tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60170618356537670442024-03-12T22:23:15.451-06:00Smith EWL 07-08anneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573450327737964454noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-79992166697010329522008-05-13T10:11:00.002-06:002008-05-14T09:41:04.404-06:00Semester Reflection Period 4What changes have you seen this semester in regards to your education? What role did technology play in that change? What role did the constructivist philosophy play in that change? (constructivist-students becoming producers of information, students in charge of their own learning. What suggestions for improvement do you have for me next year? What are some of the things you would suggest I do again? <br /><br />Make sure to include specific examples and expand on each other's ideas. Your feedback- honest and reflective- is important!anneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573450327737964454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-27179335165712161382008-05-08T19:12:00.002-06:002008-05-08T19:15:11.562-06:00May 7, 2008Today we wrote our essay for the final in class. The students who were gone for AP tests turned in their essays ahead of time, and the rest of us typed ours in class and then put them in Mrs. Smith's drop box. Everyone should bring two dollars to go towards pizza next week while we are viewing our final projects.katherineghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439276339910584990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-90711142872387730232008-05-06T19:27:00.003-06:002008-05-06T19:42:35.303-06:00Scribe: Cinco De Mayo (May 5th)Hello Class!<br />Less than two weeks! Keep it up!<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">HOMEWORK: PREPARE FOR ESSAY TEST TOMORROW</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Trace a sacrifice through Brave New World and compose an essay about how this sacrifice came true in Brave New World and in today's society. Be specific, have well thought out explanations</span><br /><br /> In other news, we have an important update about our semester projects:<br />Due to conflicting schedules and Ms. Smith's dedication to us and Emma, she will regretably not be able to attend class on Monday because Emma has field day, and so she wants to be a great mom and be there. <br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">THIS MEANS THAT ALL FINAL PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED WEDNESDAY MAY 14TH, AND WE WILL STAY IN CLASS THROUGH SECOND LUNCH</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br />WE WILL ALSO BRING TWO DOLLARS TO WEEMS OR DUSTY FOR PIZZA AND SODA FOR OUR PROJECT LUNCHEON.<br /><br />Please keep your projects below ten 10 minutes.<br />Reminder of the groups:<br /><br />1. Emma, Cec, Katherine, Dan C.<br />2. Sam, Kyle, Michael, Brooks, Joe, Dusty<br />3. Jackie, Emily L., Becca, Soo<br />4. Sam E., Melinda, Ryan x2, Courtney<br />5. Iain, Weems, Tucker, Alex, Kenny<br />6. Alex, Emily, Allie<br /><br />Have an excellent week and sorry about the <strong>late </strong>post!!!emilylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322751129456493966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-87082809004831466652008-05-01T19:55:00.001-06:002008-05-01T19:55:32.586-06:00<p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;">Wednesday Scribe</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">April 30, 2008</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Due on Friday:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">BNW Socratic Seminar ticket (one page reaction paper on chapters 13-16)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">After going over the homework for Friday, we talked about Monday’s Socratic Seminar.<span style=""> </span>A lot of us felt that the sub. talked more than the kids did, and that it was not successful.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then we got into our semester project groups, and Ms. Smith handed out guidelines and objectives for the projects.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some important things to remember are:</p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Use specific examples! (with explanations)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Generalities don’t work here</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Relate examples to modern world-make several connections</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Creative and captivating</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Good grammar and mechanics</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Leave a final, lasting message</li><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">What do you want Ms. Smith and the audience to take away?</li></ul></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Presentations will be on the 12<sup>th</sup> and 14<sup>th</sup>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The final work day will be on May 9<sup>th</sup>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ms. Smith recommended that we get it done before prom weekend for obvious reasons.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Remember, these projects are going on the blog for the world to see, so represent our class and each other to your best ability!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And finally, Wednesday, May 7<sup>th</sup> is the in-class essay test.<span style=""> </span>Bring notes/an outline.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you will not be in class, either come in on an off hour or have your parents time you 58 minutes and sign off on it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good luck to everyone these last couple weeks!