Brave New World

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Brave New World

• Post reading activities

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Letter to Huxley

• Reading involves an emotional response. You like
  or dislike a book. You are bored or excited by
  its contents. What is your emotional response to
  Brave New World? Write a ½ page letter to Aldous
  Huxley describing your reaction to his novel.
• Good letter writing begins with a powerful
  introduction to get the readers attention. A
  body of supporting ideas follows the introduction
  and a conclusion that ties everything together
  finishes the letter. The body may be the most
  substantial part, but the introduction and
  conclusion emphasize key points and give the
  letter cohesion. Construct your introduction,
  body, and conclusion based on your answers to
  some or all of the following questions

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Letter to Huxley

• What is your overall opinion of the novel?
• What are the three main reasons for your opinion?
• Is the plot a strong one? How might it be
  improved?
• What elements of the tale are realistic? Which
  are purely fictional?
• Did you like the novels ending? Explain.
• What elements of Brave New World do you like the
  most? What elements would you change? (Point of
  view, style, plot, characters, setting, tone,
  etc.)

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Fishbowl directions

• Each student is responsible for participating in
  the fishbowl process. On the next slide you will
  see the discussion questions look over the
  questions and decide which ones you want to
  discuss with your peers. Jot down some notes on
  your classwork. You will be required to
  participate in at least two discussion topics.
• Each student is responsible for adding at least
  four thoughtful pieces of commentary to the
  discussion. You may enter the discussion as many
  times as you wish, however every student needs to
  participate in at least two discussion topics.
  No hogging a topic!
• Each student is responsible for taking notes on
  at least four of the discussion topics. Notes
  can include questions, ideas that you like or
  disagree with, something that you find
  interesting, etc. You must have at least four
  notes for each discussion topic (thats 16 notes
  people). Bullet points are ok.

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Fishbowl discussion

1. How are our minds manipulated by outside sources
   such as the media, government and peers? Is this
   always "bad" for us?
2. What would it truly be like if all your desires
   were fulfilled? Would it really be paradise?
   Why or why not?
3. What is the purpose of having a society based on
   a consumer mentality? Why is there constant
   surveillance of the citizens and nobody is
   allowed to be alone? What purpose do these
   control tactics serve?
4. What steps should a government take to keep order
   among its people? Where does one draw the line
   between protection and personal freedom?
5. Why is it important to conform? Why is it
   important to be different? Give examples where
   each is beneficial.
6. Which parts of this society do you find most
   disturbing? Which parts hit close to home (they
   seem so close to our own world)? Which part of
   their society seems far-fetched?
7. What moral lessons and philosophies does Brave
   New World illustrate?

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Classwork list

• Getting ready to read quickwrite (1
  paragraph) 2
• In class writing 1 (3 paragraphs) 3
• Analyzing stylistic choices (3 questions) 2
• Writing a summary analysis (2, 5-6 sentence
  entries) 2
• Setting paragraph (1 paragraph) 1
• In class writing 2 (3 paragraphs) 3
• Twilight Zone comparison (1/2 page response to 3
  questions) 2
• In class writing 3 (3 paragraphs) 3
• Summarizing responding (2 paragraphs) 2
• In class writing 4 (1-1 paragraph, 3-dicussed,
  4-2 paragraphs) 0
• Passage analysis (2, ½ page entries) 4
• In class writing 5 (2 paragraphs) 2
• Thinking critically (1 paragraph) 1
• Fishbowl notes (16 bullet points) 3