Dystopian Novel Sections

City of Ember

Chapter 4 pg.(1-53)
Chapter 8 pg.(54-113)
Chapter 12 pg.(114-155)
Chapter 16 pg.(156-212)
Chapter 20 pg.(213-258)

The Hunger Games
Section 1: Page 3- Page 73
Section 2: Page 74- 160
Section 3: Page 161- 222
Section 4: Page 223 – Page 290
Section 5: Page 290- Page 374

Legend 
1. Pages 1-60
2. Pages 60-120
3. Pages 120-174
4. Pages 174-252
5. Pages 252-305 (the end)
Divergent
1. Jan. 28- Chapters 1-8

2. Feb.4- Chapters- 8-16

3. Feb. 11- Chapters- 16-24

4. Feb. 24- Chapters- 24- 32

5. March 3- Chapters- 32- end 

Suggested Novel Divisions

 

City of Ember	Chapter 4 pg.1-53	Chapter 8 pg.54-112	Chapter 12 pg.113-154	Chapter 16 pg.155-212	End  pg.213-270
The Hunger Games	Chapter 6 Pgs 3-73	Chapter 12 Pgs. 74 – 160	Chapter 17 Pgs. 161 - 222	Chapter 22 Pgs 223 - 290	End Pgs 290 - 374
Legend	June Pgs 1 – 60	June Pgs 61 - 119	June Pgs 120 - 173	Day Pgs 174 – 251	End Pgs 252 - 305
Divergent	Chapter 9 Pgs 1 - 90	Chapter 16 Pgs 91 - 189	Chapter 22 Pgs 190 - 281	Chapter 29 Pgs 282 - 377	End Pgs 377 – 487
Eleventh Plague	Chapter 9 Pgs 1 - 58	Chapter 14 Pgs 50 - 110	Chapter 21 Pgs. 111 - 168	Chapter 27 Pgs. 169 - 220	End Pgs. 221 - 278
Maze Runner	Chapter 11 Pgs 1 - 71	Chapter 23 Pgs. 72 - 145	Chapter 35 Pgs. 146 – 223	Chapter 49 Pgs. 224 - 301	End Pgs. 302 - 374
Matched	Chapter 7 Pgs. 1 - 68	Chapter 13 Pgs. 69 - 138	Chapter 20 Pgs. 139 - 215	Chapter 27 Pgs. 216 - 289	End Pgs. 290 - 366
Among the Hidden	Chapter 7 Pgs 1 - 29	Chapter 15 Pgs. 30 - 59	Chapter 20 Pgs. 60 - 94	Chapter 25 Pgs. 95 - 118	End Pgs. 119 - 153

 

 

Big Brother or Teacher is watching you... So make sure you get your reading completed... Don't let down your Reading Group!!

 

Character Fakebook Assignment

Please review the Character "Fakebook" assignment. We will NOT be using the actual Facebook, just another site. This will be an ongoing major project throughout the course of our unit; therefore we will be adding to it as we read our novels.

The Rubric for Evaluating the Character Fakebook... click on the link.


Ms. SM's Example of Haymitch from Hunger Games
http://www.classtools.net/fb/11/iUZ5Gh

Past Students Examples of Fakebook Profiles and Timelines
http://stewiessmartthoughts.blogspot.ca/2012/05/dystopian-character-fakebook-links.html

Go in using Chrome, it's faster!!

Audiobook Links

Dystopian Novels Book Links

City of Ember

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3NcETsMDLg&sns=em

 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plpp&list=PLAAJ-AMN8b6nrfFjzxxJSEVNXbFo9H-vH&v=M3NcETsMDLg

Among the Hidden

Chapter 1

http://youtu.be/Oi1nASfV5hY

Chapter 2

http://youtu.be/YW9Grl-4Q6w

Chapter 3

http://youtu.be/7IgJFMxaVOw

Chapter 4 

More chapters on this YouTube Sunscriber's site 

The Hunger Games

Chapter 1 

http://youtu.be/uWLM4mIAxm0

Chapter 2

http://youtu.be/JV_Q7AxNkB4

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

http://youtu.be/EOQs93GD8a0

Chapter 5

*there are so many versions of people creating audiobooks, I'm sure you can find one.