</span>rebeccarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11756592031625220393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-60931978809731823002008-04-29T09:47:00.001-06:002008-04-29T09:48:33.430-06:00Scribe for Monday, April 28Monday, April 28, 2008<br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">We had a sub today, Mrs. Ritzdorf. We also turned in our ticket for the fishbowl of chapters 7-12 and the summary response paper to the movie clips that we originally watched on Friday.<br /><br /></span>Brooks was the lucky duck who was put in charge of the seminar!<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Important points of the Fishbowl<br /></span></strong> What is the significance of Shakespeare’s quotes in the novel?<br /> -Passion of society leads it down a path of bad thoughts<br /> -Quotes are used as a reference<br /> -Thought of love and death<br /> -From the Tempest (the title) separates the people into specific groups<br /> -Shows its timelessness<br /> -John is the tragic hero who is Huxley’s Romeo<br /> -Bernard is Juliet’s cousin (shows the jealous trait)<br /> -John and Humholdz friendship to Shakespeare’s<br /> Significance of Religion<br /> -Idea of being alone<br /> -p.136 “He discovered Time, Death and God.”<br /> -People don’t have time to reflect or be alone<br /> -Why is time capitalized?<br /> Eternity?<br /> -p. 137 He wanted to know what it was like to be crucified<br /> -Is Huxley using religion as an escape? More everlasting than soma<br /> -Time to yourself<br /> -Bernard and John- notice the need to be alone and see by doing so<br /> They realize what society has become<br /> What is socially acceptable?<br /> -conformity<br /> What do the colors mean?<br /> -Sense of emotion and individuality<br /><br /> p. 148 Hemholdz- follows thoughts to be different<br /> -Bernard is a catalyst for John’s approval of man kind<br /> -Threat makes him change his mind<br /> -Instill Fear<br /> -ASTRAY<br /> -Greater talents<br /> -able to lead people<br /> -creates a new norm<br /> -lead others in a particular way<br /> -one person with talent should be punished so that they<br />don’t influence others<br /> -Follow Leaders<br /> -A leader becomes a target of those who are threatened<br /> -poses a threat to society<br /> -step up to position with a leader<br /> -Harrison Berger (Ray Bradbury)<br /> -Short story<br /> -Restrain Talents<br /> -Equality<br /> -Prevent a talented person to excel<br /> -A leader doesn’t get rid of all the problems<br /> -Political- Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein<br /> -Better to have one suffer than to have all suffer<br /> Why bring the savage back?<br /> -Selfish<br /> -Bernard is using John to go back into society<br /> -Is John using Bernard to gain a follower?<br /><br /> 1939-How many predictions have come true?<br /> 1. Cloning (genetic Engineering)<br /> 2. Sex (PDA) (sex sells)<br /> 3. Drugs<br /> 4. Technology (taking over society)<br /><br /> What prevents (if anything) the kind of negative consequence that Huxley foretells?<br /> The Individual<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HOMEWORK:</span><br /> Semester Project!<br /><br />See you all on Wednesday!katherineghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439276339910584990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-41371671674042022982008-04-29T09:47:00.000-06:002008-04-29T09:48:32.475-06:00Scribe for Monday, April 28Monday, April 28, 2008<br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">We had a sub today, Mrs. Ritzdorf. We also turned in our ticket for the fishbowl of chapters 7-12 and the summary response paper to the movie clips that we originally watched on Friday.<br /><br /></span>Brooks was the lucky duck who was put in charge of the seminar!<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Important points of the Fishbowl<br /></span></strong> What is the significance of Shakespeare’s quotes in the novel?<br /> -Passion of society leads it down a path of bad thoughts<br /> -Quotes are used as a reference<br /> -Thought of love and death<br /> -From the Tempest (the title) separates the people into specific groups<br /> -Shows its timelessness<br /> -John is the tragic hero who is Huxley’s Romeo<br /> -Bernard is Juliet’s cousin (shows the jealous trait)<br /> -John and Humholdz friendship to Shakespeare’s<br /> Significance of Religion<br /> -Idea of being alone<br /> -p.136 “He discovered Time, Death and God.”<br /> -People don’t have time to reflect or be alone<br /> -Why is time capitalized?<br /> Eternity?<br /> -p. 137 He wanted to know what it was like to be crucified<br /> -Is Huxley using religion as an escape? More everlasting than soma<br /> -Time to yourself<br /> -Bernard and John- notice the need to be alone and see by doing so<br /> They realize what society has become<br /> What is socially acceptable?<br /> -conformity<br /> What do the colors mean?<br /> -Sense of emotion and individuality<br /><br /> p. 148 Hemholdz- follows thoughts to be different<br /> -Bernard is a catalyst for John’s approval of man kind<br /> -Threat makes him change his mind<br /> -Instill Fear<br /> -ASTRAY<br /> -Greater talents<br /> -able to lead people<br /> -creates a new norm<br /> -lead others in a particular way<br /> -one person with talent should be punished so that they<br />don’t influence others<br /> -Follow Leaders<br /> -A leader becomes a target of those who are threatened<br /> -poses a threat to society<br /> -step up to position with a leader<br /> -Harrison Berger (Ray Bradbury)<br /> -Short story<br /> -Restrain Talents<br /> -Equality<br /> -Prevent a talented person to excel<br /> -A leader doesn’t get rid of all the problems<br /> -Political- Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein<br /> -Better to have one suffer than to have all suffer<br /> Why bring the savage back?