1. Warm up- Vocabulary
Copy down the vocabulary words on the bottom of page 37 for Harrison Bergeron. Copy these words down in your notes. When you finish review the story to prepare for your quiz.
1.word and definition
2. part of speech (use dictionary if needed)
3.Origial sentence- to help you refer to the sentence in the short story to see how it is used.
4.Connotation of the word- positive, negative, or neutral

2. Taking notes over short stories as you read
Discussion Questions- questions that would be interesting for the class to discuss. “Why is he…” or “Why is this society oppressed?”
Inferences- “I think that…” “ I can conclude that..”
Clarifying Questions- Things you don’t understand that are not clear in the story

3. How many should I have for each short story?
2 discussion questions
2 inferences
2 Clarifying Questions

4. Taking Notes over short stories after you read
Characters (who and what did they do)
Literary elements (satire, irony, ect)
Literary devices (symbolism, similies, metaphors)
Moral questions (Is equal fair?)
Plot elements (what happened and when?)
Vocabulary (on pg before each story)
Theme of the story

5. How many should I have for each short story?
All the Vocabulary words (on pg before each story)
List all the significant Characters in the story
Plot elements (plot it on the pyramid)
5 Literary Devices (satire, irony, symbolism, irony, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery ect)
1 Moral question (Is equal fair?)- You can take this from your discussion questions you already wrote.
Write out the Theme of the story.

7. Harrison Bergeron Literary Elements
Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.
Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which the ideal is perfection but the society is oppressed in one way or another
Satire: making fun of individuals or society in order to make a point or improve societal conditions.