DATE:
BLOCK:
Thursday, May 28, 2015
1 (AP Lit & Comp)
46-minute advisory schedule.
Class from 7:30 to 8:47.
Several students on NYC field trip.
WORK COLLECTED/CHECKED/DUE:
1. Try to read up through Chapter Six in Brave New World
CLASSWORK:
1. Question of the Day sheet for the week of May 25, 2015 (#109)
 What is the big rumor about Bernard? (if you have read ahead, there are two
rumors I will accept as an answer)
2. Daily Edits Set #16, sentence #4 (#110)
3. NOTEBOOK CLEAROUT LIST!! (notebook #114!)
4. Brave New World: reading in class!
 Students are supposed to be up through Chapter Six for today. I would like
students to read through at least Chapter Eight in class. When you’re finished,
start looking at the Brave New World Propaganda and Pavlov’s classical
conditioning handout (#113).
HANDOUTS/NOTEBOOK UPDATE:
1. Method to the Madness of Metaphors (#47)
2. Tone (#56)
3. Frankenstein Personal Responsibility (#92)
4. Frankenstein Significant quotations #3 (#103)
5. Brave New World Study Guide (#107)
6. Brave New World Free Write: What is the ideal? (#108)
7. Question of the Day sheet for the week of May 25, 2015 (#109)
8. Daily Edits Set #15 (#110)
9. Brave New World Allusions (#111)
10. Brave New World Chapter One Close Reading (#112)
11. Brave New World Propaganda and Pavlov’s classical conditioning handout (#113)
12. Notebook clear out list (#114)
ASSIGNMENTS/REMINDERS:
1. Monday, May 11, 2015 through Friday, May 22, 2015: Standardized Quiz #2
window
2. Friday, May 29, 2015: Be up through Chapter Eight in Brave New World and work on
the Brave New World propaganda and conditioning handout (#113)
3. Friday, May 29, 2015:
Read chapters ten, eleven, and twelve (pp. 146 to 185) of
Brave New World
4. Monday, June 1, 2015: Read chapters thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen (pp. 186
to 229) of Brave New World
5. Monday, June 1, 2015: Distribution of final exam (SLO) essay for those who are not
exempt. This is due by the beginning of class on Thursday.
6. Tuesday, June 2, 2015: Read chapters seventeen and eighteen (pp. 230 to 259) of
Brave New World
7. Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Brave New World assessment for all. If we have time,
Final Exam Quizzo afterward.
8. Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 1 & 2 (regular school day)
9. Thursday, June 4, 2015: objective portion of final exam and something for those
exempt
10. Thursday, June 4, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 3 & 4 (regular school day)
11. Friday, June 5, 2015: Who are you?
12. Monday, June 8, 2015: Graduation at Villanova at 7:30 PM!