Week 16 Brave New World

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Today's plan

1) At the end of this class, you will have worked on finding evidence for your essay topic. 

*Leerdoelen zijn RTTI geformuleerd (in leerlingentaal).

Period 4 

Essay writing 

- Write an essay in which you compare Brave New World and The Handmaid's Tale. 

- We will practice with this twice, where you will hand in an essay on one of the two books for feedback and another essay where you will give eachother peer feedback. 

- We will especially pay attention to the outline, thesis statement and topic sentences. 

1) How would you describe the relationship between Lenina and John? 

2) What is the Violent Passion Surrogate about? 

3) What are some differences between Lenina and John? What are their similarities?

4) Do you think Lenina is facing the truth and what about John? 

essay ouline ( recap) 

language: ( how) formal, and why? 

clichés

Fear of writing is real 

order of things 

1 Choose your topic.

2. Collect information – from the book, our discussions.

3. Make a mind map – connect ideas, structure them

4. Make up your mind – what will be your point of view? What are the best arguments?

5. Write a plan/ outline

6. Write the actual essay.

In previous class we looked at an example of an essay on Brave New World: what do you remember about the structure/way it was written?

Connecting your topic to the book

1. Find a subject (remember this does not have to be your finalized subject, it is work in progress!), you can use the 7 elements of fiction handout to help you.

2. Find 3 instances in the Brave New World where your subject is present.

3. Find 3 relevant quotes in Brave New World connected to these instances.

4. Explain their context and what this means for the story. 

Fear of writing is real 

Do you have any tips for your classmates on how to organize their thougths on the topic for the essay?

topic sentences 

T.S = T + M.I 

Let's take a look at an example 

Fear of writing is real 

discussion questions 

1) Discuss the relationship between science, religion, and political power in the World State.

2) What are Mustapha Mond’s arguments against freedom? Is there any validity to them? Are John’s arguments better?

3) It seems undeniable that most World State members are happy, though people like John, Bernard, and Helmholtz might criticize the quality of their lives. What, then, is wrong with World State society? Discuss the relationship between truth and happiness, and the use of soma?

4) Is John really more free than the World State members? How is he conditioned in his own way?

5) How are the castes distinguished from each other? What is their purpose? Do you think they reflect any aspect of contemporary society or not? 

Mention 1 thing you take away from this class. Mention 1 thing you do not fully understand.

Thursday's class

Make sure to have finished the taks on the "your subject" slide and bring your notes on this to class. 

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Reading 

Continue reading Brave New World in silence or make notes about Brave New World and use the handout. 

 

Any thoughts on the topic of your essay? What would you like to discuss in your essay?

Mention 1 thing you take away from this class. Mention 1 thing you do not fully understand.