Today's Goals:
•Explore the topics, standards, and essential question to our first unit •Clarify the meaning of Dystopia •Compare and contrast Utopia with Dystopia |
Focus Questions:
•What is a dystopia? •What are our essential questions for this unit? |
Today's Goals:
•Determine ways in which people decide which books to read •Introduce Literature Circle •Review requirements, design, set-up, and scheduling for the next month and half •choose our books for Lit Circles |
Focus Questions:
•What can we use to identify a book we might be interested in reading? •What are Literature Circles? •Which books am I allowed to choose from? |
Please get the last page signed and turned in as soon as possible! That way you have a higher chance of reading your 1st selected book!
More info can be found under Unit 2> Literature Circle tab.
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Today's Goals:*
•The learner will react to and reflect upon print and non-print text and personal experiences by examining situations from both subjective and objective perspectives. •The learner will critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas. •The learner will demonstrate understanding of selected world literature through interpretation and analysis. |
Focus Questions:
•Who is Ayn Rand and why was she writing Anthem? •What do collectivism, individuality, conformity, and equality mean, and what do they have to do with the book? |
Today's Goals:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Today's Focus Questions:
•What significant things occur in Chapter 1? •Where do we get examples of collectivism and individuality? |
Today's Goal:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Question:
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*** You're halfway through the book! (51 pages...there's only 105...)***
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Today's Goal:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Question:
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Turn in Chapter Worksheets for Chapter 1, and Chapter 2.
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Today's Goals:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Question:
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Today's Goal:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Question:
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Today's Goal:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Question:
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Today's Goals:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Questions:
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Today's Goals:
•Gain an understanding of what happened in this chapter •Connect and relate our understanding of Anthem to a song. •Analyze the theme including how it emerges and evolves throughout the text, and examine how characters grow, move the plot, and expand the theme. |
Focus Questions:
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Today's Goals:
1.Take note of the elements within a dystopia including common themes in a dystopia 2.To meet and discuss upcoming lit circle reading & Roles. |
Focus Questions:
•What makes a Dystopia, Dystopian? •What are some of the common themes in a dystopian novel? •When do I need my Lit circle book by? •When is our first Lit. Circle? •How many pages will I have to read? |
HW: on PPT. due: 11/31
Group Planning sheet can be found under Unit 2> Lit Circles
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Ray Bradbury |
Today's Goals:
To observe other dystopian stories from Ray Bradbury Analyze dystopian stories for theme and elements of dystopia |
Focus Questions:
How are Ray Bradbury's stories "The Veldt" and "Marionette, Inc." dystopian stories? |
Due: 11/1 as E.C.
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Today's Goals:
•Analyze video-guided notes on propaganda, it’s history, and its relation to politics •Take notes of different types of propaganda •Analyze a piece of propaganda |
Focus Questions:
•What is Propaganda? •Is Propaganda a good thing or a bad thing? •What types of propaganda are there? |
Due: 11/7/18 at the start of class
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Today's Goals:
•Take notes of different types of propaganda •Analyze a piece of propaganda |
Focus Questions:
•What types of propaganda are there? |
Due: 11/8/18 at end of class
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Today's Goals:
•Review the different types of propaganda •begin working on group mini project |
Focus Questions:
•What piece of propaganda would my story's governing body need to control its people? |
Group Project with Lit Circle Group- you may need outside of class time to complete assignment.
Limited supply of posters will be made available 11/16 for your use. Due: Nov. 20th
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Today's Goals:
•discuss ways film text and written text are similar and different •determine what things are needed to analyze a film •watch a dystopian movie and analyze it for its effectiveness, enjoyment, and believably. • Use a graphic organizer to analyze how a complex character develops over the course of the text • Use a graphic organizer to determine how a theme emerges and is shaped and refined by the character, plot, and setting. |
Focus Questions:
•How can we analyze films and in what way is this different from written text? •How can we determine a good film from a bad one? • How does the main character grow from the beginning to the end, and what things influence this character's growth? • What is the theme of this text? What aspects have shaped this theme? |
Movie: Divergent.
*We will be viewing the movie on 11/14, 11/15, and 11/19. *Should you be absent and you haven't seen the movie, extra screenings will be done during tutoring. *Considerations for completing assignment on another Dystopian film will be made on an as-need based. *Please arrange a time with me to discuss your needs. Due: Monday, Nov. 26th
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