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Do Now | Circle Up
What is one word that comes to mind when you think of government? Do Next | Four Corners In the four corners of the room, there is a paper with a quote about the role of government.
Analysis | Harrison Bergerone, Kurt Vonnegut Today you are going to individually read the short story Harrison Bergerone by Kurt Vonnegut. While reading you are going to complete the Perceive, Know, Care About thinking routine. In the past, you completed this thinking routine based on a character in a story. Today, you are going to complete it from the perspective of the government from the story.
Exit Slip | Thematic Statements What is the story really about?!!! What does it suggest about human nature, government control, society?!!
Do Now | What makes you say that?
Yesterday we read The Lottery by Shirley Jackson in which individuals in the small town did not question the lottery that resulted in the stoning death of one of their own. To review, we will respond and record the following prompt:
Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Today you will write your second cyberjournal for Dystopian Literature. Open your Writing Portfolio in weebly.com. Create a new blog post that incorporates responses to the following prompts:
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Professional Publication
Exit Slip | Cyberjournal Submission After you Post the blog post, open the internet version of your Writing Portfolio. Click on Cyberjournal/Blog then on your newly published post. Send that URL link to Addie in a professional email with the subject line. Do Now | Circle Up Discussion
What do it mean to be an individual? What are the benefits of being an individual? What are the benefits of fitting into a group as a whole? Analysis | The Lottery, Shirley Jackson Unveiling Stories
Exit Slip | What was the point of the lottery in your opinion? Do Now | Circle Up
Why would technology be considered an element of dystopian literature? Studio Time | Assignment Notebook Accordion Book
Goal Setting Complete the first two boxes of your goal setting form:
Exit Slip | Complete your goal setting form and turn in for review:
Do Now | Book Club
Grab your Hear, Think, Wonder doodles from yesterday to refresh your memory of the short story we listened to.
Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Today you will write your first cyberjournal for Dystopian Literature. Open your Writing Portfolio in weebly.com. Create a new blog post that incorporates responses to the following prompts:
Outline
Professional Publication
Exit Slip | Cyberjournal Submission After you Post the blog post, open the internet version of your Writing Portfolio. Click on Cyberjournal/Blog then on your newly published post. Send that URL link to Addie in a professional email with the subject line.
Gathering | Two Truths and a Lie
Two Truths and a Lie: Record two truths you would be willing to share with the world via social media. Create one lie that might enhance your image on social media in a way you would like it enhanced.
Parking Lot | Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate
Thinking Routine | August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury We understand stories, characters, ideas more deeply when we consider them from multiple perspectives; so, we are going to listen to the story, doodle the story, discuss the story. For this activity, respond to the prompts in both text and images; create rough sketches, symbols, visual texts.
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éPortfolio Submission FormCourse DescriptionThis course investigates stories of Totalitarian and post-apocalyptic societies in order to better understand topics relevant in our current society. We will read one dystopian novel as a group and then each student will select a second dystopian novel to analyze individually. We will break down the five characteristics of dystopian literature and research how those characteristics might already be happening in the world around us—government control, environmental destruction, technological control, survival, and loss of individualism.
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1 | Elements of Dystopian Literature
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