Considering how dystopian the openings are of five dystopian novels.
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EngelsUpper Secondary (Key Stage 4)GCSE
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Goals for today
Complete our chapter presentations
Introduction to dystopian literature
Considering how dystopian the openings are of five dystopian novels.
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Utopia
Utopia is a perfect world. In utopias there are not problems like war, disease, poverty, oppression, discrimination, inequality and so forth. The word utopia is made-up from Greek roots by Sir Thomas Moore in 1516. More wrote a book called Utopia. Depending on the Greet roots used, utopia can either mean 'no place' or 'good place'.
Have you happened upon the term 'utopia' in a current context?
What do you associate it with?
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Dystopia
Dystopia, on the other hand, is a world in which nothing is perfect. The problems that plague our world are often even more extreme in dystopias. Dystopia is a play on the made-up word 'utopia' using the root 'dys', which means 'bad' or 'difficult'. Words like dysfunctional or dyslexia illustrate the use of this prefix.
Have you happened upon the term 'dystopia' in a current context?
What do you associate it with?
Have you come across it in literature?
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Make a list of the characteristics that you think are present in as dystopian society.
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Goals for today
Homework check - identifying dystopian themes, characters and language in 5 opening paragraphs
Ranking the opening paragraphs
Contextual historical and social information
Reading the first chapter
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Complete this task for homework
The texts are in content library in Teams. Find your text and put your responses in your portfolio under 1984
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Rate the word 1 to 4
1. I do not know the word, and I have never seen it before.
2. I've heard or seen the word before, but I'm not sure what it means.
3. I know the word and can recognise and understand it while reading, but I probably wouldn't feel comfortable using it in writing or speech.
4. I know the word well and can use it correctly in writing or speech.
Luminary
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Word of the day
Luminary (n) - a person who is famous and important in a particular area of activity
"lamp, light-giver, source of light," from Old French luminarie (12c.), later from 15th c in the figurative sense attached to a person
He has played saxophone with all the great jazz luminaries.
