Monday/Tuesday, December 14th/15th

Reminders: Academic honesty.  

1. Noredink.com- Parallel Structure and Embedding textual evidence. Complete exercises by the end of Sunday, December 19th. 

Parallelism: also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.   

2. Theme: The universal issue that is explored in a text. 

Thematic issue: Universal concept.   We are going to examine one specifically: Privacy 

Thematic Statement: The message the author is making about the issue. 

Assignment: 

FIRST- 

* Select and watch TWO Ted Talks on the thematic issue of privacy. 

* Watch and take notes. Clearly label each Ted Talk. Consider the content you are learning about, as well as how this connects to Brave New World. You will be uploading your handwritten notes (image) to Schoology. 

Ted Talk Choice: (Select 2 of 3). 

Why Privacy Matters- Ted Talk

The Ethics of Collecting Data- Ted Talk

Tracking Online Trackers- Ted Talk

SECOND- 

* Find one passage in Brave New World that addresses the thematic issue of PRIVACY. Remember, Huxley may not implicitly state anything about privacy.. he may be demonstrating the issue and through the plot be presenting a message.  (Assignment is in Schoology) 

* Take a picture of the passage. Annotate the image (upload to a Google Doc, Draw, Kami). Mark ideas about Huxley's writing. His message about privacy. Thoughts about HOW Huxley presents these ideas to the reader. (See further questions on the Schoology assignment) Clearly state Huxley's THEMATIC STATEMENT at the top of the page.