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BRAVE NEW WORLD BY ALDOUS HUXLEY READ AND ANNOTATE HARRISON BERGERON BY KURT VONNEGUT JR. • You’ll need two colors of highlighters for this activity: • 1st Color – normal annotations, make 2 per page. • 2d Color – mark at least 2 things that relates to/are similar to Brave New World. This could be themes, characters, concepts, or ideas. ACTIVITY #1 - LITERATURE CIRCLES NOTES You will be numbered off from 1-4. Your number will correspond to the group you are in and the topic of your group discussion. On your own individual paper take as many notes as possible about what is said in your group discussion because you will have to share later in a small group. ACTIVITY #1 - LITERATURE CIRCLE NOTES 1. Plot Summary & Mood: Some questions to think about: What is it like to experience this story? Describe the setting and the conflict. What happens is the story? What is the atmosphere of the story like? What about the state-of- mind? What is the prevailing feeling of the story? 2. Characters: Identify the major characters in the story. Some questions to think about: What kind of person is each character? What function/significance does each character have in the story? Would this person function differently in another society? 3. The Society: Summarize what life in the society is like. Some questions to think about: What are the major characteristics of this society? What is the government like? Are people in this society happy? What is a day in the life of an average person in this society like? Do different people experience life in this society differently? How is this society like our own? How is it different? Would you change anything about the way this society is set up or the ways in which it functions? 4. Discussion of Theme: Identify and discuss at least 2 themes and provide selected passages that support each theme. Some questions to think about: What universal truths does this story explore? What views of life are present? What views of the ways in which people behave are presented? What common ground does the author create with the reader? In other words, if the particulars of your experiences are removed and if the details of the story are overlooked, what general underlying truths remain present in life and in the story? How may the title be related to theme? ACTIVITY #2 - LITERATURE CIRCLE JIGSAW NOTES • Return to your table groups with your notes. • In your table groups, share what you and your literature circle discussed with the other group members. Each member of the group must share! (Otherwise the people in your group will not know about your topic.) • On the same sheet of paper, take at LEAST 5 notes on each of the groups information that is not your group, you will be turning this in. VISUAL ELEMENTS TO THE FINAL SPEECH • In order to enhance your speech you should have a visual element. Your visual elements can be: • • • • • • • Demonstration Video PowerPoint A handout A poster A prop Dressing up – creation of a character ***If you think of something not listed you must clear it with your teacher. • • Your visual element should have some tie into your topic. Use of your visual element does not count as time towards your speech. DUE/HOMEWORK: • Due: • Annotated Miller article & Annotated story • Activity #1 and #2 – notes from both literature circle discussions. BRAVE NEW WORLD BY: ALDOUS HUXLEY ACTIVITY 1 - QUICKWRITE In 4-5 sentences discuss a tradition you and/or your family practices? If you know, what are the origins of that tradition? Why (if you know) do you and/or your family practice that tradition? ACTIVITY 2 – “THE LOTTERY” BY SHIRLEY JACKSON You will be broken up into 6 groups and given one part of Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery”. Each section is labeled 1-6. In your groups you must do the following: 1. Read your section of the story 2. Make predictions about what you think happens before and after your section (for section labeled “1” predict after and section label “6” predict what happened before). You must write the predictions on your OWN sheet of paper under ‘Activity 2’. On your article mark evidence to support your predictions. 3. Create a title for your specific section. ACTIVITY 2 – “THE LOTTERY” BY SHIRLEY JACKSON After each group has made their predictions and created the title for their section we will come together as a class to discuss. Each group must do the following while presenting to the class: 1. 2. Read your section out loud. 3. The title you created. Share the predictions you made and the process of doing so. What context clues or evidence did you use? After each group has shared we will have heard the whole story and we will discuss whether any predictions were correct! BRAVE NEW WORLD ALDOUS HUXLEY PINWHEEL DISCUSSION In today’s class discussion we will be having three of the texts we have read and the author’s of those texts in conversation with each other. You will play one of 4 roles in today’s class discussion: 1. Aldous Huxley author of Brave New World 2. Kurt Vonnegut author of “Harrison Bergeron” 3. Shirley Jackson author of “The Lottery” 4. Provocateur – facilitator of discussion In the pinwheel discussion the groups who represent one of the authors will act as that author during the discussions, i.e. the authors will be having a discussion with each other. PINWHEEL DISCUSSION To prepare for the pinwheel discussion: • In your assigned groups create questions for the pinwheel discussion you would like to ask the author’s of each text. These can be questions about themes, characters, plot development, symbols etc. • When creating questions refer to your Socratic seminar questions handout if you need to – think about creating questions that have textual evidence like “In Harrison Bergeron Vonnegut writes ‘And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains,’ how does this relate to Huxley’s idea of soma? PINWHEEL DISCUSSION During the pinwheel discussion: • The Teacher will give time cues and tell students when to rotate within the pinwheel. • Remember you are answering questions as the author you were given, not as yourself! • Authors may address each other and ask each other questions. Do not just rely on the provocateurs. • Provocateurs will help guide discussion by asking questions and follow up questions. • Ask follow up questions, make connections between texts, bring in new ideas and use textual evidence. • Remember silence is okay!