Introduction

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Introduction

This period will revolve around creative assignments concerning Utopian and Dystopian societies.
Material:
The reader, ‘This Perfect Day’ by Ira Levin, Work on idiom lists in Quizlet!
Test:A creative writing assignment on Utopias, Dystopias, ‘This Perfect Day’ 3x
Debates (from period 2 – this will be determined by your teacher)??
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR CMC IS 1 March!!

Week 1:  24 – 30 January (or week 2)
Introduction to Utopian and Dystopian Societies (ass. 1 and 2)
Start up: ‘This Perfect Day’ Ira Levin
Possible ways to study this week:
Read p1-39 + chapter by chapter questions

Learning Goals

• You can name characteristics of a Utopian and Dystopian society.
• You know where to find the information about the test and the Baseline Measurement

Pre-teach

To coin (verb)

To strive (verb)

Famine (noun)

Contemporary (adjective)

Flaw (noun)

Homework

Read chapter 3 about the writing test

Fill in the information

Ask any questions next lesson

Read chapter 4 Baseline Measurement

Due: February 7

Learning Goals

• You can name characteristics of a Utopian and Dystopian society.
• You know where to find the information about the test and the Baseline Measurement

Learning Goals

• You can write a creative story about a utopian/dystopian society
  
• You can answer the questions related to 'This Perfect Day' (or a substitute)
  

What is a utopia?

1. a new fruit
2. A place where only good people live
3. The world is out of tune here
4. an ideal place, a garden of Eden

To ___ new words

1. Bill
2. Pay
3. Coin
4. Money

The opposite of old-fashioned

1. Out-of-date
2. Contemporary
3. Dated
4. Inferior

Who wrote the book Utopia in 1516?

1. Thomas Moore
2. Plato
3. A prophet
4. Jonathan Swift

What is a dystopia?

1. An ideal place
2. A negative, mixed up world
3. Cleveland, Ohio
4. A world in outer space

What does the word dystopia literally mean?

1. Distant place
2. Not-good place
3. Non-existent place

Of these dystopian works, which was written earliest?

1. The Iron Heel
2. Brave New World
3. Gulliver's Travels

So what is the function of a dystopia?

1. It gives a warning
2. It gives a promise
3. It wants to make us afraid
4. It educates us

What is the genre of the following book: The Handmaid's tale

1. Fantasy
2. Utopian
3. Dystopian
4. Science fiction

What is the literal meaning of dystopia?

1. Good place
2. No good place
3. Terrible place
4. Somewhat irritating place

Thank you :)

Rest of the Lesson

Read quietly

Answer the chapter questions (see reader)

Write quietly (see Chapter 4)

Learning Goals

• You can write a creative story about a utopian/dystopian society
  
• You can answer the questions related to 'This Perfect Day' (or a substitute)
  

Learning Goals

• You can describe the main characters in 'This Perfect Day' (or a substitute)
  
• You can describe the structure of a Dystopian novel
  

Quickly Establish the Reality

Playground / bracelets / adviser / incurables

Lay Out the “False Utopia”

Papa Jan, wanting

The “Event”

Karl / Part Two Coming Alive

The Totalitarian

The Resistance

The Result

Rest of the Lesson

Novel: Read (page 2-92)

Reader page 22: questions Part 1 and Part 2 chapter 1+2

Reader page 10: 5. ‘This Perfect Day’: A Utopia or a Dystopia?

Decide which question you want to talk about next lesson.

Learning Goals

• You can describe the main characters in 'This Perfect Day' (or a substitute)
  
• You can describe the structure of a Dystopian novel
  

Learning Goals

• You can describe Chip's society
  
• You can describe Chip's coming alive
  

Reader page 22: questions Part 1 and Part 2 chapter 1+2

Discuss exercise 5 in the reader

Read part 2 p.93-143 +

Reader chapter by chapter questions

Learning Goals

• You know how to improve your writing skills
  
• You can create a product about an aspect in the novel
  

WORK ALONE?

1. write a newspaper article
2. Write a song
3. Make a vlog
   
4. Find a song and write about it.
   

WORK IN A GROUP?

1. Create a film/ theater script
2. Create a storyboard using drawings
3. Create a photo story
   
4. Interview a main character.