Science Fiction & the lathe of heaven
"The excitement of sci-fi is not derived from its science—which rarely stands up
to scrutiny--but rather from its imaginative reconstructions of our perceived reality." ~ Ted Gioia
to scrutiny--but rather from its imaginative reconstructions of our perceived reality." ~ Ted Gioia
Essential Question: Outline for Essay:
How does the author illustrate one or more of the following themes?
How does the author illustrate one or more of the following themes?
- Paradoxes
- Dark vs. Light
- Time (past, present and future)
- All elements having a polar opposite (good & evil)
- Dangers of giving free rein to the constructs of our imagination
- Implications of having control of our futures
- Power corrupts individuals with the desire to control society
- The effects of our dreams on our realities
- Government vs the autonomy of the individual
- Taoism & the greater connection between all energies:
- Go with the flow...no individual control
- Choose your own theme...
Monday, March 4th
1. vocab word of the day: paradox, oxymoron, antithesis
2. journal: Science Fiction themes and titles
3. Discussion: Science Fiction
4. Read: "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
Homework: Finish Reading "A Sound of Thunder" and annotate for similes, metaphors and personification
Wednesday, March 6th
1. vocab:
2. journal: Pros/Cons of Technology
3. Discuss "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
Homework: Read: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury & Write 5 or more themes
2. Independent Project Proposal #2
Friday, March 8th
1. vocab: idiom, "Other Foot" words
2. journal: brainstorm a list of Idioms
3. Discuss: "The Veldt"
4. Read: "The Other Foot" by Ray Bradbury
Homework: Finish Reading and Annotating The Other Foot" by Ray Bradbury
2. Work on Independent Project Proposal 2 - Due Wednesday
Monday, March 11th
1. vocab words of the day: derivation, infinitude, infinitesimal, indivisible, indubitably,
3. Discussion: Ray Bradbury's "The Other Foot"
4. Activity: CDs/CMs - Technology Facts & Analyses
Wednesday, March 12th
1. vocab: aversion, subversion, affinity, adversary, roil, judiciously, aberration, retroactively, shrewd, genial, induction, augment, prosaically, patronizing, dystopia
2. Finish Technology Discussion
4. Read: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 1-2 (5-25)
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch 1-2 (5-25)
2. Work on Independent Project
3. Study vocab from Daily Vocab for Quiz
Monday, March 18th -
1. Vocab & Reading Quiz Ch 1-2: The Lathe of Heaven p. 1-25 2. vocab: The Lathe of Heaven 3. journal: Dreams ~ What do they mean? What are some symbols in dreams?
Have you had recurring dreams? Lucid dreams? What do they represent in your life?
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch 3
Wednesday, March 20th
1. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 3
solicitude, compensation, malaise, self-effacing, deluge, despondent
3. journal: 4. Read: The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 4-5
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 4-5
Monday, March 25th
1. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 4-5
2. vocab words of the day: prophetic, insatiable, invaluable, coercion, conciliatory, irremediably, endemic,
imperative, manifestation, implication, humanitarian, reciprocity
3. journal: Can you improve life for humanity? How? What are the implications (positive & negative)? 4. Read: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 6-7 (p. 90-112)
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 7 (p. 90-112)
Wed, March 27th - SAT Day
Friday, March 29th
1. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 6-7 (p. 90-112)
2. vocab words of the day: sibilant, morose, squamous, entomologist, benevolent,
scrupulously, feckless, spiel, qualm, rumination, nebula, nebulous 3. journal: A) Ruminate on the quote at the beginning of Ch 7 (Victor Hugo)
B) List Themes in this book
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 8-9 (p. 112-150)
2. Study Vocab for a Quiz Tuesday:
SPRING BREAK!!!! April 1st-5th
Monday, April 8th
1. Vocab Quiz & Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 9 (p. 112-150)
2. vocab words of the day: crescendo, abolition, malignant, euthanasia, funicular, cathartic/abreactive,
ostentatiously, auxiliary, reproachful, entropic, equanimity, altruism, nihilism, character foil
3. journal: Characterize either Orr or Haber
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch 10/11 (p. 151-184)
Wednesday, April 10th
1. vocab words of the day: eugenics, enigmatic, tenebrous, proprietor, affluent, abashed, askance, boon, unmitigated, inestimable, lurid, aphorism, bedlam, recalcitrant, perennial
2. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 10/11 (p. 151-184)
3. journal: Critical Review of The Lathe of Heaven
Friday, April 12th
Socratic Seminar: The Lathe of Heaven & Science Fiction (100 points)
Homework: Socratic Seminar Reflection
2. Outline for Essay: The Lathe of Heaven
3. Independent Project 3 check-in Thursday
Monday, April 15th - Independent Project Check-in 2 (25 points)
1. EAP Presentation/ SBAC
2. Essay- TEST: The Lathe of Heaven & Science Fiction (100 points) Homework: Finish Essay Test for Tuesday
2. Study ALL LATHE OF HEAVEN VOCAB FOR A TEST TUESDAY
Wednesday, April 17th
1. Lathe of Heaven Test: Vocab, Characters, Plot, Themes, Symbols 2. SBAC Practice
Homework: Read Articles:
Writing Workshop:
3. Activity: CDs/CMs - Technology Facts & Analyses
Essential Question: Is technology dividing or uniting society today?
