10th grade English - Dystopian Literature

Mission:

The mission of the CBA Markert Library program is to teach information literacy in collaboration with classroom teachers within the context of the content curriculum, inspire and develop a love of reading, and provide diverse materials and services to enable students to become life-long learners and effective users of information.

Big 6 Research Method

1.1. Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements

(task definition and notes generated by students)

Read a dystopian novel and critique it

What are the characteristics of dystopian literature?

Writing about another world – can be science fiction – opposite of utopian – Orwell major writer in the field – otherworld haslost its purpose, social issues – symbolizes parts of real society – has elements not found in our world – exaggerated themes – apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic world – rigid society – ban on uniqueness of humans – main character is unique and lives in paranoia – warn of dangers in the future -

A negative utopia – attempted, but failed – worse case scenario – protagonist is oppressed and struggles to succeed, isolated from society, rebel – oppressive government or society – lack of hope – intensive fear of being out of line – emphasis on conformity – bland, bleak world – setting of despair, hopelessness – negative of human nature – isolated worlds - conflict (war) – hypothetical situations – political theme

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

The literary works themselves; critiques; possibly some background information on writers and problems in their worlds.

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

List of dystopian books (bring new titles to Mrs. Baredo)

The Diary of Pelly D	by LJ Adlington
The Hunger Games	by Suzanne Collins
Epic	by Conor Kostick
Last Book in the Universe	by Rodman Philbrick
Uglies Trilogy	by Scott Westerfeld
Unwind	by Neal Shusterman
Feed	by MT Anderson
Taken	by Edward Bloor
Sara’s Face	by Melvin Burgess
The House of the Scorpion	by Nancy Farmer
The Goodness Gene	by Sonia Levitin
The Host	by Stephanie Meyer
The Adoration of Jenna Fox	by Mary Pearson
Rash	by Pete Hautman
Incarceron	by Cathleen Fisher
The Maze Runner	by James Dashner
Ship Breaker	by Paolo Bacigalupi
Matched	Allie Condie
Candor	by Pam Bachorz

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Take notes electronically, making sure to capture info for citation.

Citation generator

If you state conclusions about an aspect of dystopian literature, illustrate those with examples from the books. Cite the page numbers for the examples.

You may also want to incorporate background research for the time period the book was written, or literary criticism.

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

The Works Cited page will be the last page of your paper or notes.

Make sure that your Works Cited page is following MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format.

Be careful to use MS Word View>Header and Footer for the pagination.

Use proper MLA date formatting:

Heading: 21 October 2009

Citation: 21 Oct 2009

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

Did you check your spelling/grammar? Is your MLA correct?

What did you learn about dystopian literature? What did you learn about comparing and analyzing fictional works?