<br /> -Selfish<br /> -Bernard is using John to go back into society<br /> -Is John using Bernard to gain a follower?<br /><br /> 1939-How many predictions have come true?<br /> 1. Cloning (genetic Engineering)<br /> 2. Sex (PDA) (sex sells)<br /> 3. Drugs<br /> 4. Technology (taking over society)<br /><br /> What prevents (if anything) the kind of negative consequence that Huxley foretells?<br /> The Individual<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">HOMEWORK:</span><br /> Semester Project!<br /><br />See you all on Wednesday!katherineghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439276339910584990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-11968040888005590272008-04-26T17:05:00.002-06:002008-04-26T18:03:55.385-06:00Scribe April 25, 2008Hello class,<br /><br />H.W. Response paper Ch. 7-12 due monday<br /> Response paper over film due monday<br /><br /><ul><li>The response paper is suppose to be an entire page</li></ul> Structure<br /><ul><ul><li>Topic sentence</li><li>Include movies</li><li>Connection to Brave New World</li><li>Motifs</li><li>Explanation</li><li>Conclusion</li></ul></ul> Mrs. Smith wont be here Monday (doesn't mean we don't have to turn in our response papers, they are still due Monday)<br /><ul><li>Socratic seminar Monday</li><ul><li>Feel free to ask questions <br /></li><li><br /></li></ul></ul>Today we watch <span style="font-weight: bold;">V for Vendetta </span>directed by James Mcteigue<br /><ul><li> We watched the beginning and end of the movie<br /></li></ul><br />Summary<br />In the near future, Britain is ruled by a totalitarian regime, led by the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Norsefire</span> party. Evey Hammond, a young woman, is rescued from harassment by state police by a masked vigilante who introduces himself as "V". V then takes Evey to a rooftop location to witness his spectacular destruction of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Old Bailey</span>, . The regime explains the incident to the public as a planned demolition, but this is shown to be a lie when V takes over the state-run British Television Network (BTN) the same day. He broadcasts a message urging the people of Britain to rise up against the oppressive government on November 5 ; one year from that day, when V says he will destroy the House of Parliament.<br /><br />the next scene we watched<br />As November the fifth nears, V's various schemes cause chaos in Britain and the population grows more and more intolerant and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_%28political%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Subversion (political)">subversive</a> towards government authority. On the eve of November 5, Evey again visits V, who shows her a subway train that he has filled with explosives in order to destroy Parliament through an explosion in the abandoned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>. He delegates the destruction of Parliament to Evey, believing that the ultimate decision was not his to make, but hers. He then leaves to meet Party leader Creedy, who, as part of an earlier agreement, has agreed to bring V the Chancellor in exchange for V's surrender. Creedy kills the Chancellor in front of V, but V does not surrender. He takes a barrage of bullets from a dozen men, and remains standing thanks to a hidden armour plate he is wearing. He then proceeds to kill Creedy's men before they can reload, then strangles Creedy himself despite being shot six more times - just as he promised. V, mortally wounded in the fight, returns to Evey. He confesses his love to her, thanks her, and then dies. Evey then places his body upon the train with the explosives.<br /><br />Have a good weekendDanielChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17813401550804505842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-57953739395623979842008-04-23T20:16:00.002-06:002008-04-23T20:37:04.623-06:00SCRIBE April 23, 2008Hello Class,<br /><br />Today we only had 23 minutes of class time because of the ACT Testing, so we worked on our Slogan activity right away. We cut off words and pictures from magazines and glued them on the poster that Ms. Smith gave us.<br /><br /><br />Then we eat some delicious donuts, but most of our class time was spent cutting words and pictures to glue on the poster to make connections and relate it to BNW.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#339999;">Whats due today:</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Movie Clip: Kyle- typed reaction, connections to BNW.</span><br /><span style="color:#339999;"></span><br /><span style="color:#339999;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Homework: </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Chapter 9-10 due, and there's no reaction paper due on friday for some of you who are confuse about that.</span><br /><br />Thanks,<br />MilendaMilendaN.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00127681019688556194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-78063106022893053642008-04-21T05:07:00.002-06:002008-04-21T05:12:50.486-06:00Scribe Wed 4/16Hey Everybody!<br /><br />Today was of course a Wednesday and therefore a doughnut day and Ms. Smith was very excited to get her sugar high which led into our Socratic Seminar quite nicely as we put great focus on the value of mind altering substances in Brave New World during the first 6 chapters.