Good MorningOctober 3, 2012

Chapter 1 of Brave New World

Group Reports

Brave New World

What is a dystopia?

Brave New World

What is a dystopia? A society characterized by

human misery, such as squalor, oppression, disease, or overcrowding

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Where are the characters in the book?

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Where are the characters in the book? London, England A factory-type building

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When is the book taking place?

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When is the book taking place? Some time in the future

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What happened in this chapter?

What are the main points?

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What happened in this chapter?

What are the main points? Babies are grown/hatched, not

born There are no families Children are hypnotized while

they sleep to believe certain things

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What is this chapter’s purpose?

Why did Huxley write it?

What message is he trying to communicate to the reader?

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Key Terms: Bokanovsky Process – shocking

eggs to divide and make 96 identical embryos.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon World State – The government that

controls the world

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Who do you think is important to remember from this chapter?

BNW Group Project/Report Renas, Siyu, Alex

Sunny, Nawaf, Isaac

Nan, Juyi, Mohammed

Zahraa, Amelia, Binbin

Meshaal, Cheng, Hong

Chris, Othman, Jeff

Yang, Leo, Saad

100 Points

Vocabulary (36 pts.)

Topic of the Chapter (4 pts.)

Main Ideas (20 pts.)

Inferences (8 pts.)

Purpose (8 pts.)

Tone (4 pts.)

Critical Reading Questions (20 pts.)

s10/8 p 19-56 ME!

s10/15 p 57-86 Alex, Renas, Siyu

s10/22 p 87-122 Leo, Saad, Yang

s10/29 p 123-145 Cheng, Meshaal, Hong

s11/5 p 146-171 Mohammed, Nan, Zhiyi

s11/12 p 172-207 Nawaf, Sunny, Isaac

s11/19 p 208-240 Amelia, Binbin, Zahraa

s11/26 p 241-259 Jeff, Othman, Chris