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Senior English 11/4/13

Senior English 11/4/13. What is more important, respecting traditions or making good change for the future? What do you call a cow that doesn’t give milk? Bastinado – to torture by beating on the soles of the feet with a stick .

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Senior English 11/4/13

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  1. Senior English 11/4/13 • What is more important, respecting traditions or making good change for the future? • What do you call a cow that doesn’t give milk? • Bastinado – to torture by beating on the soles of the feet with a stick. Goals – Start thinking of a big ideas that you find the most interesting from Brave New World. Get the last couple of people started on reading. Homework – Complete reading chapter 6. Quiz on chapters 4-6 tomorrow. Don’t forget to study for vocab 10 Friday and vocab final in two weeks.

  2. Senior English 11/5/13 • Is there any value to books and reading? How about education? Are they as important to our society as teachers suggest? How could this relate to Brave New World? • What is the frogs’ favorite game? • Coruscate – to give off glitter or sparkles of light; to be brilliantly witty. Goals – Discussion to clarify. Get caught up on reading. BNW Reading Comprehension Ch. 4-6 tomorrow Homework – Complete your reading use sticky notes to identify questions or key points.

  3. Senior English 11/6/13 • Huxley says in his foreword that Brave New World isn't about science in itself, but instead about the way that science affects people. What's the difference? How does this dilemma play out in the novel? • What has three teeth and sixty feet? • Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious – very good, very fine. Goals – Quiz on chapters 4-6. Discussion about issues in the book. Caste system? Homework – Write a paragraph about how science affects you is it positive or negative?.

  4. Senior English 11/7/13 • In general, do your feel our world is heading in a positive or negative direction? Why? Are any of your feelings based upon science or economics? • He’s such a good salesman that if you were shipwrecked and treading water, he could sell you an anvil. • Jeeter – an ill-mannered slob. Goals – Read and analyze articles about classical and operant conditioning. What is the difference and how do they relate to brave new world? Online examples game. Homework – Read BNW Chapter 7.

  5. Senior English 11/8/13 • Five minutes to study for vocabulary final. • Why did the lollipop cross the road? • Adoxography – writing cleverly on a trivial subject Goals – Successfully complete vocab #10. Discussion about cloning? Homework – Read BNW Chapter 8.

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