1. vocab: dubious, surreptitious, ambiguity, scrupulous, ethics
2. journal: Credible Sources:
*MLK.org *How many times have you been to a fact-checking website?
*SNOPES
1. vocab: ubiquity, implausible, proliferate, disseminate, pervasive, prevalence, veracity, diasporas, dichotomy
3. Discuss Homework Articles
4. Lesson:
Monday, April 22nd
1. Qi Gong, Mindfulness & Facts about Stress-RELIEF!
4. Lesson: Turn your outline into an essay
5. SBAC Practice - Performance Task as a Class Homework: Independent Project 3 DUE THURSDAY!!! (200 points)
Wednesday, April 24th
1. vocab: synthesis, amalgamation, claim, explicit, implicit, metacognition, rhetoric, panacea
2. "The Art of Synthesis" ~ Orange Text
3. Synthesizing Sources Task in Pairs - Advertisements
Friday, April 26th -
1. vocab: abomination, atrocity, abhorrent, inequity, abysmal, radical,
2. Synthesizing Sources Task in Pairs - Advertisements
Monday, April 29th
1. vocab:
2. Share your facts
3. journal: Mindmap: Problems in the World
4. Introduction to Problem-Solution Speech
1. vocab word of the day: paradox, oxymoron, antithesis
2. journal: Science Fiction themes and titles
3. Discussion: Science Fiction
4. Read: "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
Homework: Finish Reading "A Sound of Thunder" and annotate for similes, metaphors and personification
Wednesday, March 6th
1. vocab:
2. journal: Pros/Cons of Technology
3. Discuss "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
- Connection: "A Sound of Thunder" & "If Martin Luther King had Sneezed Today"
- Why the title?
Homework: Read: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury & Write 5 or more themes
2. Independent Project Proposal #2
Friday, March 8th
1. vocab: idiom, "Other Foot" words
2. journal: brainstorm a list of Idioms
3. Discuss: "The Veldt"
4. Read: "The Other Foot" by Ray Bradbury
Homework: Finish Reading and Annotating The Other Foot" by Ray Bradbury
2. Work on Independent Project Proposal 2 - Due Wednesday
Monday, March 11th
1. vocab words of the day: derivation, infinitude, infinitesimal, indivisible, indubitably,
- (prefix, root, suffix lesson)
3. Discussion: Ray Bradbury's "The Other Foot"
4. Activity: CDs/CMs - Technology Facts & Analyses
- Thesis: State Argument
- CD CM CD CM CD CM CS
- Technology has made humans smarter.
- Technology has made humans more capable.
- Technology has had a negative health impact on humans.
- Technology has been a detriment to the job market.
- Technology has improved socialization by allowing people to connect to others more easily.
- Technology will save mankind.
Wednesday, March 12th
1. vocab: aversion, subversion, affinity, adversary, roil, judiciously, aberration, retroactively, shrewd, genial, induction, augment, prosaically, patronizing, dystopia
2. Finish Technology Discussion
- Technology has made humans smarter.
- Technology has made humans more capable.
- Technology has had a negative health impact on humans.
- Technology has been a detriment to the job market.
- Technology has improved socialization by allowing people to connect to others more easily.
- Technology will save mankind.