Hunger Games Entire Audiobook - scholastic publishing. 

http://youtu.be/eNDAT5ufPz8

Scholastic Publishing - more audiobooks

Part 1 - ch. 1-11

http://youtu.be/561FuUH__Ug

Part 2 - ch. 12-19

http://youtu.be/78iwxfquEA4

Part 3 - ch. 20-27

http://youtu.be/2ihM_cFxz2U

Divergent

Chapter 1 

http://youtu.be/QMATRPTApEQ

Chapter 2

http://youtu.be/5iRprq23wxo

There are more chapters on YouTube for you to find! Click on one of the other links. 

Dystopia Word Sort categories

Dystopian Word Sort Assignment

Dystopian Word Sort
1. Sort the following Dystopian Related Vocabulary into 4- 6 categories. Discuss with your group why you categorized your words the way you did.



2. From your chosen vocabulary for your Dystopian Novel for Section one you are going to sort the words you selected into the Dystopian Categories, from part 1 (above). If there are words that do not fit the categories, then create new categories as needed.

Enjoy the weekend but...

Make sure you read section 1 for Tuesday and with sticky notes, identify examples of dystopian characteristics and powerful language.

ELA Dystopian Literature Circle Book Clubs

It's time to get started with our Dystopian unit!!

Here's a link to setting up group expectations before we begin.

Setting Ground Rules and Schedule of Assignments and due dates


Book Trailers, author websites and author interviews for our novels (and Mr. Rieger's!! :) )


Literature Circle and Book Club Assignments for the next 6 weeks.

Blogging Expectations and Tips

Rubrics for Evaluation

Culminating Task - Create a Character Fakebook Assignment and Sample Fakebook for Haymitch (Hunger Games) created by Ms. Stewart-Mitchell

Collab link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1irzeoynY5vbzgP8lwY1qXoFdYwNXsIjUduZJT3R7hJc/edit?usp=sharing

Important dates

Homework

Dystopian Controls in the Movies!!

Thursday's ELA assignments

Complete the questions for the short story, "The Lottery" on looseleaf. Be sure to write in complete sentences. BE SURE TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT FULLY, WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE PAPER AND HAND IN TO READING.

Just as the Matrix explores Dystopian Controls, there are many other movies which explore dystopian controls, some even go back to old black and white movies!

See the links below to watch movie clips which explore dystopian controls. Complete the chart using your Reference Handout for Dystopian Controls and Characteristics.

Dystopian Controls in the Movies handout.

Dystopia Controls and Characteristics handout.


Here are the links, just in case there is a problem with Google docs... Sorry they are not in order with the handout.

"I Robot" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05bGPiyM4jg

"The Adjustment Bureau" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJ0TP4nTaE

"The Truman Show"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3gI9ms8Fdc

"V for Vendetta" - 

http://youtu.be/chqi8m4CEEY

Or try this link... (Same clip)

http://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0SO82CLX9dSpDYA0TE5ByI5?p=v+for+vendetta&fr=onesearch&fr2=piv-web&psqn=2

"Pleasantville" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEAfkY9ods

"Metropolis" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9PPG1XblF4

* Original Black and white film with English subtitles.

1. Opening credits (00:00-3:16)

2. Shift Change (3:17-5:40)

3. The New Tower of Babel (15:51-17:01) 

                  

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) Information

Metropolis is set in the year 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. This work is one of the earliest examples of a dystopian film. The following three scenes provide an overall glimpse of the dystopian characteristics that are present throughout this film. The first two scenes depict the drudgery of daily work on an assembly line. The third scene shows images of what the director pictures as what the world of the future will look like.

 

Upcoming dates

Homework

Dystopian Word Charts google doc

Watch this slide show to explore figures of speech.

Read through the different forms of figurative language on Kids Connect.

Figures of speech games to go with activity.

Dystopian Vocabulary Word Charts

Complete 6 word charts for the Short story, "All Summer in a Day". Due Weds.
Vocabulary and Word Charts Assignment

Sites to help you that are good visual thesaurus and dictionaries. 

www.visuwords.com

www.wordnik.com

www.lexipedia.com

In case you need the handout for the lesson again, here's a link to the Dystopian Short Stories and simulation lesson

Dayplan

Link to my day plan...

DOL

DOL sentences for Wednesday...

Being that I am not here. I thought it would be easiest to post DOL via my blog, so that it can be projected on the whiteboard.

