April 30, 2018 - May 4, 2018 Weekly Agenda for ERWC

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

Thought Crime

Are there parallels between our society and society of 1984?

Watched “Crash Course: 1984 with John Green” stopped at 11:37. Take notes!

Thursday, May 3rd: 
Noredink.com - grammar diagnostic
Please bring 1984  to class every day. 

Class will divide into their groups and find the answers to the following questions in 1984, which they will submit to turnitincom.  They will then select one of the discussion questions and present their answers to the class, which they will defend by offering textual evidence from 1984 and “real-world” evidence.

You will receive two grades for these assignments: one for your answers to the questions, and one for your presentations to the class.

Pages 1 - 29; 1984 Questions:

1. How does the real world in 1984 (the world that Winston lives in) differ from the “official version “ of how grand and great Oceania is?  Give at least five examples of how the real world of Oceania differs from the “official” version of Oceania. Can you think of five things in our own world that differ from the “official” version of the U.S., or California, or Los Angeles?

2. What are the titles of the government ministries? What is ironic about the titles of these government ministries? What does each ministry actually do? Is there a department in our own country which does the opposite of what it is purportedly set up to do?

3. How is technology used to control the citizens of Oceania? Is there something similar to that in our own culture? How is technology used to control the citizens of the United States?  Is it just the government that tries to control or is it also corporations?

4. What is the effect of living in a society in which there are no clearly defined laws?

Find examples from the book to support your thesis. Some of the examples may be implied.  Is there a similarity with our society with not clearly defined laws?

5. Why is it that Goldstein’s influence never seems to decline? Why doesn’t the government ever seem able to capture him? Is there an equivalent enemy that the U.S. has – one that never seems to be captured or defeated but continues to live on?

For homework tonight: read from page 29 to page 63
Write a summary - one paragraph
Analyze theme - one paragraph
Analyze character(s) - one paragraph
What is newspeak?

 Friday, May 4th: 
Present to the class your answers to one of the five questions based on the first 29 pages of 1984 
Class discussions
Class Presentations:
Question #1: Doug, Nick, Benedict, George, Modi
Question #1: Henry, Melany, Katherine, Noelia, Guadalupe
Question #3: Stephanie, Kaelyn, Gaby, Katherine Q., Johana
 Question #4: Leonela, Wendy, Maybelin, Precious
Bonus Questions: Stephanie, Benedict

What is "Ingsoc"?
What is "thoughtcrime"?