Do Now | WITH A TWIST! Respond as if you are personally a character in a dystopian novel.
CSI | Color, Symbol, Image
Mix n' Mingle | Share out Symbols Exit Slip | Personal Response In the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the Caterpillar asks young Alice “Who are you?” Alice replies "I - I hardly know, sir, just at present - at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then." Who are you as an individual, today? EXHIBITIONS WEEK!
FINAL PROJECT!Final project is worth 60 percent of your grade. It is the last and final essay of the school year! Final Critical Review
Book Review A strong book review critically evaluates the makings of the novel. As the writer, it is not your job to summarize the book. That is what can be found on the back cover if any of your readers decides to check the book out. Instead you will discuss your opinion of the book, in writing, using information from the book as support.
What absolutely must be in my book review?
Publication Your book review is published on the Reading Log page of your Étude Portfolio. Follow these instructions:
Do Now | Silent Reading, FINISH THE NOVEL!
Analysis | La Vida Nueva bookmark
Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal (last one!) Final Critical Review Book Review A strong book review critically evaluates the makings of the novel. As the writer, it is not your job to summarize the book. That is what can be found on the back cover if any of your readers decides to check the book out. Instead you will discuss your opinion of the book, in writing, using information from the book as support.
What absolutely must be in my book review?
Publication Your book review is published on the Reading Log page of your Étude Portfolio. Follow these instructions:
Do Now | Silent Reading
Do Next | And the Most Underrated Character award goes to.....Circle Up and Discuss!
Thinking Routine | 3, 2, 1 Bridge Identify two different settings that exist in the novel, one that is a source of comfort for Matt, the other a source of distress or fear.
Bookmark | Age 14 + Environmental Destruction
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Professional Publication
Exit Slip | complete the éPortfolio Submission form in Google Classroom Do Now | Silent Reading
Writer's Conferences | w/Addie Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Old Age: 12-14
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Professional Publication
Exit Slip | complete the éPortfolio Submission form in Google Classroom Do Now | Silent Reading, FINISH THE BOOK!
Writing Conferences Studio Time | Goal Setting (based on conferences with Addie) Do Now | Share Out your paragraph from last week
1 | Description of Class
2 | Description of Artifact
3 | Description of Learning
Exit Slip | Peel the Fruit Dystopian Lit |
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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