Literature

Welcome to Mr. Hitchcock's Literature page about the war time era spanning from 1918 to 1945. In this unit we will be reading Aldous Huxley's __Brave New World__ (1932). The calendar on the home page will let you know what we are discussing/doing on those days in case you are gone. On this page you will find a few different things: assignments, articles we will discuss, and other stuff. Enjoy!

__**Study Tools:**__ -Use this link to Sparknotes.com to study and review the book. You'll need to have read the actual book to score well on the quizzes and to write the papers, but this breaks down chapters and also has some sweet practice quizzes you can take: [|Brave New World on Sparknotes]

-Biography of Aldous Huxley: [|Bio of Aldous Huxley]

-Grammar Questions? Check out Purdue University's "OWL". It is super helpful for all your grammar needs, as well as other academic writing questions. Check it out: [|Purdue Owl Grammar Help]

__**Audio Tools**__ -I could not find a podcast of the book, but if you find one let me know where it is so I can put it on this site! This is really a reading of the beginning of the book (not video, sorry). It may help you understand the book better if you read along and listen:

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__**Assignments/Group Projects for This Unit**__ //[|Assigned 7-9 BNW Pre Writing Group Activity] [|Assigned 7-16: BNW Group Expository Theme Assignment]// [|Assigned 7-16: BNW Group Expository Theme Rubric]

__**Hey Students, I Want to Hear From You!**__ Below is a survey from Survey Monkey about this Brave New World group expository writing assignment. Once you turn in the assignment on 7-26, I'd like you to take the survey. Be descriptive in the short answer section and give me your honest feelings. This will help me shape the assignment so that it is more helpful to teaching you about online tools, collaboration projects, and expository writing.

Here's the survey link: [|BNW Group Expository End of Unit Survey]

__**Daily Enrichment- Interviews, Book Reviews, and Literature News**__ -Ok, so here's an interview that Aldous Huxley did with Mike Wallace. He talks about many historical themes going on during the time period you are studying in Mr. Vorhees class. It's pretty cool and will give you a feel of Huxley's perspectives on the time. Perhaps it will shed some light on what Huxley wanted you to think after reading the book. __NOTE__: I do not agree or disagree with Mr. Huxley's view. Maybe he's crazy, maybe not, but it's good to understand his biases while reading the book.

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Daily headlines from the New York Times Book Reviews and Literature page: rss url="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/" link="true" number="2" date="true" 7/8- This has absolutely nothing to do with __Brave New World__. I read this poem the other day, and with the mercury rising above 90 this week, I just felt it was appropriate. Consider it a little window into Mr. H's mind for those who are willing to read this far down the wiki....
 * __And Lastly...__**

**//Summer//** I like hot days, hot days Sweat is what you got days Bugs buzzin from cousin to cousin Juices dripping Running and ripping Catch the one you love days

Birds peeping Old men sleeping Lazy days, daisies lay Beaming and dreaming Of hot days, hot days, Sweat is what you got days. - Walter Dean Myers