W3 introduction of project Dystopia

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

PROJECT DYSTOPIA 

Learning goals 

I know what a dystopia is

I know the difference between dystopia, fantasy and science fiction.

I know what is expected of me in Project Dystopia

I have decided whether I am going to work alone or together with someone else. 

So, what is a dystopia?

Dystopia

Science Fiction

Fantasy

an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. 

a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and usually inspired by mythology or folklore

a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals.

Dystopia

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Which of these things could lead to a dystopian society if they got completely out of hand? 

Yes

No

Climate change

Nuclear war 

Artificial intelligence

Genetic manipulation

Increased infertility 

Biological warfare

Population growth 

Donald Trump for president

The internet 

Video surveillance 

In which dystopia would you live? 

Follow the link on the next slide. 

What kind of dystopia would you live in? 

www.quizony.com

So... which dystopia?

Time to explain the project 

TIME TO EXPLAIN THE PROJECT 

- The project consists of two parts: a research part and a creative part.

- All the information is in the assignment, which I will show you in a minute.

- You can work alone, or in pairs.

- If you work in pairs, you need to speak English at all times to get the points for speaking English. If you work alone, you get those points for free because you did all the work yourself. 

- An evaluation of your own work is part of the project, as is a log describing who did what, and time spent. 

- The assignment is in Teams. That's where you hand it in as well.

- You hand in your work in a Word-file. Not in PDF!

- Your work is checked for plagiarism

- For each day your work is late, you lose a point.

- There will be time to work on it in class every week. 

Week:	Time to work on project:	Deadline?
2 - 6 December	40 minutes
9 - 13 December	40 minutes	Research
16 - 20 December	40 minutes
6 - 10 January	40 minutes	History of the dystopia and Life in your world
13 - 17 January	40 minutes
20 - 24 January	None (practice skills test)	Main character and inciting incident
27 - 31 January	None (Skills test)
3 - 7 February	40 minutes	Map, evaluation, log
10 - 14 February	80 minutes	Deadline on the 14th, 5:00 PM (that is 17:00)

Now let's take a quick look! 

Test

Let's take a look at your test. I will give you the correct answers to the test in the testweek. I'll have to hang onto the reading test because I'm not going to talk you through  two tests in one class.  This looking at the test is going to take a while and it's going to be dead-boring so let's do it as quickly as we can. 

While I'm taking you through the test, keep a marker, highlighter or different colour pen at hand and CIRCLE  everything you want me to take another look at. I will take another look. Doesn't mean I will make any changes though. 

Finally, fill in the test evaluation. 

Things to work on today 

- Read through the entire project so that you know what to do. 

- Decide whether you want to work alone or with a partner. In the latter case: with whom are you going to work? 

- Create the document that you will hand in later. Make sure you have a cover page with your name(s). 

- Wouldn't hurt if you knew how to create an automatic table of contents in Word. Want to know? Let me know!