Friday 3/30/12

In Class:

• Vocab Study
• Genre Brainstorm
• Seminar Reflection
• Put Seminar Reflection on Dp

Seminar Reflection

• What was the most interesting idea discussed in your seminar yesterday? Explain it and develop in detail.
• Quote one quotation from the novel you wished you would have included in the discussion, and explain why you wish you could include it.  
• What were you most proud of about your seminar performance yesterday?

Homework:

• Finish seminar reflection if not done so in class.

Wednesday 3/28/12

In Class: (Run by my fabulous intern James Shahan!)

• Brave New World Centers Activity

Homework:

Seminar pre-write

1.  What is overall message do of BNW?

2.   Is BNW a utopia or a dystopia? Why?

3.  What does John mean by saying nothing in civilization costs enough (page 239)?

4.  How much of our society do you think is focused on comfort and how much do you think is focused on truth and beauty?    Give overall percentages and explain why. 

Tuesday 3/27/12

In Class:

• Keyword study
• Finish BNW audio book
• List 5 perspectives M. Mond gives in Ch 16
• List 5 perspectives M. Mond gives in Ch 17

Homework:

• Finish BNW

Monday 3/26/12

In Class:

• 5 SAT vocabulary keywords
• Study keywords for quiz next week
• Discussion - chapters 13, 14, 15
• Summary activity - For each chapter through chapter 15, give a one sentence summary and draw an image to represent that chapter.

Homework:

• Finish BNW through ch 17

Friday 3/23/12

In Class:

• Shakespeare and BNW
• Listing Easy and Difficult Pleasures
• Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4
• List all the emotions in this scene
• Why did Huxley make Shakespeare such a big part of this novel?
• Would you rather live in a world of intense pleasure and intense pain or of only easy pleasure?
• Reading

Homework:

• Read to page 216 by Monday BOC

Wednesday 3/21/12

In Class:

• Keyword Practice with SAT vocab
• Vocab activity for chapters 7, 8
• Reading and Reading

Homework:

• Read BNW through page 186 by Friday beginning of class

Tuesday 3/20/12

In Class:

• Quiz
• Reading Enjoyment Maximizers

Homework:

• Finish Reading Enjoyment Maximizers
• Graded on Perspective - how apparent are the connections to Brave New World in your project?
• Refinement -How professional overall is your project?

Monday 3/19/12

In Class:

• Study for quiz tomorrow
• Turn in HW
• Discussion Question Activity
• Reading Enjoyment Maximizer (45 minutes today, 1 hour 15 minutes tomorrow, due Weds.)

Homework:

• Work on your reading enjoyment maximizer if you need to.

Friday 3/15/12

In Class:

• Starter - Quiz Study - Here are all of the notes if you missed any days
• Vocab - Keyword
• Vocab - Prediction
• Reading and Work Time

Homework:

• Read and complete a dialectical journal on chapter 5.
• Just read chapter 6 - no journal.  

Wednesday 3/14/12

In Class:

• Planner Check
• Turn in dialectical journal 2
• Parallel structure starter
• Pavlov and The Office notes
• Keyword SAT vocabulary
• CH 3 vocabulary for reading
• Read and dialectical journal

Homework:

• Finish reading chapter 3
• 3 dialectical journal entries for chapter 3

3/13/12

In Class:

• Starter - Parallel structure review and practice
• Review dialectical journals
• Turn in dialectical journals
• Ford video and overview
• Human machine activity
• Vocab - prediction and SAT
• Reading/HW

Homework:

• Finish reading chapter 2
• Complete 3 dialectical journals for chapter 2

Monday 3/12/12

In Class: Lots of Handouts.  If you missed, you should print and review these all.

• Parallel Structure
• BNW Project Overview and Calendar
• Reading Vocabulary
• SAT Vocabulary
• Dialectical Journal Handout

Homework:

• Finish BNW (Brave New World) chapter 1.
• Complete 3 dialectical journal entries on BNW ch 1.

Friday 3/2/12

In Class:

• TCAP Prep
• Harrison Burgeron

Homework:

• No homework.  There will not be homework all of TCAP week, and I will not be updating my DP that week either.  

Thursday 3/1/12

In Class:

• Finish MUN Self-Assessment and DP update from yesterday

Homework:

• Finish MUN Self-Assessment and DP update if not done so already.