November 5, 2014 English 8: The Open Road Mr. Cabat

1. November 5, 2014English 8: The Open Road Mr. Cabat Concerto Grosso in C Minor Arcangelo Corelli 1714 Aim: “George was toying with the vague notion that dancers shouldn’t be handicapped:” Dystopian Fiction, Day 2

2. ***SCHEDULE NOTES*** • Thursday 11/6 – Book Fair! • Fri. 11/7 – All Quiet Projects Due Last day for summer reading rewrites!

3. DO NOW “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. from Welcome to the Monkey House As you listen to the story, what do you notice about the tone Vonnegut is trying to establish?

4. The Importance of Setting Look through what you have read so far in your novel. In your reader’s notebook, write a brief paragraph on the setting of your novel. What kind of world has the author created? The other piece to focus on is the elements of setting.

5. How Does Setting Impact the Novel?

6. Why Is Setting So Particularly Interesting in the Dystopian Genre?

7. In-Class Reading • As you read your dystopian novel, notice the ways in which your author uses language to establish a setting. • Read for a while. Then, go back through what you just read, and in your reader’s notebook, jot down some of the words and phrases that your author used to create a sense of place and time.

8. Homework • Continue reading your book, and create a T-chart about setting, • Be sure that for all your entries in the reader’s notebook in the weeks to come, you have a date at the top, as well as the work you’re reading and the pages you’ve covered for that entry. • Book clubs and schedules coming tomorrow!

9. In other words… Elements of Setting Textual Support “Harrison Bergeron” is set in the “The year was 2081…” (p.7) future. In this world no one is allowed to be “They would send out some sharp better than anyone else noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains” (p.8)