DATE:
BLOCK:
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
1 (AP Lit & Comp)
Regular schedule? REGULAR SCHEDULE?!?
WORK COLLECTED/CHECKED/DUE:
1. None
CLASSWORK:
1. Question of the Day sheet for the week of May 25, 2015 (#109)
 We’ll do three of them tomorrow!
2. Daily Edits Set #15 review paragraph: DIDN’T DO
3. Daily Edits Set #16: we’ll do sentences #1, #2, and #3 tomorrow!
4. Frankenstein
 Remaining copies: Jamila & Jake Savitz
 Jamila (has 45 minutes to complete the essay today)
5. I’ll try to give you a notebook clear-out list soon
6. Brave New World Free Write: What is the ideal? In other words, what is perfection?
How does our society view the ideal and perfection? (#108) [done Friday]
 On Friday, students gave their opinion(s) about how society views the ideal and
perfection.
 Jockey commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyUOeYO79Oo or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqWEpPIfGvs&feature=related (extended)
 Names for the commercial
 Rage out of the machine
 Embrace individuality
 Perfection
 Perfection is free
 Flaws will set you free
 Be a somebody
 Don’t be the same
 Break the mold
 The unique ones
 Escaping the mold
 Wear freedom
 The cookie crumbles
 Viva la liberte! Viva la lingerie!
 Defenestrate the mainstream
 You ARE the difference
 We are the few
 Assembly line hypocrisy
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Best ever:
 Andy Ward, 2010: “Brief perfection”
 Matt D’Angeli (F13) and Kim Guglielmo (S14): “Go against the grain”
 Nadea Beren (F14): “Find the wheat in you”
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August 2013 Infiniti Q50 car commercial (“Luxury never felt so liberating” or
“Factory of Life”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2XvxAG8Ftk

CNN report on designer babies in Thailand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YICX870n5xI
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Shown today: when you start reading Brave New World, you might think that
we’re far away from the society of the World State. However, some of the
things in the book are happening or strong possibilities currently
7. Brave New World: reading in class!
 Read up through Chapter Three (page 56).
 When you’ve finished reading, go to one of the following areas and start working
on the Brave New World Close Reading for Chapter One (#112) worksheet
 Art Corner (first six students to finish reading)
 Emily, Meagan, Jake Wolfe, Rebecca, Gabrielle, & Julian
 Cabinet Corner (next six students to finish reading)
 Julie, Kevin, Paige, Seul, Steph, [and room for one more]
 House at Pooh’s Corner (next seven students to finish reading)
 [remaining students]
8. Brave New World allusions (#111)
 Distributed but not discussed today
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)
ASSIGNMENTS/REMINDERS:
1. Monday, May 11, 2015 through Friday, May 22, 2015: Standardized Quiz #2
window
2. Wednesday, May 27, 2015: Read chapters five and six (pp. 72-106) of Brave New
World
3. Thursday, May 28, 2015: Read chapters seven, eight, and nine (pp. 107-145) of
Brave New World
4. Friday, May 29, 2015:
Read chapters ten, eleven, and twelve (pp. 146 to 185) of
Brave New World
5. Monday, June 1, 2015: Read chapters thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen (pp. 186
to 229) of Brave New World
6. 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.
7. Tuesday, June 2, 2015: Read chapters seventeen and eighteen (pp. 230 to 259) of
Brave New World
8. Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Brave New World assessment for all. If we have time,
Final Exam Quizzo afterward.
9. Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 1 & 2 (regular school day)
10. Thursday, June 4, 2015: objective portion of final exam and something for those
exempt
11. Thursday, June 4, 2015: Senior Final Exams for blocks 3 & 4 (regular school day)
12. Friday, June 5, 2015: Who are you?
13. Monday, June 8, 2015: Graduation at Villanova at 7:30 PM!