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Notes from the discussion<br /></span><strong>Drugs</strong><br />Soma ensures that people don’t have thoughts that could be destructive to society<br />Soma makes you numb to your surroundings much like alcohol or marijuana do in today’s<br />society<br />In modern society we medicate for everything<br />The prevalence of drugs in BNW is similar to that the film Equilibrium<br /><strong>Sex<br /></strong>Huxley’s ideas of the promiscuity of sex were beyond his time<br />Current society’s focus on sexual suggestion reflects that of BNW<br />Did the removal of the family system bring about the sexual promiscuity of BNW?<br /><strong>Religion</strong><br />All people follow a single religion praising Ford, but is that nothing more than praising<br />technology, consumerism and efficiency?<br />The Solidarity Service is comparable to modern church<br /><strong>My biggest question</strong><br />How big of a role did the “9 years war” play in reshaping the world psyche as there is no longer<br />hostility between races, sexes or original nationalities?<br /><br />Our Homework was to finish our Montages by Friday.tuckerk2http://www.blogger.com/profile/03333795428057488803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-41563547347906950522008-04-14T20:33:00.002-06:002008-04-14T20:46:01.554-06:00SCRIBE April 14, 2008Hello Class.<br /><br />Today we started off discussing any confusion over our montage assignments or any other work from last Friday from Mrs. Smith's absence.<br /><br />The rest of the class period was used for group time to work on our Montage assingnments.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Homework:</strong><br /><br />1. Bring a one page reaction paper over chapters 1-6 for Wednesday's Socratic Seminar as this will be your ticket for participation.<br />For the reaction paper: Find one focus, motif or idea from ch. 1-6 and react. NO PLOT SUMMARY<br /><br />2. Our Montage assignment is due on Friday. In class we went over how to use the Audacity program to record our voices. If you have any questions, just ask the all knowing Kyle Bobkowski.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /> -Michaelmichaelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381166152332032058noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-16377679671807939172008-04-11T17:59:00.002-06:002008-04-11T18:11:35.451-06:00Scribe Friday 4.11.08Homework: continue reading BNW, and work on montage project due April 18th.<br /><br />In Class:<br />~We had a sub, Ms. Ridesky<br />~We should have been through chapter 4 in BNW<br />~Weems showed the class the example of a montage the English office created on BNW<br />~The rest of the hour we had time to work in groups and create a script for our own montage, which we will later pod cast<br />~It is due April 18th<br /><br />Montage- the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition. (<a href="http://www.dictionary.com/">www.dictionary.com</a>)<br /><br />happy weekend!alliemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957423873795397192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-67952996605093377562008-04-09T12:25:00.006-06:002008-04-09T12:48:20.381-06:00Wednesday April 9, 2008 Sribe<div><div><div>Jackie and Emily started the class off right by bring Lamars donuts! I may be speaking for the class but I think those are the class favorite.<br />After everyone had their donuts, Ms. Smith wanted to answer some last minute comprehenison questions to make sure that we understood the basic gist of what we were assingened to read. We found that A.F. in the novel stood for After Ford, the current time period. Also, the reasons why the babies were shocked when they approached the books and flowesrs was a part of conditioning. Each social class had a seperate way of conditioning the new "members" of the class. The higher classes used things like hypnopaedia to educate the young while they sleep, as opposed the the previously mention techniques used by the lower classes.<br /><br />After the brief discussion we immeadiately began work on a project involving understanding the London hatchery and the process of standardization in the "New World."</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Below is an image of the intructions sheet we used for the project. The bottom of the first page has two questions to answer, and the second page is the back side which has the rest fo the questions.</strong> <u>All questions are due Friday, but only one sheet is needed per group. Also, the picture of the selected room or process is due with these questions</div><br /><br /><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydeDUjP28c6cebNLOqBMx48GIeITOBgxfuHLOitROnouk6_TT0b-yjR0wRHBYsfzH5yaZ1qMAhYvfls7jlp1goOnhxpZWv9co2wov-Oi0OLKhxYj_-jASB08MsgncK-kYaQygCzEp8Po/s1600-h/img001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187318733442818130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydeDUjP28c6cebNLOqBMx48GIeITOBgxfuHLOitROnouk6_TT0b-yjR0wRHBYsfzH5yaZ1qMAhYvfls7jlp1goOnhxpZWv9co2wov-Oi0OLKhxYj_-jASB08MsgncK-kYaQygCzEp8Po/s400/img001.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2f7RPUN_qEe3s-nc-fIvpPbaBpkq5IU4FVPOSOTUvsFzQMnEET-ZdhFsbtBSe8eNP1POcqfhiKhVPZkj6pRdopNpC0i6BdbwqTqZS7pCLsok3FE-1IS0APKQ3CnVFrnrYDUBTFkYQhlk/s1600-h/img002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187319107104972914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2f7RPUN_qEe3s-nc-fIvpPbaBpkq5IU4FVPOSOTUvsFzQMnEET-ZdhFsbtBSe8eNP1POcqfhiKhVPZkj6pRdopNpC0i6BdbwqTqZS7pCLsok3FE-1IS0APKQ3CnVFrnrYDUBTFkYQhlk/s400/img002.jpg" border="0" /></a></u></p></div></div>ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10876865793759963584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-36545427001852472072008-04-08T19:27:00.002-06:002008-04-08T20:14:20.005-06:00Brave New World- HELP!I dont know about you- but for the first three chapters I had a really hard time understanding it all. I did some research, and was able to de-code what some of the meaning of these confusing chapters were. