Thursday, May 28, 2015

Citations for the Dystopia Paper

You should copy/paste the following citations onto your Works Cited page.

Book: Orwell, George. 1984. Ed. Erich Fromm. New York: Harcourt, 1949.

Dystopia Handout (cite as a Pamphlet with no author): "Dystopias: Definitions and Characteristics". Horsham: Hannings, 2015. Print.


Thursday, May 21, 2015

Updated Dystopia Due Dates

Body 3 due Friday 5/22
Body 4 due Tuesday 5/26
Conclusion and Works Cited 5/28
Rough Draft Tuesday 6/2
Final Draft Thursday 6/4

Please note: final submission of the paper has been pushed back by one FULL week. Take this extra time to work on improving the quality of your writing.

I am available every day during HATS B and C, and most days after school (by appointment). I will be glad to work with you.

Friday, May 8, 2015

Victory over Big Brother- FOOD Sign-up!

Hello-

On Monday May 11th, we will be celebrating finishing our 1984 unit by eating :)

Sign up below if you can bring in some food.

I will bring in beverages (juices, etc) and cups.

Comment on this post so we can see what you will bring.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Dystopia Topic Selection

Here is the list of topics:

Amana Colonies, Iowa
Arcosanti, Arizona
A.’.A.’.
The Amish

Black Panthers
Bohemianism
Bottle Village - Simi Valley, California
Branch Davidian, Waco Texas
Brook Farm, Massachusetts

Crystal Waters, Australia
College Campus Life
Catholicism
Drop City, Colorado
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

EcoVillage, New York
Ephrata Cloister, Pennsylvania

Farm, Tennesse
Finca Bella Vista Sustainable Treehouse Community, Costa Rica
Findhorn Foundation And Community, Scotland
Forevertron - Baraboo, Wisconsin
Fruitlands

Green Bank, West Virginia

Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco California
Hare Krishna
Heaven's Gate, San Diego, California
Hells Angels
Hippies / Hipsters

ISIS

Jonestown, Guyana

KKK

Llano del Rio Cooperative Colony, California
Lomaland, California

Mafia
Manson’s Family
Medieval Reenactment or Role Playing Games
Mormonism
MOVE John Africa
Music / Musicians / Music Genres

New Harmony, Indiana
North Korea

Oneida Community, New York
Order of the Solar Templar
Owl House & Camel Yard - South Africa

Palais Ideál - Hauterives, France
Paradise Garden - Summerville, Georgia
Pasaquan - Columbus, Georgia
PETA
Polestar Yoga Community, Big Island, Hawaii
Political Parties
Portland, Oregon
Puritans

Qatar
Quakers

Rock Garden - Chandigarh, India

Salvation Mountain - Slab City, California
Santeria
Scientology
Shakers
Silicon Valley, California
Skatetopia
Songdo, South Korea
Survivalists
Sochi, Winter Olympics
Sewer Gang Of Romania
Toyosato, A Yamagishi Village, Japan

Twin Oaks Community, Virginia

Unification Church
Voodoo

Watts Towers - Los Angles, California
Windmill Park - Lucama, North Carolina

Yogaville, Buckingham, Virginia

ZEGG, Belzig, Germany
Zoot-Suiters

Here is the link to the Google form to request a topic: Click here

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Dystopia Paper Due Dates

Utopia/Dystopia Due dates
Library/Computer Lab Date: Thursday May 7th
Intro Paragraph: Tuesday May 12th
Body paragraph 1: Thursday May 14th
Body paragraph 2: Monday May 18th
Body paragraph 3: Wednesday May 20th

MEMORIAL DAY- Monday May 25th

Complete rough draft due: Tuesday May 26th
* this includes your in-text citations and your Works Cited page 

Final paper due: Thursday May 28th

Research Information for the Dystopia Paper

Here is a link to helpful articles: Click here

Here is the link to the LibGuide created for this project: Click here
(NoodleTools and all the school databases can be accessed here).

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

1984 Presentation Assignment

The following groups are assigned the following sections and presentation dates:

Group One                  Pages 68 to 118          Monday April 27th

Group Two                  Pages 119 to 169         Thursday April 30th

Group Three               Pages 170 to 248        Tuesday May 5th


Group Four                 Pages 249 to 298       Friday May 8th

Remember: you will only have Thursday April 23rd in class to work on this project. If you need additional HATS time, see me for a pass.