On this page, you'll find:
- Introductory Texts
- Anchor Texts
- my 'Pearltrees' of resources for the anchor texts (equivalent to an annotated bibliography)
- short stories we'll read in class
- curriculum and assignments sheet
- day to day schedule
- EdCafe schedule from Term 1
- literary analysis rubric (for your papers)
- Ms. Kennett's Dystopian Lit Recs for Choice Books
- Term 4 Overview
- Collected Works document for digital submission of assignments
- ideas for final dystopian lit project (due at end of Term 2)
- EdCafe Document for January 7 / 11
- Final Projects Website
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Introduction Texts
Introduction to Brave New Worlds - John Joseph Adams
Dystopias: Definitions and Characteristics - readwritethink.org
The Future Sucks - A Visitor's Guide to a Dystopia - Maria Kramer
Forward to Amusing Ourselves to Death - Neil Postman
Anchor Texts
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Short Stories:
'The Machine Stops' by E.M. Forester
'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson 'Red Card' by S. L. Giblow
'Ten with a Flag' by Joseph Paul Haines 'Civilization' by Vylar Kaftan
'The Pedestrian' by Ray Bradbury
excerpt from 'Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs' by Adam-Troy Castro
Further Reading - Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Short Stories edited by John Joseph Adams
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