Gabriella Milos: Lesson Plan Grade 12 English Language Arts

1. Gabriella Milos: Lesson PlanGrade 12 English Language Arts Literature: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Content: Classical Conditioning Theory by Ivan Pavlov Sample Lesson Plan includes Common Core Standards

2. Topic: How can we analyze the ways in which Aldous Huxley introduces the idea of Pavlovian conditioning in the novel, Brave New World? Common Core Standards National Content Standards ELA College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading » Grade 11-12, Craft and Structure » Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. 6.Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts. 10.Students whose first language is not English make use of their first language to develop competency in the English language arts and to develop understanding of content across the curriculum.

3. Objectives Content (STWBAT) Language (Bloom’s Taxonomy) Students will be able to make specific connections between Pavlov’s dog experiment and the Brave New World babies. Students will be able to define the idea of classical conditioning and make connections to how our society may use it to condition human behavior. Knowledge and comprehension; Application and analysis

4. Student Levels: 12th Grade Secondary Ed Seniors Mainstream: 25 students ELL’s: 6 students IEP Students: 3 students Common Problems Adaptations Brave New World is a challenging text due to content material and language level expectations. Even mainstream students struggle with understanding the author’s purpose. Specific problems for all learners occur due to vocabulary- confusion and figurative meanings. For example, Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning is Huxley's term for the dystopian form of infant training. The term derives from the classical conditioning system named for the Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1931). Visual representations help students with vocabulary acquisition and how words shape meaning and tone. Classical Conditioning Images: Pavlov’s Dogs Human Behavior

5. Pre-assessment Read Aloud & Note-Taking Quick Class Quiz When introducing a new topic, read aloud background information for students to listen to and take notes. Based on read-aloud notes only, allow students to take a simple assessment quiz. The purpose is for students to retain information and be rewarded with a high quiz grade.

6. Scaffolding Use Assessment Results Use Purposeful Reading Strategy Use assessment results to steer direction of class lesson. For example, if many students misunderstood one particular question, use that as a resource for your start-up. Students will discuss it as a whole group. When assigning reading passages in class, direct student thinking. Don’t just ask students to read, ask them to annotate a particular concept or vocabulary definition during the reading.

7. Questioning Examples: BNW pp. 32-36 • 1. Explain what is happening in the Neo-Pavlovian room. Babies are being given shock treatments. • 2. Predict how the babies will react once the director allows them to be given books and flowers after the shock treatment. The babies will cry and scream and associate pain with books and nature. • 3. Speculate on why the babies are being conditioned to hate books and flowers. Reading books might upset their equilibrium. If they like nature and spend a great deal of time in the country, consuming nothing, the time will be wasted. • 4. As human beings become more civilized, how is nature affected? Nature is shrinking. On every corner in the city, we see less trees and more pharmacies springing up into view.

8. Closing: Summary Question • Closing: Summary Question: Describe one clear mental picture of Huxley's society and compare it to our world. Discuss whether or not you see mostly differences or mostly similarities. Explain using supporting text. Students may describe the laboratory in which the red light shines on the rows and tiers of bottles with human embryos being given injections or the scene where the children are subjected to terror when they touch roses. It is not so important to be exact or specific about details, but it is necessary for students to recognize differences between their knowledge of the world and Huxley’s Brave New World.

9. Reference and Resources Bloom’s Taxonomy Pyramid: "Bloom's Taxonomy." Bloom's Taxonomy. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm>. Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Perennial, 1998. Print. Classical Conditioning Images: "Â ." Pavlov's Dog. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/readmore.html>. "The Standards." Common Core State Standards Initiative. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards>. "NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts." NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.ncte.org/standards/ncte-ira>.