Unit 4 April -- May
Essential Questions: What is dystopian literature? What concerns, predictions, and "dangerous paths" does it reflect about the world today? What changes in our current lifestyle might prevent or avoid the apocalyptic outcomes predicted by dystopian literature?
Poetry:
"There Will come Soft Rains" -- Sara Teasdale
"Prayer before Birth" -- Louis MacNeice
"anyone lived in a pretty how town" -- e.e. cummings
"The Unknown Citizen" -- W.H. Auden
Short Texts:
"Garden of Eden" -- Genesis 2 & 3
"The Lottery" -- Shirley Jackson
"All Summer in a Day" -- Ray Bradbury
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" -- Ursula Le Guin
"Harrison Bergeron" -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Extension Texts:
"Declaration of Independence"
"After the Cure" -- Carrie Ryan
"How Th'Irth Wint Rong By Hapless Joey @ Homeskool.Guv" -- Gregory Maguire
Extended Texts:
Anthem -- Ayn Rand
Independent Reading -- Dystopian Novel of Choice
Essential Questions: What is dystopian literature? What concerns, predictions, and "dangerous paths" does it reflect about the world today? What changes in our current lifestyle might prevent or avoid the apocalyptic outcomes predicted by dystopian literature?
Poetry:
"There Will come Soft Rains" -- Sara Teasdale
"Prayer before Birth" -- Louis MacNeice
"anyone lived in a pretty how town" -- e.e. cummings
"The Unknown Citizen" -- W.H. Auden
Short Texts:
"Garden of Eden" -- Genesis 2 & 3
"The Lottery" -- Shirley Jackson
"All Summer in a Day" -- Ray Bradbury
"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" -- Ursula Le Guin
"Harrison Bergeron" -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Extension Texts:
"Declaration of Independence"
"After the Cure" -- Carrie Ryan
"How Th'Irth Wint Rong By Hapless Joey @ Homeskool.Guv" -- Gregory Maguire
Extended Texts:
Anthem -- Ayn Rand
Independent Reading -- Dystopian Novel of Choice