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Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s Science –Fiction “Literature Lounge”

Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s Science –Fiction “Literature Lounge”. 20 September 2013 Do Now: What would your perfect world be like? Would there be any wars? Why or why not? How would people treat each other? Students will be able to:

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Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s Science –Fiction “Literature Lounge”

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  1. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s Science –Fiction “Literature Lounge” 20 September 2013 Do Now: What would your perfect world be like? Would there be any wars? Why or why not? How would people treat each other? Students will be able to: recognize elements of science-fiction in the 20th century. Homework: Science-Fiction:Harrison Bergeron dialectical journal due Monday (tentative)

  2. Introduction to Satire • Satire: (noun) a type of writing that uses humor to criticize something- a person, a group of people, humanity at large, an attitude or failing, a social institution-in order to reveal a weakness or fault. • Satirical: (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by satire. • Satirist: (noun) a person who engages in producing satire.

  3. Things to consider… • Economic system? • TV? Music? other Media? • Healthcare? • Defense systems? • How is peace maintained? • How far into the future will your world be established?

  4. Today’s Agenda:1) Solicit journal prompt responses in groups of four.What would your perfect world be like? Would there be any wars? Why or why not? How would people treat each other?Essential Question:- Are we all created equally?2) Begin Harrison Bergeron.

  5. Welcome to Mr. Pandit’s English III “Literature Lounge” 20September 2013 Do Now: Create a T-Chart & Web for the following prompt: Write a letter to the editor of your school newspaper with supporting or opposing whether violence in the media has negative effects on young adults. Support your position with reasons, examples, facts, and/or other evidence. Convince your readers to take your position seriously. Students will be able to: recognize effective writing techniques for persuasive tasks Homework: English III: Quack Cornell Notes due upon completion

  6. Write a letter to the editor of your school newspaper with supporting or opposing whether violence in the media has negative effects on young adults. Support your position with reasons, examples, facts, and/or other evidence. Convince your readers to take your position seriously.Task:Create a web based on the three best ideas in your group.

  7. Today’s Agenda:1) Solicit prewriting responses.2) Finish Quack Notes.3) The Week in Review4) CNN Student News?5) Successful OEQ Format: R.A.C.E.6) What is an American?7) Begin Unit 1: Immigration

  8. The Week in Review (Classwork) • Why is prewriting crucial for effective writing? • When prewriting for a persuasive task, what are the first two steps? • What is a thesis statement? • What is the formula for a thesis statement? • Why is writing effectively important? • In terms of grammar, what are the purposes of articles and adverbs? • What occurred at a U.S. Navy yard on 9/16/13? • Name two places where severe weather has devastated communities.

  9. Announcement: If you share a document on GoogleDrive(formerly Google Docs) with a teacher, don’t forget to grant them permission to open the file!You email must include: Your Full NamePeriodTitle (Subject of the email).

  10. Do Now: Parts of Speech 1 • n. = noun – a person, place or thing • (example?) • v. = verb – the action, state, or occurrence in a sentence • adj. = adjective – a word used to describe a noun • adv. = adverb – describes an verb • art. = article – specifies a particular item or object.

  11. Vocabulary List 1 • eccentric (adj.) 11. supercilious (adj.) • elusive (adj.) 12. supersede (v.) • eminent (adj.) 13. amorphous (adj.) • exorbitant (adj.) 14. anarchy (n.) • expound (v.) 15. anomaly (n.) • extricate (v.) 16. atheist (n.) • extrovert (n.) 17. unfettered (adj.) • abdicate (v.) 18. unfounded (adj.) • aberration (n.) 19. unparalleled (adj.) • abhor (v.) 20. unremitting (adj.)

  12. Quack: Cornell Notes • Did you set up a page for Cornell Notes and title it Quack?

  13. Elements • Aliens and or creatures not necessarily looking as evil/good as they may be • Technology being the undercurrent of the story Science Fiction

  14. Elements • Taking place in the future(distant/near) • The story usually revolving around another planet or space Science Fiction

  15. Science FictionThemes • Much of science fiction is an effort to depict the way advances in technology may give us three things:

  16. Science FictionThemes • New forms of freedom and power • New forms of slavery and "un-freedom“ • Destruction on a mass scale

  17. Science FictionThemes The original Star Trek is a perfect expression of these ideas. It depicts humanity developing new powers that make it possible to conquer

  18. Science FictionThemes the world of nature and worlds of illusion. But our wisdom will have to keep pace with our power, the series argues, or we will fall into new forms of

  19. Science FictionThemes slavery and destruction. In many ways, this theme makes Star Trek the ultimate expression of the ideas of science fiction. 

  20. CNN Student News • Part I: Interpretation: Write down five things you learn from CNN Student News. • Part II: Reflection: Choose one story from the above five and explain how it may affect your life. (No more than two or three sentences).

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