Dystopia Unit

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Dystopia Unit
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Components of a Perfect World
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Dystopia Response Journals

• Date
• Intro Journal-Complete sentences(3-4).
• Create your own title-Provide a specific reason
  why
• Create your own title-Provide a specific reason
  why
• Response to the reading
• Annotations (questions, comments, connections,
  predictions) stuck on the page.

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Journal 1

• Describe your perfect world. Use as many specific
  details as possible.

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Chapters 1 and 2 1.00 Summary

• 1.00 Summary.
• You have 1.00 to write a summary about chapters
  1 and 2. Each word costs 5 cents, so your summary
  can only have 20 words ?

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Journal 2

• Think of one person, place or thing that you
  couldnt live without today and describe why.

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2 Wows and 1 Wonder

• What are two specific events that shocked you in
  chapters 3 and 4? What is one thing that made you
  thinkthis doesnt seem right.
• In your Journal, write 2 WOWs from these chapters
  and one I wonder.

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Journal 3

• Agree or Disagree and provide a reason why
• A life where everything is already planned for
  you is ideal

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Tweet!

• Create two Tweets about these chapters using
  specific events. Remember, tweets cannot have
  more than 180 characters.

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Journal 4

• Before Reading The average man does not want to
  be free. He simply wants to be safe. H.L.
  Mencken
• How does this quote relate to the novel and/or
  your personal beliefs?

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Now I Know Poem

• Now I know
• That _____________
• That______________
• That______________
• I still want to know why_______________
• Im sad/ nervous/excited Because________

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Journal 5

• Do you question any of the decisions that a
  character has made? Describe that decision and
  explain why you disagree with that decision.

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That was Then, this is Now

• After reading the assigned chapters, create a
  Before/After list to compare the ways in which
  characters or towns have changed over the course
  of the story

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Journal 6

• The greatest discovery is that a human being can
  alter his life by altering his attitudes of
  mind. William James
• Do you agree with this quote? How does this
  relate to our novel?

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Status Update

• Choose a character from the novel and write a
  status update about how he/she is feeling.
• Be sure to include a specific event from what we
  read
• AND
• An inference about how you believe he/she feels
  after the event.

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Journal 7

• T.S. Elliot said, Only those who will risk going
  too far can possibly find out how far one can
  go.
• Do you agree or disagree? Explain how this quote
  relates to our novel.

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Top 5

• Think back on all the chapters we have read, and
  rank the top 5 events that our main character has
  faced.

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Journal 8

• Oscar Wilde said, All great ideas are dangerous
  
• How does this apply to our novel/the characters
  in our novel?
• Use specific evidence to support your thinking

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Ask the Author

• What are three questions you would want to ask
  the author about the book?
• (These questions should NOT have answers that can
  be found in the book)

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Journal 9

• Progress always involves risks.  You can't steal
  second base and keep your foot on first.
  Frederick B. Wilcox
• Do you agree with this quote? Explain why or why
  not using specific evidence from the text.

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Story Elements

• Answer the following questions in your journal
• What Point of View is this story told? Provide
  text evidence to support your thinking
• Who is the Protagonist and Antagonist of this
  novel? Explain your thinking
• What is a theme from the novel? Provide text
  evidence to support your thinking