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Characters:<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Thomas "Tomakin"</span>, Alpha, Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning (D.H.C.) for London,<br />who is later revealed to be the father of John Savage<br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Henry Foster<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Alpha, Administrator at the Hatchery and Lenina's current partner<br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Lenina Crowne<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Beta Plus, Vaccination-worker at the Hatchery; loved by John the Savage (<span style="font-style: italic;">From Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader during the Russian Revolution)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Mustapha Mond<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Alpha-Plus, World Controller for Western Europe, Asistant Director for Predestination (<span style="font-style: italic;">from Mustapha Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic after World War One, who pulled his country in to modernisation and official secularism; and Alfred Mond, charismatic British businessman and politician, the founder of the Imperial Chemical Industries corporation)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Benard Marx<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Alpha-Plus, psychologist (<span style="font-style: italic;">From George Bernard Shaw, Playwright, and Karl Marx, a German Philosopher and Author)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Fanny Crowne<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Beta, embryo worker; a friend of Lenina (<span style="font-style: italic;">from Fanny Kaplan, famous for unsuccessful attempt to assasinate Lenin)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Benito Hoover<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Alpha, friend of Lenina; disliked by Bernard (<span style="font-style: italic;">From Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy; and Herbert Hoover, then President of the USA)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Helmholtz Watson<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Alpha-Plus, lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering (Department of Writing), friend and confidant or Bernard Marx and John the Savage (<span style="font-style: italic;">from the German Physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Morgana Rothschild<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;">(from the Rothschild family, famous for its European Banking Operations) </span></span>Herbert Bakunin<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(<span style="font-style: italic;">from Mikhail Bakunin, a Russian Philosopher and anarchist)</span></span>, Fifi Bradlaugh <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(<span style="font-style: italic;">from the British political activist and the atheist Charles Bradlaugh)</span></span> Jim Bokanovsky, Clara Deterding <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(from Henri Deterding, one of the founders of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company)</span> Joanna Diesel <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(<span style="font-style: italic;">from Rudolf Diesel, the German engineer who invented the diesel engine)</span></span> Sarojini Engels <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">(from Friedrich Engles, co-author of The Communist Manifesto along with Karl Marx; and Sarojini Naidu, Indian Politician)</span> and "The Great Lout" Tom Kawaguci <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(<span style="font-style: italic;">from the Japanese Buddhist monk Ekai Kawaguchi, the first recorded Japanese traveler to Tibet and Nepal)</span></span><br /> Miss Keate<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, headmistress of the high-tech glass and concrete Eton College, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(<span style="font-style: italic;">the Eton headmistress, from ninteenth-centuary headmaster John Keate)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Arch-Community songster</span>, a quasi-religious figure based in Canterbury(<span style="font-style: italic;">a parody of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Church's decision in August 1930 to approve limited use of contraception)</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> Primo Mellon<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, a reporter for the upper-caste news-sheet <span style="font-style: italic;">Hourly Radio</span>, who attempts to interview John the Savage and gets assulted for his troubles (<span style="font-style: italic;">From Miguel Primo de Rivera, a prime minister and dictator of Spain (1923-1930) and Thomas Mellon, Banker)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Darwin Bonaparte<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, a paparazoo who brings worldwide attention to John's hermitagee (<span style="font-style: italic;">From Napoleon Bonaparte, the leader of the First French Empire, and Charles Darwin the author of the Origin of Species)</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">John The Savage<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (Mr. Savage), son of Linda and Thomas (Tomakin/the Director) an outcast in both primitive and modern society<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> Linda<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, a Beta-Minus, John the