POSTER PRESENTATIONS MONDAY!Do Now | Circle UP!
Share out your dystopian society research with Addie.
Studio Time | Poster Project
Goal Setting
Research | Annotated Notes Reminder: based on the form you filled out with Beckah and Jillene, you will research your dystopian element in the news through ONE STORY but from MULTIPLE perspectives. For example, Brayden said he wanted to research something involving technology. So...he could research the cellphone outage last Thursday--Why did it happen? How did it impact people? What would happen if the internet was destroyed?
Exit Slip | Reflection
Do Now (Friday) | See, Think, Connect
Do Next | Read How Popular Dystopia Allows Us To Keep Real Horrors at Arms Length Make a class mind map
Research Topics | Today you will begin looking for dystopian elements in our society. To do this, visit accredited news organizations. Investigate articles about topics that you think represent dystopian elements in our society:
Studio Time | You have thinking routines and cyberjournals due for the following Dystopian short stories.
Exit Slip | Proposed research topic Do Now (Monday) | See, Think, Wonder, Connect
Do Next | Goal Setting
Research | Annotated Notes
Exit Slip | Reflection
Do Now | Circle Up
Do Next | Open Google Sites
Critical Thinking Paragraph
Publication
Do Now | What makes you say that?
Yesterday we read The Lottery, 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:
Outline
Publication
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? We start our last short story on Monday!
Do Now | Goal Setting Assignment Notebook Technology
Socratic Seminar | What is the worst dystopian element so far? Why? Do Now | Quick Jot
The Scenario: "You were recently accused of skipping school to pig out on homemade cupcakes and binge watch Young Sheldon on Netflix. Luckily, you lawyered up and are now being prepped to undergo a lie detector test orchestrated by Big Brother. Big Brother is notorious for conducting these interviews in overheated dark cells beneath heat lamps with the unnerving drip of water surrounding you. In order to avoid the rapid heartbeats, temple sweats, and unnecessary fidgets, your lawyer would like you to prepare your answers before meeting within the pressure cooker of Big Brother." Describe this class in three sentences using one verb per sentence. Be prepared to share out one of your sentences.
Do Next | Share Out What are some of the assignments that you are most proud of completing so far within this class?
Writing Workshop | Complete your Peel the Fruit for English! Exit Slip | Put your Peel the Fruit on the appropriate pile:
Do Now | Circle Up!
Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Today you will write your second cyberjournal for Dystopian Literature. Open your Writing Portfolio in Google Sites. Create a new blog post that incorporates responses to the following prompts:
Outline
Professional Publication
Do Now | Personal Response
Environmental Destruction Every student gets a note card. On the note card, respond to the following questions:
Observe | watch the video adaption of All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradury Thinking Routine | Color, Symbol, Image As we read All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, complete the Color, Symbol, Image thinking routine.
Exit Slip | What does this story suggest about the connection between humans and the environment? Do Now (Thursday) | On the note card provide at the door, create a symbol that represents your definition of survival. Write the definition beneath the symbol.
Analysis | Amaryllis, Carrie Vaughn We will read the first half of the story aloud as a group. Circle Up: What are the elements of dystopian literature that you recognize in the story so far? What is some evidence of these elements? We will finish the story aloud as a group. Parking Lot: What does survival mean? What are the different ways we survive? Thinking Routine | System, Think, Feel, Care
Do Now (Friday) | Rename the short story Amaryllis is obviously the name of the short story, but really only tells us the name of the boat. Rename the short story to identify one of the themes of survival. Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Today you will write your third cyberjournal for Dystopian Literature. Open your Étude Portfolio. Create a new blog post that incorporates responses to the following prompts:
Outline
Professional Publication | Google Sites Cyberjournal
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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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