See DOL Sentences link here!

Do the Day 1 and 2 sentences (yes, I know it's Day 3!). This means you will complete 4 sentences in total.

Homework Tuesday

ELA - Dystopian or Other Skies Cover page due Weds, Jan. 8th
5 sketches that reflect the theme, 10 phrases which explore your idea of a perfect world.

Rough draft paragraph of your vision of a perfect world - due Jan. 8th

* Note all information is in the handout in the Google Doc that was previously posted.

Dystopian ELA Unit

Why are are so obsessed with Dystopian fiction? Click on the link and reflect on the answer in the poster....
Why Dystopia??



It's the start to a new year and to our unit of study in ELA, "Other Skies and Exploring Dystopian Literature"!

This lesson can be found in the following link to my Google Doc. Please click on the link and print the handout if you need it.


Other Skies Introduction handout

This week we will begin examining famous dystopian movie clips from "The Matrix", explore the characteristics of dystopia and the connections to our society and start our new Dystopian novels and Reading Book Club Discussions.


Matrix Blog Assignment for Kidblog

Analyzing “The Matrix”

Blog Response - In a Kidblog Post with the Title, “Reactions to the Matrix”

Complete a blog post entry in response to the following question: What does the film, “The Matrix” communicate about the world? What controls the world in this film and the people who live in that world? What connections can you make to the message? Do you agree or disagree with this message from the film writer? Why or why not?

In addition to answering the questions above, respond to 3 other questions (see below) in your blog response.

What illusion of a perfect society is depicted in the clips? What is the society like in reality?

How are the members of this society being oppressed?

What kind of control is used to keep the members of this society oppressed?

What current trend, societal norm, or political system is exaggerated in this world?

What criticism is made through this exaggeration in the clips? What current trend, societal norm, or political system is addressed?

How did the video clips extend and confirm your understanding of the characteristics of a dystopia?

Is Big Brother Watching us?? Curious if our lives are really private? Check out this thought provoking video about Russian Meterorites and Surveillance....


Side note: I am trying to locate copies of Legend by Marie Lu. Does anyone have an extra copy at home? I have 2... I would like 2 more. Chapters does not have any extra copies for purchase! Geesh!!

Mandela Tribute

A Tribute to Mandela

Check out the this tribute! 50 rods of steel to symbolize his years of imprisonment - constructed in memory of Mandela. 

Good French YouTube references

Great sources

http://youtu.be/KT_UfAKgOBo

See YouTube 

Many thanks for volunteering

Our class has received many words of appreciation for our class Advent volunteer work at the Regent Park Safeway... Parents of young children and seniors offered many words of thank you through cars and emails - for the help they received with shopping. 

Well done! Grade 8, now there's showing the true spirit of Christmas!!

Here's a photo of some cheerful volunteers! 

Birth of Jesus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA&sns=em

Child labour campaign button rubric

Ensure your button is in full colour and is eye catching. 

Amazing Resource for Teachers

Teachers of all grades, check out this site... It is a curation of so many amazing tools, you just need to visit the site to get the full impact of how useful it is!
http://www.2learn.ca

Storybird Mandela Prayer Assignment

Storybird reverses visual storytelling by starting with the image and "unlocking" the story inside. Explore artists, get inspired, and write.

http://storybird.com/create/

http://storybird.com/classes/st-francis-16/stewies-students/students/add/
Student access code

CLASS ACCESS CODE:

RCXFD

Nelson Mandela Prayer Assignment

Child Labour Monologue Rubric for Writing and Presentation

CHILD MONOLOGUE PRESENTATION RATING SCALE  EVALUATION

Criteria		Comments
Volume – Loud, easy to hear in all areas of the classroom, projection …	1           2          3        4      5
Voice – Expressive, suitable to the character, adds to the presentation and adds personality to the character. More than just “reading” the part	1           2          3        4     5
Pacing  - Appropriate pauses for emphasis, adds to the story, not too slow or fast	1           2          3        4      5
Preparation – Obviously the student prepared for the presentation, note familiarity, no excess pausing to find place… or stumbling on what is written	1           2          3        4      5
Enthusiasm – Eye contact, dramatic inflection in speech. Student is ready to share their child labourer’s life story.	1           2          3        4      5
Presentation Extras – Inclusion of images which reflect the presentation (picture of child labourer, images which reflect main aspects of their lives from presentation). Note level of preparation with either a slide show or images included in blog.	1           2          3       4       5

 Presentation Tips for Preparing for Your Monologue
Google - Doc * Open and dowload or read over.