Savage's mother, and Thomas's (Tomakin/the Director) long lost lover, She is from England and was pregnant with John when she got lost from Thomas in a trip to New Mexico. She is disliked both by savaged people because of her "civilized" behavior, and by civilized people because she is fat and looks old</span><br /> Pope<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> a native of Malpais. Although he reinforces the behavior that causes hatred for Linda in Malpais by sleeping with her and bringing her alcohol, he still holds the traditional beliefs of his tribe (<span style="font-style: italic;">from the Native American Rebel who was responsible for the conflict now known as Pope's rebellion)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> Henry Ford<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> has become a messianic figure to the World State- "Our Ford" is used in place of "Our Lord" as a credit to his invention of the assembly line</span><br /> Sigmund Freud <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Our Freud" is sometimes said in place of "Our Ford" due to the link between Freud's psychoanalysis and the conditioning of humans, and Freud's popularisation of the idea that sexual activity is essential to human happiness and need not to be open to procreation. It is also strongly implied that citizens of the World State believe Freud and Ford to be the same person</span><br /> H.G. Wells<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> "Dr. Wells", British writer and utopian socialist, whose book <span style="font-style: italic;">Men Like Gods</span> was an incentive for <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World</span></span></span><br /> Ivan Petrovich Pavlov <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whose conditioning techniques are used to train infants</span><br /> William Shakespeare <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whose banned works are quoted throughout the novel </span><br /> Thomas Malthus <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Whose name is used to describe the contraceptive techniques (Malthusian belt) practiced by women of the World State</span><br /> Reuben Rabinovitch <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The character in whom the effects of sleep learning hypnopaedia<br /><br />Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Frameset of <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The tradition of utopianism is one of the oldest forms of political and ideological writings. The term 'Utopia' (meaning, literally, "no-place") was invented by Thomas More in 1516, but the tradidion can be traced back to Plato's <span style="font-style: italic;">Republic</span>, and forwards through the writings of the likes of Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, Henry Thoreau, and H.G. Wells. However, it was the Twentieth Centuary that saw the rise of the distinct genre of 'dystopian' writing. The word 'dystopia' was actually not coined until nearly twenty years after the publication of <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World</span>, and there is perhaps more than just a semantic significance in this given that the novel is perhaps more anti-utopian than actually dystopian. That is to say that rather than present in a world of unrelenting fear, degradation, gloom and hopelessness as for example Orwell does in <span style="font-style: italic;">1984</span>, </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Huxley's World State is, for most of its inhabitants, a place of apparent permanent methods bywhich these ends are achivved ultimate in human, but that all utopian ideals will come at a number of costs: the restriction of human liverty, the controlling of the arts, science and religion; and ultimately access to the truth. Indeed, five years after <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World</span>, Huxley wrote that "The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced."<br /> Source: www.bibliomania.com/1/7/100/2010/frameset.html<br /><br /><br />Also- I made bookmarks with key facts about the novel and the author, and the eight sacrafices- I would be more than happy to print one for you- either respond to this post or e-mail me at kebgresh@comcast.net<br /><br />Thanks Guys! Hope this Helps!<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /></span></span>katherineghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439276339910584990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-155330900422395762008-04-07T16:06:00.000-06:002008-04-07T16:34:08.018-06:00Scribe for April 07We started off class today with a visit from Mikela and Philip. Today was the day they interviewed some of our fellow class members. Mikela thanked us for being part of this experiment!<br /><br />What we did in class:<br /> Finished satire presentations<br /> Some of the were pretty humorous. Actually they all were, we had good laughs.<br /> Pavlovian activity<br /> Iain was Smith's victim to show us the directions.<br /> Then we were off to try by ourselves.<br /> Directions: Choose who will be the guinea pig and who will be the experimenter. (In a group of two)<br /> Then have the guniea pig sit in a desk and take their pulse. The experimenter must then catch the g.p off guard, yell their name, and bang three to four times on something. Then g.p takes their pulse. Then this happens once more. After this the g.p must get their pulse to their first pulse rate. Then experimenter does everything before except this time the g.p has to hop on one leg for thirty seconds after. Checking pulse each time, and then do it two more times. And then go back to first thing; name, band, and pulse. We had to record all the pulse rates.