For next week, you will be in Ms. Meyer's room reading the following chapters and answers the questions below. Please also watch the videos at the bottom. When I return we will be reviewing and beginning to discuss the test and final project. Email or text me if you have questions.
4/25 Book 3 chap 2
4/26 Book 3 chap 3
4/27 Book 3 chap 4
4/28 QUIZZEZ review (this assignment will be emailed to you)
4/29 Book 3 chap 5
Book III QUESTIONS
1. Why are the political prisoners more terrified than the common criminals?
2. Why was Ampleforth in prison?
3. What role does Winston think O’Brien has been playing?
4. According to O’Brien, why is Winston being tortured?
5. According to O’Brien, why does the Party want power?
6. Where does O’Brien think reality exists?
7. What does Winston see when he looks in the mirror?
8. At the end of Chapter III, what has Winston NOT done that O’Brien wants him to do?
9. What is in Room 101?
10. When and in what way does Winston betray Julia? Why is it significant?
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11. Why does O’Brien say prisoners are brought to the Ministry of Love?
12. Was the Party successful in “getting inside” Winston?
13. How do Winston and Julia now feel about one another?
14. How does Winston ultimately feel about Big Brother?
15. What “victory over himself” has Winston won? Do you think it’s a real victory?
16. What do you think the major theme of 1984 is? Why?
Today you will be taking a quiz over PART II of 1984 and then we will be looking over the following objectives and/or looking at this last video. We will also be discuss PART II
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this book students will be able to
1)Define Negative Utopia and discuss how 1984 fits the definition.
2)Define
motif, give 3-5 examples of motifs in the book and be able to explain
their significance (a few motifs to think about include rebellion,
songs, slogans, sex, rebellion)
3)Be able
to explain the significance of the following themes: The meaning of
freedom; The responsibility of the Individual in Society, Dehumanization
as a method of control, isolation, social class disparity, and the
abuse of power
4)Define dystopia and apply it to the novel
5)Keep a list of ironies (at least ten found in the book)
6)Make a list of all the characters with description and discussion of the meaning behind their names
7)Examine
the following symbols: Big Brother, The Party Slogans, The Four
Ministries, the paperweight, the golden country, Emmanuel Goldstein,
James, Aaronson, Rutherford, Chestnut Tree Café, Doublethink, Newspeak
Dictionary, Winston’s Diary, Junkshop, songs, Proles
8)Explain the purpose of Newspeak
9)Describe how Big Brother controls its citizens
10)Describe the setting
11)Name the four ministries and what they control
12)Compare/Contrast Winston and Julia
13)Research current privacy-related issues and debates affection society and connect with 1984.
14)Keep a list of Newspeak Words
15)Discuss the meaning of room 101.
16)List the ideas in Goldstein’s book.
17)Outline the plot according to the six elements of plot
18)Discuss the three movements in the book and summarize what happens in each.
19)List the types of conflict involved in the novel.
20)Discuss the meaning of various quotes discussed in class.
21)List five to ten examples of foreshadow.
22)Answer study questions are you read.
Unit
Learning goal
Students
will demonstrate an understanding of one or more themes from 1984 by creating a
video/performance (readers theater or dramatic interpretation) overview of the
novel, which focuses on how that theme works; the video/performance will also
include a discussion of why the theme is important.
Scale/Rubric
relating to learning goal:
4 – The student can create a video/performance on more
than one theme and connect them using scenes from the novel and including a
discussion on why the themes are important both to the novel and to society.
3 – The student can create a video/performance (readers
theatre or dramatic interpretation) overview of the novel, which focuses on how
that theme works and include a discussion of why the theme is important.
2 – With help from the instructor the student is able to create
a video/performance (readers theatre or dramatic interpretation) overview of
the novel, which focuses on how that theme works and include a discussion of
why the theme is important.
1 – Even with help from the instructor the student is
unable to create a video/performance (readers theatre or dramatic
interpretation) overview of the novel, which focuses on how that theme works
and include a discussion of why the theme is important.
We are slightly ahead, but we will continue to read as chapter 9 is really long.
Book Two, Chapter 8—10
1. Contrast the living quarters and style of the Inner Party members with those of the Outer Party members and proles.
2. How does O’Brien test Julia and Winston?
3. What information does O’Brien give them about the Brotherhood?
4. How will O’Brien get The Book to Winston?
Book Two, Chapter 9
1. Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
2. What three classes of people have always existed?
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from associating with foreigners?
