1. Dystopia
Day 4

2. When you enter class… Pick up three items at the front of the room
Take out your BNW Historical Context and Vocab Packet

3. Today Warm-up: Vocab PPT Ad analysis Theme notes Annotation Guide
Annotation practice with 1984 / BNW quotes
HW:
1. BNW Ending Annotation

4. Louis Vuitton ad
Why did LV choose this image to try and sell their products?
How can the analytical “moves” help us figure this out?
What is the implied message of this ad?

5. Implied messages = themes
Today we will focus on what themes are and how we can discover them by using the same “moves” that we used to understand an advertisement.

6. Key Questions Context: Why did the authors write these books?
Interpretation: What do their works communicate to readers?
Connection: Why do we still read them today?

7. Key Questions Context: Why did the authors write these books?
Interpretation: What do their works communicate to readers?
Connection: Why do we still read them today?

8. Theme
The central idea or message conveyed in a piece of writing or other work of art.

9. Themes are… Universal – Themes apply outside the world of the story.
Statements – A theme is written as a full sentence.

10. Themes are NOT… Single words Love Short phrases Innocence of youth
Too general Corruption is wrong.
Clichés
Love is blind.
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
Advice You should…

11. Example Love can take us beyond the restrictions set by society.
Romeo and Juliet

12. Example
It’s wrong to destroy something innocent and beautiful, something that only brings good to the world.
To Kill a Mockingbird

13. True courage is in fighting a battle that was lost from the beginning, but fighting it just the same because it’s the right thing to do.
To Kill a Mockingbird

14. How do we find the theme?
Where do we look in the text?

15. Important Passages
Practice annotating while digging into some important passages from 1984 and BNW.
In a word, what are each of these passages about?
What does the passage suggest about the topic?