4. Read: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 1-2 (5-25)
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch 1-2 (5-25)
2. Work on Independent Project
3. Study vocab from Daily Vocab for Quiz
Monday, March 18th -
1. Vocab & Reading Quiz Ch 1-2: The Lathe of Heaven p. 1-25 2. vocab: The Lathe of Heaven 3. journal: Dreams ~ What do they mean? What are some symbols in dreams?
Have you had recurring dreams? Lucid dreams? What do they represent in your life?
- Discussion
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch 3
Wednesday, March 20th
1. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 3
- Discuss
solicitude, compensation, malaise, self-effacing, deluge, despondent
3. journal: 4. Read: The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 4-5
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 4-5
- Work on Independent Project #3
Monday, March 25th
1. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 4-5
2. vocab words of the day: prophetic, insatiable, invaluable, coercion, conciliatory, irremediably, endemic,
imperative, manifestation, implication, humanitarian, reciprocity
3. journal: Can you improve life for humanity? How? What are the implications (positive & negative)? 4. Read: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 6-7 (p. 90-112)
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 7 (p. 90-112)
Wed, March 27th - SAT Day
Friday, March 29th
1. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 6-7 (p. 90-112)
2. vocab words of the day: sibilant, morose, squamous, entomologist, benevolent,
scrupulously, feckless, spiel, qualm, rumination, nebula, nebulous 3. journal: A) Ruminate on the quote at the beginning of Ch 7 (Victor Hugo)
B) List Themes in this book
- 3. Discussion
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch. 8-9 (p. 112-150)
2. Study Vocab for a Quiz Tuesday:
- Quizlet Practice Link
SPRING BREAK!!!! April 1st-5th
Monday, April 8th
1. Vocab Quiz & Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 9 (p. 112-150)
2. vocab words of the day: crescendo, abolition, malignant, euthanasia, funicular, cathartic/abreactive,
ostentatiously, auxiliary, reproachful, entropic, equanimity, altruism, nihilism, character foil
3. journal: Characterize either Orr or Haber
- TS. CD. CM. CD. CM. CD. CM. CS.
- Pair-Share
- Discussion
Homework: Read & Annotate The Lathe of Heaven Ch 10/11 (p. 151-184)
Wednesday, April 10th
1. vocab words of the day: eugenics, enigmatic, tenebrous, proprietor, affluent, abashed, askance, boon, unmitigated, inestimable, lurid, aphorism, bedlam, recalcitrant, perennial
2. Reading Quiz: The Lathe of Heaven Ch 10/11 (p. 151-184)
3. journal: Critical Review of The Lathe of Heaven
- Discussion
- Brave New World allusion
- "To Sleep Perchance to Dream" ~ Hamlet
- "Full of Sound & Fury, Signifying Nothing" ~ Macbeth
- TS Eliot Poem
- Write 5 Discussion Questions
- Find an Outside Text & Write a Full Page Comparing the two in theme & context
Friday, April 12th
Socratic Seminar: The Lathe of Heaven & Science Fiction (100 points)
Homework: Socratic Seminar Reflection
2. Outline for Essay: The Lathe of Heaven
3. Independent Project 3 check-in Thursday
Monday, April 15th - Independent Project Check-in 2 (25 points)
1. EAP Presentation/ SBAC
2. Essay- TEST: The Lathe of Heaven & Science Fiction (100 points) Homework: Finish Essay Test for Tuesday
2. Study ALL LATHE OF HEAVEN VOCAB FOR A TEST TUESDAY
Wednesday, April 17th
1. Lathe of Heaven Test: Vocab, Characters, Plot, Themes, Symbols 2. SBAC Practice
Homework: Read Articles:
- Personality at 14 and 77
- Science & Meditation
- Your Body is Younger than you Think
- Effect of meditation on emotional response: An EEG-based study
- Use CDs from the articles to justify your answer
Writing Workshop:
3. Activity: CDs/CMs - Technology Facts & Analyses
- Thesis: State Argument
- CD CM CD CM CD CM CS
Essential Question: Is technology dividing or uniting society today?
