1. What do you already know?

AT A GLANCE

Intention : Whether you know what dystopia is or not, see how many dystopian stories you already know.

Task : Use a search engine to find out which dystopian stories you already know.

Duration : approx. 15 minutes

Material required : Student Booklet

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Your Task

Write down the titles of dystopian stories you already know. If you don’t know any, write none.

In a search engine, enter the following keywords dystopian+stories+teens or dystopian+movies+teens to find dystopian stories.

Looking at the results, select the answer that best matches your profile:

Looking at the results, select the answer that best matches your profile.

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1.1. Do you know these stories?

AT A GLANCE

Intention : Know popular dystopian stories, their titles and their authors.

Task : Match the story’s logline with the correct title.

Duration: approx. 30 minutes

Material required : Student Booklet

Original activity from , under licence CC BY-NC

Instructions

Play this game to see how many of these dystopian stories you already know.

Logline: A log line or logline is a brief (usually one-sentence) summary of a television program, film, or book that states the central conflict of the story, often providing both a synopsis of the story's plot, and an emotional "hook" to stimulate interest. Source: Wikipedia

Vocabulary - Handout

Which statement best represents your situation:

Write down some of the similarities you can see between the stories you were just shown.

What's Next?

Now that you know some dystopian titles, let’s find out the characteristics of dystopia.

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