th:
How to do the figurative language:
Write the quotation
Who is saying it?
To whom is s/he saying it? And why?
Identify the figurative language
Explain what the quotation is saying and what is revealed by the figurative language.
Questions for Chapter Five in Brave New World:
Figurative Language:
Quotation:
“The approaches to the monorail station were black with the ant-like pullulaton of lower-cast activity.”
What is being compared to what?
What is the attitude towards the lower-castes?
Quotation:
“The sexophones wailed like melodious cats under the moon, moaned in the alto and tenor registers as though the little death were upon them.”
What is being compared to what?
What is revealed by the comparison?
“The little death” is a euphemism for an orgasm.
Thursday, April 5th:
Went over and discussed the questions and quotations from yesterday on Chapter 5 of Brave New World.
Discussion of the 19th century eugenics movement which T.H. Huxley, Aldous Huxley's grandfather, was an avid proponent of and the disastrous results it lead to in the 20th century - World War 2 and the Holocaust.
Do you think Aldous Huxley's book is an argument for or against eugenics?
Participation points are being given for participating in class - posing genuine, thought-provoking questions, answering questions, making relevant and thought-provoking comments - all of this will garner you a good grade in participation.
Friday, April 6th:
Please write a brief summary of the chapter,
an analysis of the characters, an explanation of the science, the themes, and
at least three examples of figurative language.
How to do the figurative language:
Write the quotation
Who is saying it?
To whom is s/he saying it? And why?
Identify the figurative language
Explain what the quotation is saying and what is revealed by the figurative language.
All work for this grading period must be turned in by Friday, 13th to be counted for this grading period.
Wednesday, April 4th:
Please do Activity 5 in Module 8
Activity 5: Combining Sentences Using Adverbial
Clauses
Combine
the sentence (one through five) using adverbial subordinating clauses.
Underline the subordinating words or phrases.
Example:
Age
can shape every aspect of a capital case. Questions are raised about how
reliable and consistent jurors have been.
Because
age can shape every aspect of a capital case, questions are raised about how
reliable and consistent jurors have been.
Please read Brave New World and do the reading logs
for Chapter 8
Please write a brief summary of the chapter,
an analysis of the characters, an explanation of the science, the themes, and
at least three examples of figurative language.How to do the figurative language:
Write the quotation
Who is saying it?
To whom is s/he saying it? And why?
Identify the figurative language
Explain what the quotation is saying and what is revealed by the figurative language.
Questions for Chapter Five in Brave New World:
1.
What is the
difference in housing for the lower castes and the upper castes and why?
2.
What is the
connotation of the phrase “The approaches to the monorail station were black
with the ant-like pullulation of lower-caste activity and what does that imply about the attitude towards the lower caste?
3.
What is the
“switchback”? What does it
represent according to Henry? Why is that ironic?
4.
What is the ultimate fate of every man and woman
in the New World State?
5.
What does Lenina say to Henry that reveals her
hypnopaedic conditioning?
6.
Why is it ironic that Lenina and Henry are unaware
that the night is cloudless and moonless?
7.
Why is the motif of the song – a bottle –
particularly ironic?
8.
What is Huxley saying about the difference
between nature – the stars above – and man’s inventions of beauty and happiness
– that dear little bottle of mine?
9.
What are the dancing and music in the Westminster Abbey Cabaret a sublimation
for?
Figurative Language:
Quotation:
“The approaches to the monorail station were black with the ant-like pullulaton of lower-cast activity.”
What is being compared to what?
What is the attitude towards the lower-castes?
Quotation:
“The sexophones wailed like melodious cats under the moon, moaned in the alto and tenor registers as though the little death were upon them.”
What is being compared to what?
What is revealed by the comparison?
“The little death” is a euphemism for an orgasm.
Thursday, April 5th:
Went over and discussed the questions and quotations from yesterday on Chapter 5 of Brave New World.
Discussion of the 19th century eugenics movement which T.H. Huxley, Aldous Huxley's grandfather, was an avid proponent of and the disastrous results it lead to in the 20th century - World War 2 and the Holocaust.
Do you think Aldous Huxley's book is an argument for or against eugenics?
Participation points are being given for participating in class - posing genuine, thought-provoking questions, answering questions, making relevant and thought-provoking comments - all of this will garner you a good grade in participation.
Friday, April 6th:
1st Period:
Activity Six: Adding Information to Sentences and
Making Logical Sense.
Add
information from the article "Startling Finds on the Teenage Brains"
to the sentences (one through eight). Make sure you use adverbs, adverbial phrases,
and adverbial clauses.
You must go back to the articles and add information
from the articles to the sentences.
Due at the end of the period!
Chapter 8 Reading Log was due at 11:59 on Wednesday,
April 4th
Chapter 9 Reading Log was due at 11:59 on Thursday,
April 5th
Chapter 10 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on
Friday, April 6th.
Chapter 11 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on
Saturday, April 7th
Chapter 12 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on
Sunday, April 8th.
Chapter 13 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on
Monday, April 9th.
Chapter 14 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on
Tuesday, April 10th
Chapter 15 Reading Log will be due at 11:59 on
Wednesday, April 11th.
Chapter 16th Reading Log will be due at
11:59 on Thursday, April 12th.
Chapter 17th Reading Log will be due at
11:59 on Friday, April 13th.
Chapter 18th Reading will be due at 11:59
on Saturday, April 14th.
How to do the figurative language:
Write the quotation
Who is saying it?
To whom is s/he saying it? And why?
Identify the figurative language
Explain what the quotation is saying and what is revealed by the figurative language.
All work for this grading period must be turned in by Friday, 13th to be counted for this grading period.
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