Organizing Persuasive Writing Interactive Outline

Awesome interactive outline for persuasive writing...

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/

Well known Human Rights Activist Nelson Mandela passes away today

Nelson Mandela, one of history's greatest leaders passed away today. If you check out this link you can see Twitter feeds that are trending around the world. Globally Nelson Mandela and what he has done for humanity was on everyone's mind...

 

Critical Reflection Questions - The Legacy of Nelson Mandala

* Click on the link above to access the Google Doc

 

See Trend map twitter feed...

http://trendsmap.com

CBC links on Nelson Mandela
http://www.cbc.ca/news

Interactive Timeline on the life and times of Nelson Mandela  - CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/world/features/mandela/timeline/

Photo Album of Mandela's life
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photos/nelson-mandela-leader-and-legend-1.1424419


Video on Mandala as an activist
http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017/videos/nelson-mandela-dedication-to-activism-25583171876

Video clip: The Legacy of Mandala
http://www.biography.com/people/nelson-mandela-9397017/videos

For Teachers - Critical reflection questions on Mandela's life
http://www.biography.com/assets/pdf/study_guides/classroom/NelsonMandela.pdf


Words of Wisdom from Nelson Mandela - No wonder he is a Nobel Peace Prize winner
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/nobel-prize/videos/nelson-mandela-words-of-wisdom-35905603523


Blog Assignment
Why is Mandela called a freedom fighter? Why did he inspire so many?
Paraphrase your favourite quote from Mandela. In a blog post explain what it means to you personally. Why should we reflect and think about the life of this great activist?

Homework

Be sure to also have all revisions for the monologue completed too. Add to Kidblog and find pictures which reflect your presentation. 

Transition practice work sheet

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/worksheet1.asp?topic=Iditarod

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/chronologicalnarrativep.htm

http://www.elfs.com/AniMenWrk.html

http://flang1.kendall.mdc.edu/3/332/L332Activity2/L332activity2v6.htm

https://www.glastonburyus.org/staff/VemuriC/Documents/TRANSITION%2520WORD%2520PRACTICE.doc

http://englishlinx.com/transitional_words/Transitional-Words-Sequencing-P-1-Intermediate.pdf

http://englishlinx.com/transitional_words/Transitional-Words-Sequencing-P-2-Intermediate.pdf

http://englishlinx.com/transitional_words/Transitional-Words-Writing-in-Sequence-P-1-Intermediate.pdf

Revising the child labour monologue

1. To revise for content, reference the questions given on your original sheet with the assignment and graphic organizer (kid with soccer ball).

2. To revise for organization, read through your paragraphs. Ensure each paragraph has an opening and closing sentence. Read your paragraphs and look for transitions. You should have at least one or two per paragraph. 

Transition words - for connecting ideas 

http://larae.net/write/transition.html
 

http://englishlinx.com/transitional_words/Connecting-Words.pdf
 

http://englishlinx.com/transitional_words/Transitional-Words.pdf
 

3. To revise for word choice, grab a thesaurus! But ensure that you use "million dollar words" well. Include figures if speech like similes, metaphors and personification. Try to incorporate one figure if speech. Be sure that you have described life with specific adjectives and adverbs. Ensure that in at least 2 paragraphs you have described some aspect of your life. 

Great comment on blogging for teachers

http://langwitches.org/blog/

Why blogging is worthwhile and improves learning! 

Child Labour Monologue draft

Grade eights as you could see from homework postings, you had a rough draft due Tuesday for the child labour monologue. We will revise Weds and Thursday and start final touches to your good copy on Friday. Class monologue presentations will start Monday and Tuesday. Start reviewing speaking tips (earlier posts related to Child Labour - found on this blog). 

Just something that caught my attention

Creative project GIFs - how do they do that??

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/experiments-in-repetitive-motion-become-hypnotic-gifs

Christmas GIFs http://www.christmasgifs.org http://christmasgifs.org/artists/horse/

Just something that caught my attention

Creative project GIFs - how do they do that??

