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analyze the characters, themes, and conflicts of
Harrison Bergeron.
evaluate science-fiction’s sub-genre of dystopia.
1) Science-Fiction: Utopian Planet Prezi due Friday
• Create a Virtual Tour via Prezi that illustrates Your
Committee’s Utopian Planet.
• You may use pictures, illustrations (that you have
made).
• A Constitution Outlining:
• Your System of Government (Democracy,
Oligarchy, Monarchy, Totalitarian, etc.
• Economic System
• Cultural Views
• Political, Economic, Cultural
– What type of system will exist?
– What are the advantages of this system?
– What problems do you foresee with this system?
Today’s Agenda:
1) Solicit Journal Responses in teams.
2) Close Reading Questions:
1. Identify three instances where the
concept
of weightlessness appears in
the text.
2. In this society, how can weightlessness
be
considered an act of rebellion?
3. Why do you suppose Vonnegut includes
so
many verbs to describe the way in
which
these characters danced?
(reeled, whirled,
swiveled, flounced,
capered, gamboled, and
spun)
Introduction to
Satire
• Satire: (noun) a type of writing that uses humor to
criticize something- a person, a group of people,
humanity at large, an attitude or failing, a social
institution-in order to reveal a weakness or fault.
• Satirical: (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by
satire.
• Satirist: (noun) a person who engages in producing
satire.
Harrison Bergeron Quiz
1. What has happened to George and Hazel Bergeron’s son?
2. Describe the “handicap” that George has been given. What
is the intended effect of this handicap? Describe the
“handicaps” given to the ballerinas. What is the intended
effect of these handicaps?
3. What are the consequences of George removing some of
the weight from his handicap?
4. Why is Harrison Bergeron considered extremely dangerous
after he escapes from jail? Why does George hear the
“sound of an automobile crash” when he recognizes
Harrison?
5. What does Harrison do after he chooses his “empress”.
6. How does the Handicapper General put an end to the acts
referred to in question #5?
7. How do George and Hazel react to the events they have
seen on television?
Things to include…
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Political, Economic, Cultural
What type of system will exist?
What are the advantages of this system?
What problems do you foresee with this
system?
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analyze the characters, themes, and conflicts of The
Jungle
1) The Jungle Chapters 4-6 w/ Cornell Notes due Friday
2) The Jungle Chapters 7-9 w/Cornell Notes due Monday
Reading Group Questions: The Jungle Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 1:
1) Describe the following characters:
- Ona, Jurgis, Teta, Tamoszius
2) Which one of the characters introduced in Chapter 1 do you think is the
protagonist of the story? Support your choice with an excerpt from the chapter
establishing his or her importance in the story.
3) What is the setting for this story? Include in your answer the city,
approximate time period, and, if possible, neighborhood where the action takes
place.
4) Find examples of social injustice in this chapter.
Chapter 2:
1) The literary term “in media res” means to begin in the middle of the action.
In Chapter 1, Sinclair begins the story by describing Jurgis and Ona’s wedding.
Why do you think he begins the novel in this way?
2) In Chapter 2, the story flashes back to Jurgis’ life in Lithuania. This
flashback provides the reader with the necessary background information about
Jurgis and Ona so that the reader will accept and understand the motivations of
the characters in the action to come. Why does Jurgis decide to immigrate to
America?
3) When Jurgis and Ona’s family reach Chicago they “were pitiable in their
helplessness; above all things they stood in deadly terror of any sort of person in
official uniform, and so whenever they saw a policeman they would cross the street
Reading Reading Group Questions: The Jungle
Chapters 2 & 3
Chapter 2 (Cont’d):
1. What does the term “made land” refer to? How do Ona and Jurgis feel
about this “made land”? What theme does Sinclair’s description of the
“made land” suggest to the reader?
2. The term naif is used in literature to describe a naïve character who in
the course of the story becomes wise to the ways of the world. What
evidence is there in this chapter that Jurgis is an example of this classic
literary type?
Chapter 3:
1. What happens to strengthen Jurgis’ belief in the American Dream?
2. Read the description of the killing of the hogs in this chapter. In what
ways is this description an allegory for the lives of unskilled laborers in
the stockyards, and, in the author’s view, for America at this time in
history?