<br /><br />Homework:<br />Read chapter 1-2 for Brave New World. Due Wednesday.<br />Read chapter 3-4 for Brave New World. Due Friday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-71440025788008867872008-03-31T20:57:00.002-06:002008-03-31T21:03:25.563-06:00Scribe - Monday 3/31/08Today we started class with a new seating chart. After receiving our new seats, Mrs. Smith briefly discussed our revised <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World </span>calendar with us. We then broke into our Semester Project groups and worked for the remainder of the class. At the end of class, an outline of our plans for the project was handed in. On Wednesday we will begin a study of satire.<br /><br />Note: If anyone is interested, Kyle would like some suggestions for movies that relate to <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World.</span>iainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09005629821400344544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-33373269679075653702008-03-30T19:27:00.003-06:002008-03-30T19:43:20.896-06:00Friday, March 21First of all, I would like to apologize for getting this up so late, I just got back, but here it is!<br /><br />1. Turned in Dorian Gray Assesment<br />2. We discussed how to present <u>Brave New World</u> (written by Aldous Huxley)<br /> -This was wrote as a Satire<br /> -Written in 1931<br /> -It predicted the 7 downfalls of society, and they have all come true<br /><br /><strong>Ideas of how to present <em>Brave New World</em></strong><br /> -<u>Debate</u>- Taking sides of the predictions that are coming true and us outside sources, 2 debate teams will discuss their sides and how it relates to the world today (1 specific sacrafice)<br /> -<u>Discussion</u>- Of the weekly reading- any questions or comments on the novel (use the blog as a study group)<br /> -<u>In Class Art</u>- activities<br /> -<u>Pavlov</u>- Over a large period of time track peoples habits and reactions (class conditioning)<br /> -<u>Essays</u>- Get in the routine of practice writings (weekly reactions)- a journal and uen them all in at the end, as an encompassing reaction- Google Groups?<br /> -<u>Chapter by Chapter reading-</u> discuss just what happened in the specific chapters so that we can have a better discussion<br /> -<u>Fishbowl-</u> as an entire class and not just the inner circle- Socratic<br /> -<u>Downfalls of our society</u>- What they are to us now<br /> -<u>Sacrafices of the Brave New World Society</u><br /> -<u>Image of the book</u>- writing of image- pre-essay preperation<br /><br /><strong>What has been decided on so far:</strong><br /><strong> </strong><u>In Class Essay- </u>(<strong>May 7)</strong> pick 1 sacrafice to trace throughout the novel, show how it was potrayed in the book and how it relates to society today (can argue against this)<br /> <u>Socratic- </u>Have a written reaction to the first six chapters- Typed, 1 page, NOT A SUMMARY, and any questions- This is your ticket to participate in the discussion- you must have this in order to contribute to the discussion and it is worth points.<br /> Chapters 1-6- <strong>April 16</strong><br /><strong> </strong>Chapters 7-12- <strong>April 28</strong><br /> Chapters 13-16- <strong>May 2 </strong><br /> <u>Movie Clips- </u>these will be shown on April 21 & 25<br /><br /><em>8 Sacrafices of Brave New World</em><br /> 1. Pure Science- that technology has become a god<br /> 2. High Art- All forms of Art<br /> 3. Religion<br /> 4. Family<br /> 5. Individuality/Identity/Humanity<br /> 6. Education<br /> 7. History<br /> 8. Democracy<br /><br /><br /><strong><u>Homework:</u></strong> Buy <u>Brave New World</u>, if you would like to read it over spring break you are more than welcome to.<br /><br />Hope you had a great spring break! See you all tomorrow!!katherineghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439276339910584990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-32116012199374902852008-03-19T13:33:00.002-06:002008-03-19T13:41:44.317-06:00Wednesday March 19Today was Donut day!<br />If you would like feedback on your National Geographic project from Phillip and Micayla tell Ms. Smith<br /><br />Homework:<br />Finish Dorian Gray Beauty assessment. It's due Friday, no exceptions!<br /><br />Today we did peer editing of our papers, here are some notes to help you to succeed!<br />How does beauty influence society?<br />Thesis: One sentence including the titile, author and argument you are making in your paper.<br />Quotations: rule of 3<br /><ol><li>Explain quote</li><li>Relate to topic sentence</li><li>Relate to Thesis</li></ol>Make sure you lead into quotes<br /> " blah blah blah" (cited work).<br />No personal words/ contractions<br />Don't forget a works cited!<br /><br />2 more days till spring break! We're almost there!CecilyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582105461212283136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-75568412435092371252008-03-17T12:25:00.001-06:002008-03-17T12:27:06.378-06:00Fishbowl 17-20In preface of Dorian Gray, Wilde states that, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all." Does the novel confirm or deny this comment?mattwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624954275173140507noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-8523319586030961842008-03-17T08:15:00.001-06:002008-03-17T08:15:23.203-06:00Dorian Gray 17-20 Fishbowlanneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573450327737964454noreply@blogger.com122tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-65665900446230457302008-03-12T13:27:00.002-06:002008-03-12T13:42:37.564-06:00<span style="color:#3333ff;">Happy CSAP Wednesday everyone!