medina final

maritas bargain was written by

gladwell

the secret to raising smart kids was written by

dweck

dont eat fortune’s cookie was given by

lewis

a walk to the jetty was written by

kinkaid

kewauna’s ambition was written by

tough

brave new world was written by

huxley

marita’s bargain genre is

non fiction

the secret to raising smart kids is which genre?

non fiction

dont eat fortune’s cookie is which genre

speech

a walk to the jetty is which genre

fiction

kewauna’s ambition is which genre?

non fiction

brave new world is which genre

fiction

in this dystopian fiction, people are nothing more than products designed for manufacturing needs

brave new world

the speaker in this selection says “dont be deceived by life’s outcomes. life’s outcomes, while not entirely random, have a huge amount of luck baked into them. above all, recognize that if you have ahd success, you have also had luck - and with luck comes obligation. you owe a debt, and not just to you Gods. you owe a debt to the unlucky.” 7

Don’t Eat Fortune’s Cookie

in this short piece, the main character has step-siblings that are older than her mother

kewaunas ambition

in this piece, children not only play naked during recess, they engage in rudimentary sexual games

brave new world

in this piece of non fiction. a seventeen year old “at risk” young woman makes it through her first semester of college after going through a program called One Goal

kewaunas ambition

in this expository text, the author says that scientific research shows that putting a strong emphasis on talent or natural ability (where they develop a fixed mindset) makes people fearful of failure, and more likely to cheat

the secret to raising smart kids

in this short story, the main character details her last day living on the island with her old parents

a walk to the jetty

in this selection the speaker explains that while in college he was an art history major who then eventually got rich making money on wall street because he had the luck to sit next to some woman at a dinner party who helped him get the job

Dont eat fortune’s cookies

in this nonfiction excerpt. the main character chooses to go to a more difficult school to improve her chances of academic success

marita’s bargain

in this piece, children are studied as they work through difficult academic problems

the secret to raising smart kids

in this piece, children are studied to find out what works better in maximizing academic potential, but the findings apply to other aspects of life as well

the secret to raising smart kids

in this non fictional piece, the author argues for longer school days, longer school weeks and school years

marita’s bargain

in this nonfictional piece, students were able to take what they learned in highschool and transfer those skills to college

kewaunas ambition

in this story, the main character looks around her bedroom, and everything she sees was made by either her father or her mother. and most of the items hold happy memories. this is ironic because she is happy to be leaving and to never have to see any of these things - or her parents again

a walk to the jetty

in this piece, the narrator explains that even after graduating, he wasnt ready for the world

dont eat fortune’s cookie

this piece (through non fiction) is set in educational laboratories

the secret to raising smart kids

this piece is set in illinois

kewaunas ambition

the short story is about a girl whose parents allow her to go to england because they wwant her to have a better life, and the girl herself wants to leave her island

a walk to the jetty

in this piece, the narrator explains that even after graduating, he wasnt ready for the world

dont eat fortunes cookie

in this piece, the speaker tells the audience that he left a job that made him rich to pursue writing

dont eat fortune’s cookie

is this expository text, the main character has developed strategies to beocme successful in her academics like: visiting her professors, getting to know at least one student in class that she could get info from, and getting a tutor

kewauna’s ambition

kewauna was a young woman who, though poor, had always been a hard working student

false

the secret to raising smart kids is to make sure that your children start studying with a tutor when they turn three

false

the main character explains to the audience that graduating from a prestigious university does not automatically make them more worthy of that exrtra cookie, meaning that a college degree doesnt make you better than the next guy

true

annie john realizes that she has nothing in common with the girl that was her best friend who is carrying on like a monkey about getting married, as annie says farewell to her

true

KIPP academy is an expensive school where upper class parents want ot send their children

false

kewauna developed grit and self control, but beacause of her earlier difficulties in school, she didnt have a strong enough academic foundation and her grades were in the C and D range her first semester

true

in dont eat fortunes cookie, the speaker suggests that people like steve jobs never graduated from college which proves hard work and luck are more important that a college degree

