1. Do Now Pick up the handout.
Write down your homework: Read “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (pgs ) and write down ONE question you had as you read.*
Take out your Anticipation Guide from yesterday.
Talk to your table; how did you rate:
2. People should have the right to speak out against the government.
4. The needs of the group outweigh the needs of the individual.
9. Citizens should trust the government.
13. Dangerous or harmful messages should be censored.
14. Everyone should be treated the same.
Do Now

2. Let’s make some connections.
After each video clip, be ready to debrief in your groups.
Make some observations.
Use those observations (and your schema!) to make inferences about the government and society in world of this text.
Yes, you should write this in your Cornell Notes
Let’s make some connections.

4. Observation(s) and/or Evidence
Film Trailer
Observation(s) and/or Evidence
Inference(s)
The Hunger Games

6. Observation(s) and/or Evidence
Film Trailer
Observation(s) and/or Evidence
Inference(s)
Divergent

8. Observation(s) and/or Evidence
Film Trailer
Observation(s) and/or Evidence
Inference(s)
The Giver

9. (Feel free to discuss with your table and refer to your notes!)
What similarities did you notice about the government and society in each of these “texts”?
(Feel free to discuss with your table and refer to your notes!)
Write your thoughts down in your notes.
Notice and Note…

10. An Introduction Thursday, September 18
Dystopian Literature

11. Before you read… Let’s have a quick discussion at your tables.
Do you always remember what you’ve read? Why do you think that is?
Before you read…

12. Words to Know thinking about your thinking
Terms
Definition
Your Mnemonic
1. metacognition
2. annotation
thinking about your thinking
making notes in the margins of your text
Words to Know

13. Research shows students who think about their thinking perform better.
They can…
self-correct
problem solve
remember what they’ve read
work more efficiently
perform better on exams
Why metacognition?

14. Is to help you be a better metacognitive thinker.
My job…

15. Annotation Symbols Underline = Circle = ? = ! = important information
? =
! =
important information
unfamiliar words/phrases
both clarifying AND content-based questions
strong reactions
Annotation Symbols

16. Quick Model

17. Go ahead and read the rest of this text, annotating as you go.
I’m not going to count your annotations, but I do need to see evidence of your interaction with the text.
Your turn!

18. Summarize what you’ve read.
Definition
Mnemonic
(visual or kinesthetic)
What dystopian literature is:
What dystopian literature is NOT:
Dystopian Literature
Summarize what you’ve read.

19. Your homework is to: Read “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (pgs ) and write down ONE question you had as you read.*
THIS WILL COUNT FOR A GRADE.
IT’S YOUR FIRST READING QUIZ. 
Don’t forget!