4. WHY DO WE PERCEIVE SOME STORIES AS DYSTOPIAN?   

AT A GLANCE

Intention :   Learn about  perception and understand how it can affect your understanding of texts. 

Task  :  Illustrate key elements of the lesson.  

Duration :  approx. 25 minutes

Material required :  Student Booklet

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A Question of Lenses (4:20)

Instructions:


1. Read the questions below. 
2. Watch the video with these questions in mind.
3. After the video, answer the questions.

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4.1 View a text through a dystopian lens.

AT A GLANCE

Intention :   View a text through a dystopian lens.

Task  :  Watch a video and answer questions. 

Duration :  approx. 50 minutes

Material required :  Student Booklet

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Using different lenses requires practice! So come on! Put on your dark dystopian lenses and let’s watch that text again! Some questions were added to help you.

Instructions

Watch Strange Beasts (4:56) a second time and answer the following  questions.

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What's Next?

Now that you know what makes someone inspiring to you with personal examples in mind, let’s find out who we collectively find inspiring. Continue to the next page.

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4.2 Explore the text with others

AT A GLANCE

Intention: Explore the text with others.                                      

Task: Interact orally to verify, clarify and deepen understanding of the text and the use of literary lenses.

Duration:  approx. 40 minutes

Material required:  Student Booklet

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Cross Curricular Competency

To Cooperate with Others

When doing team projects in CEGEP I discovered that the more I respected different views the more they enriched my own. -Frédérique Tremblay, CEGEP student

Did you know?

Offering to use one’s skills and views to serve the community is also a 21st century digital competency.

Instructions

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Preparation

Before the scheduled moment of the oral interaction, review your answers from activity 4.1.

Consult the following evaluation rubric for your oral interaction. 

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2

Functional Language

Consult the following functional language that could be useful for your oral interaction. 

Functional Language Handout
3

Oral Interaction

During your oral interaction, discuss the questions and prompts without reading your answers.

What's Next?

Now that you know how perceptions can affect the way you interpret a text, let’s see how experience and knowledge shape our perceptions and interpretations in the first place.
But first, make sure you know how to write a summary by completing this exercise.