7 November: Dystopia, "The Children's Story"

1. Journal
2. Dystopian movies
3. Lit term notes
4. "The Children's Story" - read, discuss
5. "The Fun They Had" - homework, questions

1. Journal: "Ideal" - Write a paragraph about your ideal, perfect society
2. Dystopian movies: Students identifies movies they've seen from a list of dystopian movies. They wrote a sentence or 2 describing the movies. They wrote what they liked about them/didn't like about them. They determined what the movies had in common.

3. Lit term notes: Utopia & Dystopia. Know etymology. These notes should have been taken in class. If students didn't get them, they should use dictionary.com to find the definitions and etymology.

4. "The Children's Story" - read aloud. Discussed

5. "The Fun They Had" Read and questions include the following...

• 1.What are Margie and Tommy’s lives like?
• 2.Compare and contrast the quality of their life with your life.
• 3.What are the pros and cons of their educational system?
• 4.What are the pros and cons of our educational system?
• 5.Describe another educational system you’ve heard of (another country, state, a system from the past)