April 22, BNW Day 4

Today's Agenda:
•Chapter 5 & 6 Quiz
•Vocabulary: define next 3 words
•Create a cinquain or acrostic for 4 vocabulary words (choose from the 1st 14 words)
•Character Map & Plot
•Chapters 5 & 6
•Begin Chapter 7

Vocabulary Assignment:

• Use a dictionary to define the next 3 words:
  –PALPITATING
  –PNEUMATIC
  –RAPTURE
  •Create a cinquain or acrostic for 4 vocabulary words (choose from the 1st 14 words)

Group Work: Characters & Characterization - Inside group folders, students found a sheet of paper with one of the following characters on it: Bernard Marx, Lenina Crowne, Fanny Crowne, Mustapha Mond, The Director, Helmholtz Watson. The should...

• Write the character’s caste and job


• Find a quote about this character. This may be from another character or the narrator.


• Find a quote from the character that gives the reader an idea of his/her character. (Indirect characterization)


• List one of each that can be used to represent the character. Explain why:
  –1 color, 1 animal, 1 season, 1 food, 1 song or part of a song.

Students read Chapter 7 aloud.

HOMEWORK: Finish Chapters 7 & 8. Answer study questions. Finish vocabulary if it wasn't finished in class.