- Read the following Articles:
- Write an analysis of the article with the following format:
- Intro: Introduce articles, "titles" & authors
- Summary of argument in Article 1
- Summary of argument in Article 2
- Thesis: State YOUR argument
- Body 1: Justify your thesis: TS CD CM CD CM CD CM CS
- Body 2: Acknowledge & Refute Counter-Argument: TS CD CM CD CM CD CM CS
- Conclusion: Restate thesis in new words with added info
- Summarize main points in one sentence
- Extended Analysis - Connections, Implications on Future, Leave Reader Thinking
- Intro: Introduce articles, "titles" & authors
1. vocab: dubious, surreptitious, ambiguity, scrupulous, ethics
2. journal: Credible Sources:
- How do we know what to believe? How do you determine if a source is credible?
- Where do you get your news? information?
- put it in your own words or "QUOTE" it
- keep track of sources, and which facts come from which source
- QUOTE SANDWICH
- How the Internet is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth
- Facebook Journalism
- Why BuzzFeed Was Wrong to Publish
- Intro
- Body: TS CD CM CD CM CD CM CS
- Conclusion
*MLK.org *How many times have you been to a fact-checking website?
*SNOPES
1. vocab: ubiquity, implausible, proliferate, disseminate, pervasive, prevalence, veracity, diasporas, dichotomy
- Review: ethos, logos, pathos, fallacious
3. Discuss Homework Articles
4. Lesson:
- Allegory of the Cave
- How to Make a Fake News Masterpiece
- Screen Addiction
- Hooked on Our Smartphones: Fun Facts & Solutions...
- STEP 1: Documentation of supporting evidence
- Launch Game
- Take screen shots at the end of each section with your score & include in google doc
- Write an explanation of how triangulation helps to find credible information
- Launch Game
- STEP 2: Source of Publication/Audience
- List and describe the 5 types of websites
- Why might some be less credible than others?
- How can you tell immediately if you should spend time looking through a website for information?
- Find a website of each type, school appropriate, that you can share with your classmates to show them examples of each type, either CREDIBLE or DEBUNK IT
- Link each web address with a paragraph explaining why each website is credible, or debunk the credibility of the website to show why it is implausible
Monday, April 22nd
1. Qi Gong, Mindfulness & Facts about Stress-RELIEF!
- Hungarian Fulbright Video
- Lemon Meditation & Awareness
- All people have the same potential in the world
- People can change
- The self is an illusion
4. Lesson: Turn your outline into an essay
- Introduction
- hook
- your rumination on if people change/real world examples
- thesis
- Body 1
- TS, CD, CM, CD, CM, CD, CM, CS
- TS: Sub-argument 1
- CD: According to Author X, "fact or quote to support your thesis".
- CM: This illustrates/depicts/shows/describes/exemplifies/qualifies/illuminates/reflects/supports/...
- CS: Therefore, ....
- TS, CD, CM, CD, CM, CD, CM, CS
- Body 2
- TS, CD, CM, CD, CM, CD, CM, CS
- TS: Sub-argument 2
- CD: According to Author X, "fact or quote to support your thesis".
- CM: This illustrates/depicts/shows/describes/exemplifies/qualifies...
- CS: Therefore, ....
- TS, CD, CM, CD, CM, CD, CM, CS
- Conclusion
- Restate thesis
- Apply to your life - how can you use this information and use it in other situations?
- End with a BANG
5. SBAC Practice - Performance Task as a Class Homework: Independent Project 3 DUE THURSDAY!!! (200 points)
Wednesday, April 24th
1. vocab: synthesis, amalgamation, claim, explicit, implicit, metacognition, rhetoric, panacea
2. "The Art of Synthesis" ~ Orange Text
3. Synthesizing Sources Task in Pairs - Advertisements
- Read 7 sources & discuss
- Synthesize 3 into your written argument
- Read the Sources
- Synthesize 3 into your written argument
Friday, April 26th -
1. vocab: abomination, atrocity, abhorrent, inequity, abysmal, radical,
2. Synthesizing Sources Task in Pairs - Advertisements
- Discuss comprehension questions and rhetorical analysis on page 355
- Read the Sources
- Discuss the questions at the end with a partner
- Read the facts about the Pipeline at factcheck.org
- Synthesize at least 3 into your written essay - p. 465
- write CMs for the facts you highlighted
- Find 20 facts that are alarming about the world
- problems and solutions for local, national, or international problems
- Must record sources!
Monday, April 29th
1. vocab:
2. Share your facts
3. journal: Mindmap: Problems in the World
4. Introduction to Problem-Solution Speech