Civil Disobedience

This is a link to Civil Disobedience. I have some books in the classroom if you would rather read from that. This online text has annotations that can help you understand cultural and historical references.

http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil1.html


You need to complete this reading by Thursday, December 3.

Active Voice

Here is a link that shows the difference between active and passive voice. Remember, you want to use ACTIVE VOICE.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/01/

Socratic Seminar CONTENT

Write about one idea that someone brought up that stuck with you. Did someone change your thinking? Did someone bring up an idea that never occured to you?

Feel free to comment on the ideas other students mention as well.

Socratic Seminar PROCESS

What did you like better about this seminar?
What didn't you like?
What do you feel would help the class as a whole in the future?

CCN Socratic seminar

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Student Generated Socratic Seminar

 Often the patients seem sane and at other times their insanity is quite clear. What is Kesey trying to accomplish?
o How does Kesey use his characters to convey differences between sanity and insanity?
o How do they change throughout the novel?
o How does this relate to society?

 What are the benefits and disadvantages to having Bromden as a narrator?
o What affect do his flashbacks have on the narration?

 Discuss the end of the novel.
o What affect does McMurphy have on the ward?
o What does his death accomplish that his life couldn’t?

 POWER and dominance over others play a huge role in this novel.
o How does the nurse assert her power over the patients?
o How does this relate to the machine metaphor?
o Describe the nurse’s actions and reasoning that relate to the death of Cheswick and Billy.
o What role does sexualization and sanitation (in the case of Nurse Ratched) play in the novel?
 How does this relate to Billy’s short lived confidence at the end of the novel?
 How does McMurphy’s final act of defiance relate to this idea?
 Discuss the role of women in McMurphy’s life and in the novel.
o What is the significance of McMurphy’s first sexual experience?
o How do McMurphy’s boxer shorts represent his character?
 Is the novel racist, or are the “black boys” an evil symbol?

 How is McMurphy a Christ symbol?

 Does McMurphy really exist, or did Bromden create a personality to help him escape the ward?