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/experiments-in-repetitive-motion-become-hypnotic-gifs

Kid snippets

http://youtu.be/q95qRy6NfLA

Kid snippets Thor

Do something

What to see what you can do to make a difference? See what other teens are doing around the world to make a difference ... Go to: http://www.dosomething.org/

Worth checking out! 

Do something

What to see what you can do to make a difference? See what other teens are doing around the world to make a difference ... Go to: http://www.dosomething.org/

Worth checking out! 

Remember your Outdoor Ed forms

Remember your outdoor Ed forms Grade 8 as well as the $25!! You also need to start planning what warm outdoor clothes you plan on wearing on the trip. Organize this in advance so there is less last minute panic. 

Homework

The Power of Knowledge

Ever complain about going to school? Ever feel like you just don't feel like going because there are other things you would rather do?

Today's lesson will explore the power of knowledge and how an education is essential in changing the lives of kids around the world.

We're going to watch a video from the series, The New Heroes, "The Power of Knowledge"

Here is a link to the video questions to go with the video...
Making a Difference Questions

Overdue Assignments

Just a reminder that Term One Reportcards go out on Tuesday. Students were told they could email any overdue assignments or contact me with questions this weekend. My email address is:
j.stewart-mitchell@rcsd.ca

Peace Pledge Voice Recording Rubric

Great work today Grade 8 on troubleshooting and recording your Peace Pledges and linking them on Kidblog. Here is a link to the basic rubric I will use for assessing your work...

Peace Pledge Rubric

Homework Thursday

Can't Wait for the Movie, Catching Fire?? Me too!

So excited... My favourite is Sesame Street's "Peeta".

CHILD LABOUR MONOLOGUE REMINDERS

Grade 8's do not rush this assignment. It is to be at least 3 paragraphs. However for a quality introduction and conclusion maybe 5 paragraphs. Read through the whole assignment sheet I gave you, or check out previous blog  posts on this assignment.

After you research and brainstorm your web, your outline for your draft might look like this. However you can organize your ideas in other ways. This is just a framework to give you an idea of how to organize the monologue...

REMINDERS
Be sure to REVIEW ALL THE QUESTIONS I gave you on the assignment. This means do not rush, as this is an assignment you need to research, get an informed opinion of what it's like to be a child labourer, then write from their perspective. You are going to be the voice of those kids who have no voice. 
 What kids of things do you need to include? For example, You need to explore exactly what you eat, where you sleep... Go through ALL THE QUESTIONS from the assignment and ANSWER THEM IN THE MONOLOGUE. Be sure to fully explore the details of what it's like to be a child labourer. Paint your audience a picture of your life!! Get the audience to think and care!

THE FRAMEWORK
The framework for your Child Labour Monologue could be as follows...
Paragraph #1 – Who you are, age, where you live… your family (what do you know about them?)
Paragraph #2 – How you ended up being a child labourer, how long have you been a labourer, what has life been like for you up to this point. 
Paragraph #3  - A day in your life - from morning to night...
Paragraph #4 –  Your hopes, dreams for the future. What does your future look like with no education?
Paragraph #5 – Closing… What would you say if you were a child labourer in closing? How would you capture the "hearts and minds" of your audience and get them to care? Use language that creates an emotional response in your audience... This means ask your audience questions, add repetition for effect... 

THE PRESENTATION Finally, find a picture on line that you think could represent your child labourer. See Tag galaxy.com and type in “child labor” and “poverty”. Then choose a picture, save it in your pictures and upload to kidblog. 

EXTENSION... Consider adding more visuals to help your audience connect with your Monologue. Remember the overall objective is to tell the story of a child labourer and get your audience to care about the issue. 

What can you add to your post to get your audience to care?

REMINDER TO HAND IN
** YOU WILL HAND IN YOUR RESEARCH, the TWO COLUMN GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (be sure to cite your sources!!)  I Will expect to see about 2 of these. 

Song about Iqbal and child labour

http://teacherblog.over-blog.com/m/article-19096684.html

Silent Cries

http://blogpeda.ac-poitiers.fr/coll-abbe-pierre-english/2011/03/06/silent-cries-a-song-against-child-labour/

ILO song against child labour

http://www.12to12.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=237:i-believe-ilo-song-on-child-labour&Itemid=99&lang=en