Dictionary Vocab. Activity

Using the vocabulary list below, follow the directions to help you understand the challenging vocabulary in our book, Brave New World.


1. Look up the word in the dictionary and write it down.

2. Check the text (page numbers are provided). How is the word being used?

3. Write a definition in your own words, considering the way the vocabulary is used in the text. Use context clues!

4. Finally, write a sentence using the word. Make sure you are using it with the same meaning as the text!

Stability (3)
Predestine (13)
Condition (13)
Viviparous (24)
Rational (26)
State (29)
Suggestion (29)
Triumph (29)
Consumption (30)
Abnormal (32)
Promiscuous (43)
Obscene (38)
Prohibitions (41)
Remorse (41)
Compelled (49)
Euphoric (53)

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Imagine a society that considers having fun one of its highest values. What might this society look like?

Journal for the Day

All sections:

Freewrite!

Journal for the Day

All sections:

"Young black men pretending to be men by killing each other." What does it mean to be a man?

Final Essay for Crips & Bloods

Final Essay on

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Due Friday, May 14, 2010

Graphic Organizer: 10 points

1^st Draft with revision: 10 points

Final Draft: 40 points

Total: 60 points

For this assignment, you will write a 5 paragraph essay. (If you write an 8 paragraph essay, you will receive +6 extra credit on this assignment.)

Choose one of the topics below:

1. 
   
   How are the Crips and Bloods “made in America”? Use details from the film to describe how gangs were shaped by historical events. Then discuss how you are “made” by your environment.
2. 
   
   Think about the quote: “Part of the mechanics of oppressing people is to pervert them to the extent they become the instruments of their own oppression.” (Kumasi) In what ways do you experience this in your community or in your personal relationships with others?
3. 
   
   Compare and contrast gang & club and riot & guerrilla. How does language influence the way we think about things? What do you notice about the words you choose to use?

Due on May 14: All of your materials, including the graphic organizer, your first draft, and your typed final draft, are due.

Journal for the Day

All sections:

How can you become more aware of the impact you have on others? (How do you treat other people?)

Journal for the Day

Section 10-3

How do you feel when the good you do is ignored or belittled?

Sections 10-1, 2, and 4

What is the difference between fear and respect?