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Welcome to Mrs. Richter's UTOPIA-DYSTOPIA SEMINAR
PLEASE NOTE-- SIDE BAR WILL SOMETIMES APPEAR AT BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR THE OTHER UNITS

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 * WELCOME TO MRS. RICHTER'S ACADEMIC UTOPIA DYSTOPIA SENIOR SEMINAR COURSE **
 * A SEMINAR CLASS IS A PLACE WHERE A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE STUDY A TOPIC IN DEPTH, SOMETIMES USING SOCRATIC DIALOGUE. SOCRATIC QUESTIONING INVOLVES HIGHER LEVEL THINKING- BLOOM'S TAXONOMY AND WEBB'S DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE. **
 * FOR EACH UNIT WE WILL HAVE ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS, ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, AND THE //DYSTOPIAN CHARACTERISTICS// HANDOUT(THE "D" HANDOUT) THAT WE REFER BACK TO AS WE STUDY DIFFERENT TEXTS WHICH HELP FACILITATE LEARNING **
 * YOUR EOCA IS A RESEARCH PAPER WHICH CONSISTS OF A CORE NOVEL AND AN INDEPENDENT READ **
 * FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER KNOWING WHAT YOUR EOCA ASSIGNMENT IS PROVIDES FOCUS AND REINFORCES THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING YOUR BEST WORK THE ENTIRE SEMESTER. **
 * IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR EOCA (FINAL) WILL BE A 5-7 PAGE TYPED MLA FORMATED** **RESEARCH PAPER WITH A WORKS CITED PAGE DUE MONTH OF MAY.**

CLASS RULES AND NEEDED CLASSROOM MATERIALS:

I AM AVAILABLE FOR TUTORING. PLEASE SEE ME AFTER CLASS PERIOD TO ARRANGE TIME. I __CAN__ BE AVAILABLE PRIOR FROM 8AM TO 11AM. YOU MUST ARRANGE TIME WITH TEACHER,. I AM ALSO AVAILABLE AFTER SCHOOL TILL 4PM. DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST WEEK OF THE QUARTER

THERE ARE NO DUE DATE EXTENSIONS. IF CONFUSED ABOUT ASSIGNMENT, IT IS A STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND __BEFORE__ LEAVING CLASS.

HELPFUL SUPPORTS AND **OTHER UNITS**: FOR SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS FOR NOVELS AND READINGS YOU WILL BE CLICKING ON SEPARATE PAGES ON __SIDEBAR__. For example ,the Dystopia Intro Unit is Harrison Bergeron, Omelas, and other texts which connect to those unit's enduring understandings and essential questions

UNDERSTANDING WHAT UTOPIAS ARE AND THEIR CHARACTERISITCS. WHAT IS A UTOPIA? HOW CAN A COMMUNITY BE A UTOPIA FOR SOME AND A DYSTOPIA FOR OTHERS
 * LINKS FOR UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES**

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**DOES THE UTOPIAN CONCEPT EXIST TODAY???** FORBES SLIDE SHOW: [] FLORIDA: Celebration, Florida: [] [] UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES:
 * PROJECT:**
 * UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES LINKS AND FILES :**



**INTRO UNIT**: "HARRISON BERGERON "-SHORT STORY "THE ONES WHO WALKED AWAY FROM OMELAS"-SHORT STORy" VARIETY OF TEXTS, OTHER READING MATERIALS

BRAVE NEW WORLD- CORE NOVEL--THREE WEEKS OTHER MATERIALS
 * UNIT 2: **

ANTHEM- CORE NOVEL ONE WEEK TO READ NOVEL -
 * UNIT 1: **

VARIETY OF SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS

SELECT ONE- HUNGER GAMES, ENDER'S GAME, FEED, MARTIAN CHRONICLES,LORD OF THE FLIES
 * __INDEPENDENT READ__: **


 * RESEARCH PAPER- START AND FINISH **
 * INCLUDES ONE CORE NOVEL--ANTHEM OR BRAVE NEW WORLD, INDEPENDENT READ AND SUPPORTIVE SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS. **
 * EOCA- 5 TO 7 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER DUE MONTH OF MAY - MUST INCLUDE ONE CORE NOVEL AND ONE INDEPENDENT READ.