3. A muckraking novel is one in which the author uses the story to
“educate” readers on social issues and conditions that the author
believes need to be changed. Sinclair was considered a muckraker
who used his novels to promote socialism and condemn capitalism.
One of the tenets of capitalism is that businesses are privately owned
New terms in chapter 1
• acziavimas – a Lithuanian wedding custom in which the
men take turns dancing with the
• bride and leaving money in a hat at the conclusion of each
dance altitudinous – relating to heights
badinage – playful, teasing talk
cortege – a train of attendants, a procession
• incommode – to bother, inconvenience
incongruous – lacking harmony or agreement,
incompatible lugubrious – sad or mournful
perforce – through necessity
precipitately – hastily or rashly
promiscuous – consisting of different elements mixed
together seraphically – in a heavenly way
veselija – Lithuanian wedding
Literary Terms
1. in medias res – beginning in the middle
2. Allegory - a story that represents abstract ideas or
moral qualities.
• WHEN TWO PARTS OF A SENTENCE CAN
STAND ON THEIR OWN AND ARE SEPARATED
BY A COMMA, IT IS CALLED A COMMA SPLICE.
• ;
• Create two sentences that use a semi-colon.
Today’s Agenda:
1) Take The Week in Review Quiz
2) Distribute The Jungle and take
book numbers
3) Review Vocabulary List 1
4) Finish Quack Notes.
4) CNN Student News?
Vocabulary List 1
1. eccentric (adj.)
2. elusive (adj.)
3. eminent (adj.)
4. exorbitant (adj.)
5. expound (v.)
6. extricate (v.)
7. extrovert (n.)
8. abdicate (v.)
9. aberration (n.)
10. abhor (v.)
11. supercilious (adj.)
12. supersede (v.)
13. amorphous (adj.)
14. anarchy (n.)
15. anomaly (n.)
16. atheist (n.)
17. unfettered (adj.)
18. unfounded (adj.)
19. unparalleled (adj.)
20. unremitting
eccentric
• adj. off-center; weird; odd; peculiar
elusive
• adj. out of reach; hard to catch; evasive
eminent
• adj. outstanding; prominent; notable
exorbitant
• adj. out of orbit; unreasonable
expound
• v. to explain in great detail
extricate
• v. to free from an entanglement or difficulty
extrovert
• n. a person with an outgoing personality
abdicate
• v. to give up or resign, especially from a
position of power.
aberration
• n. a departure from what is typical or normal
abhor
• v. to intensely dislike
supercilious
• adj. arrogant, haughty, thinking one is above
others
The Week in Review (Classwork)
1. Why is prewriting crucial for effective writing?
2. When prewriting for a persuasive task, what are the
first two steps?
3. What is a thesis statement?
4. What is the formula for a thesis statement?
5. Why is writing effectively important?
6. In terms of grammar, what are the purposes of
articles and adverbs?
7. What occurred at a U.S. Navy yard on 9/16/13?
8. Name two places where severe weather has
devastated communities.
Announcement: If you share a
document on GoogleDrive (formerly
Google Docs) with a teacher, don’t
forget to grant them permission to
open the file!
You email must include:
Your Full Name
Period
Title (Subject of the email).
Do Now: Parts of Speech 1
• n. = noun – a person, place or thing
– (example?)
• v. = verb – the action, state, or occurrence in a
sentence
• adj. = adjective – a word used to describe a
noun
• adv. = adverb – describes an verb
• art. = article – specifies a particular item or
object.
Vocabulary List 1
1. eccentric (adj.)
2. elusive (adj.)
3. eminent (adj.)
4. exorbitant (adj.)
5. expound (v.)
6. extricate (v.)
7. extrovert (n.)
8. abdicate (v.)
9. aberration (n.)
10. abhor (v.)
11. supercilious (adj.)
12. supersede (v.)
13. amorphous (adj.)
14. anarchy (n.)
15. anomaly (n.)
16. atheist (n.)
17. unfettered (adj.)
18. unfounded (adj.)
19. unparalleled (adj.)
20. unremitting (adj.)
CNN Student News
• Part I: Interpretation: Write down five
things you learn from CNN Student News.
• Part II: Reflection: Choose one story from
the above five and explain how it may
affect your life. (No more than two or
three sentences).