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:
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Do Now | 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 fourth cyberjournal for Dystopian Literature. Open your Étude Portfolio. Create a new blog post that incorporates responses to the following prompts:
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Do Now | We are halfway through our first unit, based on what we have read and discussed so far, what seems to be the main point or objective of dystopian literature? What seems to be its purpose?
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
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Writing Workshop | Cyberjournal Today you will write your second cyberjournal for Dystopian Literature. Open your Writing Portfolio in students.weebly.com. Create a new blog post that incorporates responses to the following prompts:
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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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