CP+Wadsworth,Alyssa+Gabrielle

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 * After reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, my students will understand that: literary texts connect ideas, arguments, and different perspectives; a variety of strategies can be used to comprehend, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate literary texts; and why a variety of strategies can be used to comprehend essential ideas and arguments, //and// interpret and analyze literary texts. My students will know literary terms from Brave New World, such as: fretsawyers, florid, bouillon, viviparous, burgeon, boskage, bunk, and soma. They will know the facets: explanation, interpretation, application, perspective, empathy, and reflection. Having read Huxley's book, they will also know how literary devices are used and how to use literary devices such as: voice, tone, narration, atmosphere, genre, theme, pathos, logos, ethos, diction, and figurative language. My students will be capable of synthesizing the conflicts of characters in a literary text, evaluating the theme or themes of a literary text, analyzing how poetry conveys meaning, and considering the use of genre in relation to the intended audience within a text.