Today we read the first chapter from The House of the Scorpion in order to get acquainted with the story and practice making claims based on details from the reading.
First, students filled out the ANTICIPATION GUIDE that will help students be aware of some of the big ideas at the heart of the book.
Then, we read Chapter 1. Students filled out the "FORMING EVIDENCE-BASED CLAIMS" chart using details that seem connected from only that chapter.
Most students are still struggling with the claim portion of this exercise. A few students were able to tell me that, based on the examples they chose, they could see that this society seems pretty "messed up."
I shaped that into the following claim: This story takes place in dystopian future.
We talked about how the word DYSTOPIAN comes from the word UTOPIAN, which refers to a perfect or ideal society, where everyone is happy and fulfilled. DYSTOPIAN refers to a society where most are unhappy, a society that is diseased. Many science fiction books, like The Hunger Games or The Giver, have a similar kind of setting, where there is little respect for human life.
see dystopian definition
Read to page 49 by Friday.
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