</span><br /><br />Today Ms. Smith passed back our National Geographic projects and we had a fishbowl on chapters 13-16. Today was also donut day!<br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">Homework:<br /></span>1. Beauty Assessment is due Friday March 21<br />2. Blog post for fishbowl if you weren’t a leader today.<br />3. Semester projects<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Notes from fishbowl 13-16</span><br /> Why does Dorian want to show Basil his dark soul?<br />1. he’s looking for acceptance<br />2. does it on impulse<br />3. human nature to tell others your problems<br />4. Basil was the creator<br /><br />· The portrait is a reflection of what he has done, Dorian has sold his soul to the devil.<br />· Does Dorian have a conscience anymore?<br />1. He felt guilty in killing Basil which showed compassion<br />· It is human nature to pursue pleasure<br />· He is a narcissist (we looked at characteristics of narcissists online and what characteristics Dorian has)<br />· If people can get away with something they will do it.<br />· What is society’s effect on Dorian?<br />1. Others idealize Dorian because of his beauty.<br />2. What message does this send to him? ( what message has it sent to Britney Spears and other celebrities in our society)<br />3. No matter how much society influences Dorian, the decisions he make are still his own, and he must be held accountable for them.<br />· Basil tries to get Dorian to repent his sins<br />1. similar to Claudius from Hamlet<br />2. The power they have is too much, that they don’t regret their sins until it is too late.<br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><br />Enjoy one more day of sleeping in! See everyone on Friday</span>!CecilyJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582105461212283136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-7412178485258833032008-03-12T12:32:00.001-06:002008-03-12T12:34:04.918-06:00Chapters 13-16 QuestionWhat was the main catalyst of Dorian's downfall? What role did his family life play?emilylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322751129456493966noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-30043890808884585612008-03-12T08:06:00.001-06:002008-03-12T08:06:57.221-06:00Dorian Gray Fishbowl 13-16anneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573450327737964454noreply@blogger.com87tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-65256188793964571592008-03-05T16:15:00.000-07:002008-03-05T16:36:59.746-07:00Wednesday March 5, 2008<span style="font-family:verdana;">Today was an easy day if you missed. We were granted a work day to work on our semester projects. The end of the semester is coming fast with only 78 days until graduation, so don’t take this project lightly. The goal for today was to set group meeting days to plan, and complete the project. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Before we got to work we handed in outside sources for out beauty papers. This was something we found on our own, or the sources Smith gave us at the beginning of the unit. We also got these back today. The turnaround was so fast so we can get reading and get ideas for that paper. <br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Homework is as follows: Read chapters 13-16, semester project, and get going on the beauty assessment.</span> <br /><br />Don’t forget the next week we have CSAP and don’t meet until Wednesday. Also don’t forget fishbowl on chapters 13-16 is on Wednesday, so come prepared. <br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Have fun sleeping in!</span></span> <br /></span>Samantha Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08576590890703018615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-9028615038643742062008-03-04T13:21:00.002-07:002008-03-04T13:23:00.335-07:00Fishbowl 9-12.What do you think is going to happen in Dorian's life in the next couple of chapters? Do you think anything will happen as a result of anything in ch. 9-12?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017061835653767044.post-1782904926794103832008-03-03T19:09:00.002-07:002008-03-03T19:38:46.280-07:00Scribe 3/3/08Hello Class!<br />Well today, everyone was present in class so we should all know what is going on, unless you were sleeping or not paying attention. (Kyle)<br />In other news, Today's top story: <strong>MRS. SMITH IS GETTING MARRIED</strong>!! After some confusion with the restaurant reservations, Mrs. Smith was engaged over the weekend, delaying the grading of our projects. But congratulations and best of luck!<br /><br />Today was another fishbowl over chapters <span style="color:#ff0000;">9-12</span>, but first we were to write a <span style="color:#009900;">learning reflection</span> for conferences with our parents. If, for some reason you didn't write it, Mrs. Smith would like these by Wednesday and should include the following:<br /> 1. Assess your learning in class so far this semester. Look at your participation, growth in writing, comprehension, etc...<br /> 2. Where, in terms of your learning, do you want to be at the end of the semester?<br /> 3.How are you going to get there?<br /> 4. What can Mrs. Smith do to help?<br /> 5. Then, write a message to you parents. (Tell them that you love them... you know, all the mushy stuff. I guess they like that...)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>For Homework:</strong></span><br />Read ch. <span style="color:#ff0000;">13-16</span><br />Semester Projects<br />Bring the <span style="color:#ff6600;">two sources</span> you are going to use in your paper by Wednesday<br />and respond to the <span style="color:#33cc00;">blog question</span> unless you were a fishbowl leader.michaelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12381166152332032058noreply@blogger.com0