Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Unit 2 (Chapters 7-12)

Brave New World is a dystopian novel written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State of genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to make a utopian society that goes challenged only by a single outsider. - Goodreads.com introduction to the novel.

This literature module is composed of a series of activities that will provide you with the opportunity to improve your performance in the major skills areas in English.

In addition to reading the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, you will:

1. Keep a reading/writing journal in which you reflect over the various elements of the novel, including plot, characterization, structure, themes, symbolism, and style. To assist you in this task you will be provided study questions that will help you to reflect over the content of the novel as well as prepare you for group discussions. 

2. Engage in group discussions for each unit of the literature module. These group discussions are to be recorded and provided for assessment. The group discussions have as their starting point the study and discussion questions provided to you. However, you are encouraged to take the discussion where it leads as long as it remains relevant to the content of the novel. For example, linking events or situations in the novel to current events or issues of importance in contemporary society is encouraged. 

3. Provide written responses to a select number of the study and discussion questions after you have had a chance to engage in group discussions. Further, you will be required to perform citation analysis in written form for select citations from the novel. 

4. Work to master a series of vocabulary lists via the website www.vocabulary.com. Links and instructions are provided to you in the instructions for each set of vocabulary assignments in this module. 

5. As a group discussion project, you will develop a set of study and discussion questions for unit 2 of this literature module. This task will supersede task 2 above.

All relevant information related to this literature module is located in the OneNote Class Notebook for your class. Schedules, including dates for assignment submissions and group discussions, will be available in PoB (Unikum). Should you have any questions about the content, methods or schedule employed in this literature module then be sure to address these issues as they arise.

The following resources are available to assist you during the course of this module:

LitCharts Study Guide: https://elevstockholm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/ad76584_ad_stockholm_se/ET1L5Fq9AW9Dv9FXAZKr94UBjB7ldjnAloAquRrwUuERqg?e=5ZoAGz

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Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Vocabulary - Unit 2 (Chapters 7-12)

Master the list for this unit at Vocabulary.com.

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Group Discussion - Unit 2 (Chapters 7-12)

You will engage in a group discussion in your assigned discussion groups. The discussion will revolve around the generation of ten (10) study and discussion questions for unit 2 of Brave New World. You will submit these questions as your written assignment for this unit. You are to record your group discussion(s) and then upload the file.

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley - Study Questions - Unit 2 (Chapter 7-12)

For this assignment, you are to provide the ten (10) study questions that you developed as part of your group discussion for Unit 2 and 3. Your questions should be modeled study questions you have worked with previously. The question should be complex, meaning that: a. It should require that the reader deals with specific content from the novel that is meaningful to plot, character, theme, structure, etc. b. It should require the reader to provide an interpretation of the content in question via analysis. c. It should provide the opportunity for the reader to contextualize this interpretation (among other possible interpretations) or, alternatively, to link the content in question or the interpretation they have provided to personal experience or a socio-political environment with which the reader has some experience or understanding.