true

the secret to raising smart kids is all about having a growth mindset which is one open to learning from failure

true

the author of marita’s bargain suggested that children from underprivileged areas are doomed to a bleak future because they are simply not as intelligent as their wealthy counterparts

false

kewaunsa had a fixed mindset

false

the author of the secret to raising smart kids says that playing classical music to an unborn fetus before birth with enormous headphones is ridiculous, but that reading to a baby every day is proven to improve a child’s intellect and academic potential

true

a walk to the jetty is loosely based on the life of the author

true

in marita’s bargain, the author suggested that her school brought a little bit of the rice paddy to their academic school

true

kewauna had several strategies that she used to help her become sucessful including sitting in the back, and putting stars on every term she didnt know, and then looking them up

true

in dont eat fortune’s cookie, the speaker tells an anecdotal story about college students who had participated in an experiment at stanford where the students who were the authority figures took the extra cookie because they felt entitled to it

true

in the secret to raising smart kids, the author suggests that a fixed mindset could even apply to one’s marriage

true

when annie john was ready to leave Great Inagua island for London, after saying goodby to her mother, she finally shed a tear

true

in a walk to the jetty, the main character only cries as shes walking on the pier to get on the boat that will take her away

false

he taught john how to work clay and make a bow

mitsima

they do not need books

bokanovsky

where john was born

malpais

his process makes multiple twin embryos

bokanovsky

beta who was lost during the trip to the reservation

linda

he realized that he was an individual

helmholtz

bernard

marx

name of the deity in the new world

ford

went with bernard to savage reservation

lenina

highest caste

alpha

johns father

thomas

author

huxley

john compared lenina to

juliet

lindas son

john

a certain treatment is performed to make people liek thier unescapable social destinhy

conditioning

why are the babues being condiitioned to hate books and flowers

they do not need books to perform their social functions, they might attempt to thinik for themselves if allowed to see unfamiliar ideas. the conditioning against nature is for economic reasons. enjoying nature is free and does not keep any factories busy.

bernard is different from his associates in many ways.wwhich of these sentences does not describe him?

he has one steady girlfriend

what is soma

it is a drug that people take for recreational purposes and to relieve any stress they might feel

how are bernard and helmholtz alike

they both feel different from the others

why is bernard unable to achieve atonement with his group at the solidarity service?

he does not want to

how are linda and john different from the other savages

they are more educated in the ways of civilization

what feeling do bernard and john have in common

they feel alone and different

how do people react when they first meet john and linda

they are interested in john because he is young, handsome. they dont like linda cus she ugly

why does john refuse to come to the party?

he is tired of being put on display and having his beleis ridiculed

which od these is NOT one of bernards reactions to his downfall

relieved that hes finally off the hook

john reacts to his mother’s death by showing his love and concern. how is this seen by the nurse and the people in general?

extremely innapropriate

waht happens to bernard and helmholtz

banished to islands

what does john mean when he says “ i claim them all”

have a life that includes the full range os human passions

to what end does john come

he hangs himself

which is not a fault aldous huxley points out about our society in brave new world?

people are too gullible

this was NOT one of the most important factors in the new world

inteligence

reaching maturity

puberty

transportation for the lower castes

monorail

engineers writers scientists

alphas

world controller of wwestern europe

mond

foundry workers, loading dockworkers

epsilons

before feelies began, entertainment was provided by

feelies

what play of shakespeare does "O brave new world" come ffrtom

the tempest

in their off working hours, the people of the world state were supposed to act like civilized...

infants

most of the women in the world state were sterile and were known as

freemartins

a character in shakepeares the tempest

miranda

but if you know about god why dont you tell them

that god is too old

isnt it natural to feel theres a god

people are conditioned to beleive in god

if you had a god, youf have reason for self denial, for chastity

industrial civilization is only possible when there is no one

gods the reason for everything noble and fine and heroic

symptoms of political inefficiency

isnt there something in living dangerously

getting adrenals stimulated