Saturday, November 5, 2011

Work for the week of Nov. 7th - Freshmen



Due Monday Nov. 7th, 2011
Please have a perfect paragraph ready for peer editing.

Due Wednesday Nov. 9th, 2011
-Please bring in your corrected draft.
-Read Chapter One of 1984.  

To be completed in class:
-Write up the definition of the following terms: 
Proles, Big Brother, The Party, Telescreen, Thought Police, Two Minute Hate
-Answer the following questions for class:
What are Winston’s living conditions?
What is Winston’s occupation?
What is the inherent irony of the names of the Party’s ministries?
What is the motto of the Party?  What does it mean?

Due Thursday Nov. 10th, 2011
-Read chapters two and three of 1984.
-Continue defining terms: 
Thoughtcrime, the Junior Spies, the Golden Country, the Physical Jerks, Oceania, Eastasia, Eurasia
-Answer the following questions for class:
What are the Parson’s living conditions?
What is the significance of the word Shakespeare?
What is the history of the party?


Due Monday Nov. 14th, 2011
-Read chapters four and five. 
-Find a COMPLETE definition of propaganda.  Please write this definition in your own words.
-Please watch the following videos in entirety and be prepared to discuss their contents, particularly their relation to propoganda.  The videos are linked below.
Anti-America Cartoon (This video is not in English but is valuable to our discussion.  Please watch it in its entirety.)

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