Homework 11/24-25:
Work on your BIOME project!
If you want to pursue the Anthem EXTRA CREDIT,
go to www.aynrand.org/contests and
select an essay. Brainstorm a response to one of the prompts and
begin writing. EMAIL me a copy by YOUR DUE DATE and FORWARD your
confrimation to me.
BRING $4.00 FOR Romeo & Juliet AND Frankenstein.
Brave New World
You will be expected
to read each of the following assignments on the READING
SCHEDULE at home during the next unit. If you are absent, you
will be required to come prepared on the day of your return!
BRAVE NEW WORLD WIKIPOETRY
Choose ONE of the following options:
1) Write several Haiku (3 line poem with alternating lines of
5 syllables, seven syllables and five syllables) about the characters,
world, conflict or the motifs. Must have a minimum
of 3 Haiku. POST
TO THE WIKI ON MY PAGE.
2) Write ONE free verse poem about anything that directly relates
to the novel. Must include references to the text. Minimum of
15
lines
3) Limericks about the novel (2 limericks)
Regular Rhyming Poem: minimum of 10 lines. Limerick:
There was a mean clown in the circus.
For fun he would push us and jerk us.
He would hit us with pies
That left cream in our eyes.
His act never once failed to irk us.
*NOTE: You will need the following materials
for this class. It is a good idea to purchase them ahead of
time in order to be prepared:
Tale of Two Cities by Dickens – Bantam Classic
2003
1984 by Orwell – Centennial edition, Plume, Harcourt
Brace 2003 ISBN 0452284236
Brave New World by Huxley – Perennial
Classics 1998 ISBN 0060929871
OR
Brave New World by Huxley – HarperPerennial
Classics 1998 ISBN 13: 978-0-06-085052-4 OR 10: 0-06-085052-3
Anthem by Ayn Rand – Centennial edition, Signet
ISBN 0451191137
Of Mice & Men by Steinbeck - Penguin Books ISBN
0140177396
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee – Warner Books 1986
ISBN 0446310786
The Odyssey by Homer – in our literature anthology DO NOT
PURCHASE
We will also read Frankenstein by Shelley and Romeo
and Juliet by Shakespeare, but we will be able to buy those
as a class for about $2 each. Romeo and Juliet is also in our
literature anthology, so you may use that version if you prefer.
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