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 * TOPIC : PREPARATION AND FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES FOR BOOK CIRCLE ON BRAVE NEW WORLD**

**Learning Outcomes**

**CORE CURRICULUM**

· Students develop good reading strategies. · Students evaluate and comment on the elements of the novel e.g. its plot, themes, setting, characters. · Students critically assess the novel as exemplar of the Sci-fi genre · Students appreciate writer’s craft. · Students apply appreciation of writer’s style.


 * CURRICULUM OF CONNECTIONS **

· Students understand how different interpretations of and personal responses to text lead to an enriching reading experience. · Students understand how the inter-textual meaning is generated through relationships between different texts, within and across genres (that of sc-fi and others).


 * CURRICULUM OF PRACTICE **

· Students analyse text closely and evaluate the effectiveness of diction and imagery as employed by writer. · Students elicit as well as assimilate different perspectives to inform and broaden own point of view. · Students select, evaluate and organise information form the text in order to produce a coherent and cogent argument. · Students negotiate compromise and make decisions in a group setting.


 * <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">CURRICULUM OF IDENTITY **

· <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students reflect on the themes explored in the text and relate it directly to their own experience in reality.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Task**

1. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Refer to the following to learn more about Aldous Huxley and his work. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[] []

2. Your EF teacher would have assigned you your role for the book circle. Click on the following link to find out more about your role.

3. Form an expert group with the classmates playing the same role as you to share your views. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You should collaborate over MSN Messenger, Google Docs, Office Live, or any other suitable means.

4. Consolidate your thoughts in the following Major Works Data Sheet.

5. Select one of the tasks and work on the ACE activity. Submit to your EF teacher's ivle workbin.

6. Click on the following link [] to do a reflection of the lesson.