1.  Why do we read this stuff? Wow. That is messed up.

2. Learning Target  Understanding the fictional setting: dystopia.

3. Why do we read this stuff? Have you read any of these books?  The City of Ember?  Hunger Games?  The House of the Scorpion?  The Giver?  Matched?  Delirium?  Gone?  Ender’s Game?

4. Utopia and Dystopia defined: Watch the video to understand Utopia and Dystopia settings  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7CHIlgNW0

5. Defined: Utopia  The perfect place  A place of perfect harmony  Heaven on earth  The ideal place to live  A superior society Dystopia  A messed up world  A world that is severely flawed  Hell on earth  A dysfunctional place to live.  A degraded society

6. Why would people want to read about messed up worlds? Wouldn’t they rather read about happy worlds?  Find the article on my webpage under today’s date.  Review the vocabulary terms by looking the word up in a dictionary before you read the article.  Read the article.  Answer the questions using complete thoughts.  When you finish share your assignment with jrunni@mypanthers.org jrunni@mypanthers.org  Type “H# Lastname Firstname Dystopia” in the subject line.