1. Journal
-Describe the world you wish to inhabit. What are the rules or parameters of this world? How does it function?
*this can either be a brainstorm or a free write

2. What do the worlds we create Reveal about our own?

3. Twilight Zone: Time Enough at Last

4. Rules for Time Enough At Last
Homeboy can’t get what he wants, EVER
Everyone is a jerk to him… probably because of the reading
Okay, everyone can’t get what they want
Women are assertive, but also depicted like jerks? (commentary)
Reading is not accepted (boss, wife, lady at the bank)
Time is a valuable resource
Fairly plausible– the universe is not unlike ours
The world is unstable (magazine and also the explosion)

5. How do we build worlds that are believable?
What are the rules of this world?
How do you know?
What are the rules of this world?
How do you know?
Mean Girls
Cliques>> Defined
If you are gonna make it– stick to the status quo
Personality? Stereotyped to the extreme
Race
Sexuality
Activities
Lord of the Rings
A lot of magic (good v. evil)
Can people revive?
Connection: Harry Potter?
People can live on– Bilbo/Sauron
Species/Elves/Orcs/Hobbits/Wizard
Languages!
Ancient History>> backstory
Powerscale: Mordor
Laws of physics

6. “THE LOTTERY” by Shirley Jackson
Annotate this short story based on the following questions:
1. What are the rules/parameters of “The Lottery”s world?
2. What might this story reveal about our own world?

7. “The Lottery” Rules/Ideas
The Husbands choose slips for their families
There aren’t consequences (for the people with blank papers)
Unhuman/Human
They have a choice– not all villages do it
“Nancy”, they are willing to kill a child, is it because she’s a girl?
Creates a reaction for the reader
NO LEGAL CONSEQUECE for murder
Timeless? Why? (happens yearly)
Person with a black dot gets stoned
Only because tradition– they do it because they always do it
Power structure: older you are, the more power you have
Husbands above wifes> children (They only care about the dudes!) 1948 (we see the oppression echoed from our own world)
Kids have stones? Kids are brutal
Mandatory participation?

8. Homework: Watch a common movie or TV show (2+ episodes)
Exit Ticket
Come back with Notes:
What are the rules of this world?
How does the writer of the film/series choose to communicate this with the viewers?
Names of your group
What show/movie are you watching? What episodes?