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Today's Learning Goal:

 * Analyze the historical context of a given text to gain a deeper understanding.

Bell Ringer

 * Please complete the paper survey and return to the sub.

**Today's Activities**
 * 1) Practice Multiple-Choice Questions
 * Working with the people at your table, answer the five (5) M.C. questions.
 * For Q. #1, find (and write on the quiz beside the terms) the examples from the passage of the literary elements.
 * For Q. #4, you'll have to look up the definitions of //epanalepsis// and //anastrophe//. Please add these terms to your binders, on a new page you start, labeled SYNTAX.
 * After working through the quiz with your group, input your answers individually by taking the quiz at Quizstar. Remember, you wrote your username and password on the note cards in the black box.
 * 1) Read and discuss with your group the hand-out, "Background Information and Historical References."
 * How do these concepts help your understanding of the novel?
 * Are there any of these concepts you might like to research further as part of your independent reading?
 * 1) Independent reading and journaling.
 * Two (2) of your required six (6) books will come from our Science & Technology unit: //Brave New World (BNW)// and an annotated list of 10 articles.
 * After reading the historical context hand-out, you may find ideas or people or events that you want to learn more about. You may want to do some Googling to find more information.
 * As you read BNW, you will make connections to current events or societal issues. Find articles about these issues or events that connect in some way to BNW. You might check out the resources on The Shelf, or do some Googling of key terms.
 * You will collect ten (10) articles that relate in some way to BNW. The articles should be from valid, reputable sources, and should be appropriate to your reading level.
 * You will publish an annotated bibliography as a page on your blog. I'll be showing you how to create the bibliography in future classes.
 * For today, see if you can locate and read at least ONE ARTICLE that relates to BNW. Be sure to bookmark where you found it or jot it in your reading journal.
 * In your readng journal add a brief summary of the article (just 2-3 sentences) and explain how it connects to BNW.
 * Continue reading BNW!