Unit
Learning goal: Students will be able to create a multi-part literary
project that details the following items:
The Literature Project
Rationale: The purpose of this project is to assess your
ability to read, summarize, analyze, and connect pieces of literature as well
as assess your writing skills. This is
your chance to show me everything you know and have learned. This is your chance to dazzle, shine, dance,
sing, shout (during your presentation).
Assignment: You will read A Brave New World. You must have the book read by Spring
Break. This final project will consist
of five parts.
1)
A reading log revealing your engagement with the
literature. This part should be very
thorough and should contain all the things listed below.
2)
A creative connection
3)
A book summary/personal response paper
4)
An analysis focusing primarily on the development of one
striking element in the novel: symbolism, characterization, figurative
language, theme, plot and how that element contributes to the development of
the novel’s overall meaning.
5)
A connection—a one page paper connecting the novel to
either Huck Finn or Macbeth by either symbolism or theme.
6)
A presentation (this could be creative—and has to be 3
minutes with visual aids): this is an overview of your project and your
understanding of the novel.
POINT VALUES: The analysis is worth 100 points each. The log, creative connection, personal
response, presentation, and connections are worth 50 points each. Therefore, the total point value is 350
points. This is nearly your entire
project grade for the semester.
EXPECTATIONS:
THE READING LOG:
The reading log reveals your engagement with literature. Furthermore, a detailed reading log will
significantly aid you in the development of the rest of the project. After reading each chapter, you should write
in your log:
n A short
synopsis of the action and character development
n Your
interpretation of the significant events occurring in the chapter
n Noteworthy
figurative language and other literary elements
n Vocabulary—unfamiliar
words
Please note that the copying of Cliff Notes or Internet
Sites is plagiarism. I want only your
thoughts, don’t steal. Cheating will
equal a ZERO.
THE CREATIVE PART:
Choose one of the three options below:
Take a minor character and write a 1-2 page monologue /
journal entry about what they think of the situation / action / motivations in
the book so far.
Make a newspaper story about one of the major events of
the novel. How would a journalist take on those events and how would that story
be different than Scout's interpretation?
Draw a picture (or some sort of visual representation)
drawing from the reading. Be sure to include a written component explaining why
you chose to create your visual representation.
Book Review/ Personal Response: Give a detailed summary of the book. What did you like? What did you not like? Would you recommend this book to a
friend? Why or why not?
THE LITERARY ANALYSIS: Choose one literary element of the
book and develop a thesis around it.
Back up your thesis statements with proof from the text. This paper should be at least 3 pages.
THE CONNECTION: 1-2 pages connecting the novel to a short
story read in class. You may focus on
theme, characterization (think dynamic), or figurative language.
THE PRESENTATION:
3 minutes—this should be an overview of your project and what you
learned. It should include a visual aid.
Scale/Rubric
relating to learning goal:
4 – The student can create A Brave New World project that relates the novel the real world
citing both textual evidence and examples from contemporary society.
3 – The student can create A Brave New World project that incorporates all sections of the
project.
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student
is able to create A Brave New World project
that incorporates all sections of the project.
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable
to create A Brave New World project
that incorporates all sections of the project. The student may be able to do some sections,
but not all of them.
Objectives
(smaller chunks of overall goal) and suggested time periods
Students will be able to
1) Outline the plot
2) Discuss Brave
New World as a 3-part structure
3) Discuss the importance of the following
characters (including the meaning/allusions of their names): Bernard Marx, John
the Savage, Linda, Lenina, D.H.C. (Tomakin), Mustapha Mond, Helmholtz Watson,
Henry Foster, Fanny Crowne, Pope.
4) Give and explain at least three scenes that fit
the following themes: The Meaning of
Freedom, Individual vs. Society, The Meaning of Power
5) Discuss five ways people are controlled in this
society
6) Discuss the title and how its meaning changes
throughout the course of the novel
7) Discuss whether or not the novel contains any
elements of hope
8) Discuss why Shakespeare is referenced so often
9) List and discuss at least three literary and
three historical allusions and how they relate to the meaning of the novel as a
whole
10)
Explain how
and why everyone is similar
11)
List Two
Symbols other than FORD and discuss how they relate to the meaning of the novel
as a whole.
12)
List and
explain three ironies
13)
Discuss
death in this novel and the deaths of the following: Linda, John, and the
average person in this society.
14)
Explain the
“Bokanovsky Process”
15)
Analysis
with proof from the text whether Mustapha Mond is really powerful or is
controlled by society as much as everyone else.
16)
Keep a
chapter by chapter reading blog.
17)
Create a
drawing/poster of a major scene in A
Brave New World and explain the meaning of that scene.
Essential
Questions:
What is the
price of freedom?
Is
technology a good thing?
How does
heritage shape us?
What if
everyone was the same?
What are
the dangers of genetic engineering?
What is the
meaning of family or home?
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