Ready Player One Chapter 0001 Mrs. Bly Eng 4

Welcome to the 1980s! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls

Journal #2 Write a one full page journal- BE CREATIVE! Think of dystopian fiction! What will the future be like??? Choose ONE of the following prompts: 1.  Funny how everyone says that was the day the world ended, when it was the beginning of mine.  2.  Sometimes I forget the Wall did not always surround the town.   3.  Decapitating a zombie is a lot harder than it looks on tv.  

LEVEL ONE Chapter 0001 “Gunfire wasn’t uncommon in the stacks, but it still shook me up” (13) What does our narrator do afterwards to calm himself?

Game time! 2- Listen to the book WHILE you play! Now it’s your chance to multitask! You are allowed to use a computer to play videogames while you listen to the audiobook! TWO RULES: 1- YOU must choose to play the OLD ARCADE games ONLY. Go to Google and type in the name of the game you want to play. 2- Listen to the book WHILE you play!

Where does our narrator live? “The rest of the trailer reeked of cat piss and abject poverty” (13) 15 people live in ONE double-wide trailer Trailers are stacked 15-20 units high

Why Videogames? “Playing old videogames never failed to clear my mind and set me at ease” (13). “There inside the game’s two-dimensional universe, life was simple” (13) What videogames do YOU PLAY ?

What are the narrator’s LEAST FAVORITE two words? GAME OVER

Family Ties Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLvS1vH9Tk&index=2&list=PLhk-J-XVZMDxcrxQz6WulyygOrOAZJwiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqh_XdGPb4U&list=PLhk-J-XVZMDxcrxQz6WulyygOrOAZJwiY&index=3

What is our narrator’s name? Wade Watts “His dad liked names that “sounded like the secret identity of a superhero. Like Peter Parker or Clark Kent” (15)

OASIS Virtual babysitter Employer World’s biggest library “But gaining access to all that information turned out to be something of a mixed blessing. Because that was when I found out the truth” (16).

What is reality like in 2045? Human civilization is in decline. “Then the Hunt for Halliday’s Easter egg began. That was what saved me, I think. Suddenly I’d found something worth doing. A dream worth chasing. For the last five years, the Hunt had given me a goal and a purpose. A quest to fulfill. A reason to get up in the morning. Something to look forward to” (19).

The Stacks What are the Portland Avenue Stacks like? Why did they start building stacks? (21).

The Hideout

The Hideout “The van was my refuge” (25) “My Batcave” (25) “My fortress of Solitude” (25) “It was where I attended school, did my homework, read books, watched movies, and played videogames” (25). “It was also where I conducted my ongoing quest to find Halliday’s Easter egg” (25).

What are Wade’s most valuable items? School-issued OASIS console Haptic gloves visor

How do you sign in to OASIS? Goggles (like a swimmer’s-blocks all light) Elastic haptic gloves (sensors on the fingers) Small ear buds Microphone to pick up all vocals LOG IN SEQUENCE: Visor scans retinas Log-in pass phrase: “You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada” (26).

Which 3 words were always the last thing an OASIS user saw before leaving the real world and entering the virtual one?? READY PLAYER ONE

Chapter 0001 SQs 1. What kind of area does Wade live in, what tells you this? 2. What tv show is Wade working his way through to improve his gunter knowledge? 3. Why is the OASIS so important for Wade? 4. In this novel what condition is the world currently in? 5. Wade has a pretty negative view of the real world, how does your view of the world differ from Wade’s? 6. What is Wade’s aunt like and what is Mrs. Gilmore like? 7. What is Wade’s hideout? 8. What is Halliday’s message when each player logs on to the OASIS?

Closing- 1980s videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo