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SPECIFIC. STORY. EVENT. SPECIFIC. EVENT. EVENT. EVENT. EVENT. EVENT. SPECIFIC. EVENT. GENERAL. Theme. Overall message about life. Questions to Consider. How do the rules of our society: Impact the decisions we make? Affect how we feel? Shape who we are as individuals?

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  1. SPECIFIC STORY EVENT SPECIFIC EVENT EVENT EVENT EVENT EVENT SPECIFIC EVENT GENERAL Theme Overall message about life

  2. Questions to Consider • How do the rules of our society: • Impact the decisions we make? • Affect how we feel? • Shape who we are as individuals? • Change how we think about the world and ourselves?

  3. How do the things in this image compare with our reality? • What do you think the future will be like? • Why do we naturally wonder about what the future will be like? • How does thinking about the future help us today? Drawn in 1950. What artist believed Earth would look like in the year 2020

  4. Message about Human Nature Plot/Story Middle layer: Have to work harder to find this Criticism or warning to society Top layer: message is easy to access Bottom layer: Some people never make it to this place!

  5. “The Last Dog” • Written in the 1990’s by Katherine Patterson

  6. Katherine Paterson Background • Born in China in the year 1932 to U.S. Missionaries • At age 5, her family was forced to leave China during the Japanese invasion of 1937 • The family moved to Richmond, Virginia for a short while before returning to China to live in Shanghai • In 1940, the family was forced to flee again, this time to North Carolina • Her family moved 18 times between 1937 and 1950 because of the war in China and her Father’s job

  7. Chinese Civil War 1927-1950 Nationalists Vs. Communists

  8. Katherine Paterson Background • Katherine Paterson always felt like an outsider, because she was always moving • When she arrived to the U.S., she says she felt “poor, small, and foreign” on the playground, even though she was technically an American • She claims that being an outsider has made her a better writer

  9. The Last Dog: Science Fiction • Combines real and scientific information, with elements from author’s imagination • Usually takes place in the future • The power of imagining the future

  10. Earth in the Future • The Earth has been poisoned by pollution and global warming • In this future, the world is uninhabitable, so people live in a dome • The society in this story is only slightly different from our own

  11. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) How Global Warming Works

  12. Example of the Greenhouse Effect The Sun’s energy passes through the car’s windshield. This energy (heat) is trapped inside the car and cannot pass back through the windshield, causing the inside of the car to warm up.

  13. Effects of Global Warming Rising Sea Level Increased Temperature Habitat Damage and Species Affected Changes in Water Supply

  14. Alaska 2004 1914 Portage Glacier Photos: NOAA Photo Collection and Gary Braasch – WorldViewOfGlobalWarming.org

  15. Colorado River June 2002 Dec 2003

  16. Global Atmospheric Concentration of CO2

  17. Annotating • Only the important details • Details that help to answer the questions • Something confusing that you’d like to come back to (?)

  18. Leaning Goal • Analyze the text effectively: • Make inferences using logic and reason • Cite evidence from the text to support your reasoning • Elaborate on ideas in order to communicate more effectively

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