W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.In four weeks we will read the entire novel alongside current news articles relating to scientific and technological advancements recently made which mimic Huxley’s fictional world and ask ourselves the age old question: Does art mimic life or does life mimic art? Thoughts produced during reading, collaborative activities, and discussions will synthesize and culminate in our unit’s final assessment: an informative research paper. Although the society in Brave New World is a self-proclaimed utopia, there is an eerie familiarity with both the societies in dystopic novels read thus far in the year (Anthen and By the Waters of Babylon) and similarities to our society today. Unit Summary:During this unit we will read Aldous Huxley’s famous utopic sci-fi novel and explore the themes of science as reality.Unit Title: Huxley's Technology and Science in our Brave New World.
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