English 12 (Period 6) Assignments

Senior Multi-Media Presentations are due June 14-16. Your due date is posted in class. See the attached handout for complete directions.

I have also attached the PowerPoints shown in class that review the Restoration and Enlightenment, Romanticism, Victorian, and Modernism eras.

Brave New World test.

Read chapters 16-18 in Brave New World. Additionally, your study questions are due.

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Chapters 16-18 Study Questions

1. What happens to Bernard and Helmholtz?

2. Why does the Controller say they should be happy to be banished?

3. Why are Shakespeare and scientific research banned?

4. What does John mean when he says, "I claim them all"?

5. Why does John drink mustard water?

6. Why does John torture himself?

7. To what end does John come?

Please see the attached project that is due on May 11th. All components of the project are due: essay (2-3 pages), brochure, and PowerPoint.

Your group will present the project on May 11. The presentation must be 10-15 minutes.

**Turn in or e-mail me your brochure by nutrition on May 11th, and I will make copies to distribute to the class.

Read chapters 14-15 in Brave New World. Study questions are also due.

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Chapters 14-15 Study Questions

1. Why are children given treats when they visit the Hospital for the Dying?

2. Why is John's reaction to his mother's death inappropriate?

3. Why does John attempt to stop the soma distribution?

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Attached is the vocabulary worksheet that we worked on in class on Tuesday 5/4.

Read Chapter 13 in Brave New World. Study questions for chapters 10-13 are due. Be prepared to take a quiz.

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Chapters 10-13 Study Questions

1. How does Bernard humiliate the Director?

2. Why is everyone interested in John but not Linda?

3. How does Linda spend her time?

4. Why does John throw up?

5. What other "civilized" customs disgust John?

6. Why does John refuse to come to the party?

7. How does John's refusal affect Bernard?

8. How does Bernard react to his downfall?

Read chapter 12 in Brave New World. Be prepared to take a quiz. Continue to work on your study questions for chapters 10-13. They are due on Tuesday, May 4.

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Chapters 10-13 Study Questions

1. How does Bernard humiliate the Director?

2. Why is everyone interested in John but not Linda?

3. How does Linda spend her time?

4. Why does John throw up?

5. What other "civilized" customs disgust John?

6. Why does John refuse to come to the party?

7. How does John's refusal affect Bernard?

8. How does Bernard react to his downfall?

Finish reading chapter 10 of Brave New World. Attached is the vocabulary work that was completed in class.

Work on study questions from chapters 10-13.

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Chapters 10-13 Study Questions

1. How does Bernard humiliate the Director?

2. Why is everyone interested in John but not Linda?

3. How does Linda spend her time?

4. Why does John throw up?

5. What other "civilized" customs disgust John?

6. Why does John refuse to come to the party?

7. How does John's refusal affect Bernard?

8. How does Bernard react to his downfall?

Read chapter 9 in Brave New World

Study questions for chapters 7-9 are due.

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Chapters 7-9 Study Questions

1. How are Linda and John different from the other savages?

2. Why is Lenina disgusted by Linda?

3. Why do the women whip Linda?

4. What things does Mitsima teach John?

5. What book does Pope bring for John?

6. Why do Bernard and John both feel alone?

7. To whom does John liken Lenina?

Read chapter 8 in Brave New World. Continue to work on your study questions.

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Chapters 7-9 Study Questions

1. How are Linda and John different from the other savages?

2. Why is Lenina disgusted by Linda?

3. Why do the women whip Linda?

4. What things does Mitsima teach John?

5. What book does Pope bring for John?

6. Why do Bernard and John both feel alone?

7. To whom does John liken Lenina?

Read chapter 7 in Brave New World.

In class, we worked on the attached vocabulary study guide for chapters 7-9.

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Chapters 7-9 Study Questions

1. How are Linda and John different from the other savages?

2. Why is Lenina disgusted by Linda?

3. Why do the women whip Linda?

4. What things does Mitsima teach John?

5. What book does Pope bring for John?

6. Why do Bernard and John both feel alone?

7. To whom does John liken Lenina?

Brave New World - read chapter 6. Chapters 4-6 study questions are due.

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Chapters 4-6 Study Questions

1. How are Bernard and Helmholtz alike?

2. What is a Solidarity Service?

3. Why is Bernard unable to feel the oneness with his group?

4. How does Bernard want to spend his dates with Lenina?

5. Why does the Director threaten to send Bernard to Iceland?

Read chapter 5 of Brave New World. Continue to work on your study questions.

Read chapter 4 of Brave New World.

In class, we worked on the attached vocabulary study guide for chapters 4-6.

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Chapters 4-6 Study Questions

1. How are Bernard and Helmholtz alike?

2. What is a Solidarity Service?

3. Why is Bernard unable to feel the oneness with his group?

4. How does Bernard want to spend his dates with Lenina?

5. Why does the Director threaten to send Bernard to Iceland?

Finish chapter 3 of Brave New World. Complete your study questions for chapters 1-3.

Chapters 1-3 Study Questions

1. Who is the D.H.C.?

2. What is Bokanovsky's Process?

3. Explain why Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability.

4. What is the point of conditioning?

5. Why are the babies being conditioned to hate books and flowers?

6. How is the conditioning reinforced?

7. What is the name of the deity in this world?

8. Why is "mother" such an obscene word?

9. How is Bernard Marx different from his associates?

10. Why does Lenina want to go out with Bernard?

11. What is soma?

If you were absent today, you must read chapter 2 in Brave New World.

Finish reading chapter 1 of Brave New World. Attached is the vocabulary work that was completed in class.

Chapters 1-3 Study Questions

1. Who is the D.H.C.?

2. What is Bokanovsky's Process?

3. Explain why Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability.

4. What is the point of conditioning?

5. Why are the babies being conditioned to hate books and flowers?

6. How is the conditioning reinforced?

7. What is the name of the deity in this world?

8. Why is "mother" such an obscene word?

9. How is Bernard Marx different from his associates?

10. Why does Lenina want to go out with Bernard?

11. What is soma?

For those of you who were absent on Tuesday 3/30, you need to complete the following:

Finish reading "Words and Behavior" (we left off on page 1152). Then answer #7 on page 1155. Please write a minimum of 2 paragraphs. Your answer needs to reflect your personal thoughts on the subject and your understanding of the article.

"My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" open-book test

pg. 859 #1-5, 7-8

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Extra credit - pg. 860 Inquiry & Research
Cite your sources - this is NOT your opinion

Write a poem emulating the romantics style. You can write it about modern culture, but it must be in the style of the romantics as we have discussed in class. Think about nature, contrasting imagery, escaping, reform, protest, peace, etc.

Read "Kubla Khan" and answer the questions that follow.

Creating your own “Modest Proposal”

 Think of a problem that society faces today. Some ideas include: bad economy, unemployment, hunger, homelessness, gangs, child abuse, graffiti, lack of education, war, poverty, drug abuse, over-crowded prisons, obesity, global warming and healthcare.

 

You must pick a problem (you can choose one of my ideas or pick one of your own), and write a proposal on how this problem should be solved. You can be as zany and outlandish as you’d like. The outrageous solution should ridicule those who could fix the problem, but don't. 

 

Like Swift, first give facts and figures - you can just make them up, since this is a satire - and have fun with it. For the rest of the proposal, you are simply trying to solve a problem for the common good.

 

You can use the attached graphic organizers to help you organize your thoughts. There are two different ones to choose from. Then you must write your proposal out on paper – please use complete sentences.

 

Your assignment is due on Friday, February 26.