8. The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even
though their forms of government have different names. Identify these
similarities and explain why they exist?
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
14. What are the four ways an elite group falls from power?
15. How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power?
16. How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
17. What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
Book Two, Chapter 10
1. What understanding does Winston gain about the common people?
2. What is the significance of the glass paperweight here?
Today I will give some time 15-20 minutes to work on vocabulary (for the test tomorrow) and the study questions from yesterday. Then we will watch two of the videos below and look at chapter 7.
1) Who has vanished?
2) Describe the preparations for Hate Week? In what ways does the Inner Party excel in building spirit?
3) Julia and Winston have some differences? Explain them.
4) What finally convinces Winston that O'Brien is a member of the Brotherhood?
5) Begin to outline a comparison between 1984 and another dystopia novel
that you have read by either themes, characters, slogans or symbols.
OBJECTIVES
1) Define Negative Utopia and discuss how 1984 fits the definition.
2) Define motif, give 3-5 examples of motifs in the book and be able to
explain their significance (a few motifs to think about include
rebellion, songs, slogans, sex, rebellion)
3) Be able to explain the significance of the following themes: The
meaning of freedom; The responsibility of the Individual in Society,
Dehumanization as a method of control, isolation, social class
disparity, and the abuse of power
4) Define dystopia and apply it to the novel
5) Keep a list of ironies (at least ten found in the book)
6) Make a list of all the characters with description and discussion of the meaning behind their names
7) Examine the following symbols: Big Brother, The Party Slogans, The
Four Ministries, the paperweight, the golden country, Emmanuel
Goldstein, James, Aaronson, Rutherford, Chestnut Tree Café, Doublethink,
Newspeak Dictionary, Winston’s Diary, Junkshop, songs, Proles
8) Explain the purpose of Newspeak
9) Describe how Big Brother controls its citizens
10) Describe the setting
11) Name the four ministries and what they control
12) Compare/Contrast Winston and Julia
13) Research current privacy-related issues and debates affection society and connect with 1984.
14) Keep a list of Newspeak Words
15) Discuss the meaning of room 101.
16) List the ideas in Goldstein’s book.
17) Outline the plot according to the six elements of plot
18) Discuss the three movements in the book and summarize what happens in each.
19) List the types of conflict involved in the novel.
20) Discuss the meaning of various quotes discussed in class.
21) List five to ten examples of foreshadow.
Book Two, Chapter 8—10
1. Contrast the living quarters and style of the Inner Party members with those of the Outer Party members and proles.
2. How does O’Brien test Julia and Winston?
3. What information does O’Brien give them about the Brotherhood?
4. How will O’Brien get The Book to Winston?
Book Two, Chapter 9
1. Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
2. What three classes of people have always existed?
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from associating with foreigners?
8. The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even
though their forms of government have different names. Identify these
similarities and explain why they exist?
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
14. What are the four ways an elite group falls from power?
15. How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power?
16. How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
17. What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
Book Two, Chapter 10
1. What understanding does Winston gain about the common people?
2. What is the significance of the glass paperweight here?
How and where do Julia and Winston meet?
What is Julia’s job?
What is her background?
What is her attitude toward the Party?
Describe the quote “ With Julia, everything came back to her own
sexuality. As soon as this was touched upon in any way she was capable
of great acuteness”. What does Winston think about Julia?
Why does the Party think the sexual impulse as well as the familial love dangerous?
Book Two, Chapter 4
How does Winston react to the singing Prole woman?
What pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter? What is Orwell’s point in mentioning them?
What is Winston’s reaction to rats? Julia’s reaction?
Winston is interested in the church bells that once played in the city
even though he is not religious. What do church bells mean to him?
Winston sees the coral paperweight as a symbol of what?
Today we need to try and read chapters 1-2 of part 2.
Here are the study
questions for chapters 1-2.
1984
Book Two, Chapter 1
How does Winston react to the note from Julia before he reads it?
How does Winston react to the note after he reads it?
Where do they manage to talk for the first time?
Where do they plan to meet?
What do Winston and Julia do before they part?
Book Two, Chapter 2
Why is Winston ill at ease once he is alone with Julia?
What does Julia bring with her that she has obtained on the black market?
What are Julia’s ideas about the Party?
What familiar sign does Winston find?
What is the significance of the thrush music?
What does Winston mean when he says that he loves Julia all the more because she has had scores of sexual encounters?
