Welcome to the Monkey House

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Why is this a problem?

Depletion of Natural Resources. 

Degradation of Environment. 

Conflicts and Wars. 

Rise in Unemployment.

High Cost of Living. 

Pandemics and Epidemics. 

Malnutrition, Starvation and Famine.

Water Shortage.

What could a government do
against overpopulation?

A little bit of context

listen to the following two songs

Compare them:

- artist

- background

- lyrics (what is the song about)

Poetry in motion

Walkin' by my side

Her lovely locomotion

Keeps my eyes open wide

Poetry in motion

See her gentle sway

A wave out on the ocean

Could never move that way

I love every movement

And there's nothing I would change

She doesn't need improvement

She's much too nice to rearrange

Poetry in motion

Dancing close to me

A flower of devotion

A swaying gracefully

You know, you're a cute little heartbreaker

Foxy, yeah

And you know, you're a sweet little lovemaker

Foxy

I want to take you home, yeah

I won't do you no harm, no

You've got to be all mine, all mine

Ooh, foxy lady

Now ah, I see you, heh, on down on the scene

Ooh, foxy

You make me want to get up and scream

Foxy

Oh, baby listen now

I've made up my mind

I'm tired of wasting all my precious time

You've got to be all mine, all mine

Foxy lady

Here I come

explain foxy means sexy/attractive

What are the similarities
between these two songs?

What are the differences
between these two songs?

The Nuclear Family

(Gezin)

Free Love

More context

1. Read one of the following two articles:

The Pill

Penicillin

2. Look up words you don't know and add them to your vocabulary list

3. Explain in your own words how either the pill or penicilline helped the sexual revolution. Write this answer in your learner portfolio in the tab: Welcome to the Monkey House. Give it the title: context

How did penicillin contribute to the sexual revolution?

How did the pill contribute to the sexual revolution?

Describing narrative voice

Read through  pages 4 5 6.

Welcome to the monkey house

Let's read the first two pages of WTTMH together and discuss narrative style. Write your answers down in your LP.

1. How does the reader feel about the narrator?
2. Does the reader trust the narrator? Do they seem reliable?
3. Is the voice of the narrator the author or someone else?
4. How does the narrator choose to show us this fictional world?

narrator?

There is a distinction between author, narrator, and character. The author creates the story. The narrator tells the story. The character lives the story.

Prediction

Themes: what do you think this story will be about? 

The type of conflict: what do you think will happen in this story?

Show this through examples!

Homework

Read the rest of Welcome to the Monkey House before Monday

Which world would you prefer to live in?

Harrison Bergeron's

Welcome to the Monkey house

What do the hostesses look like?