This document outlines the requirements and timeline for a school project on dystopian literature. It includes three deliverables - an initial report due on February 13th, a second report comparing a dystopian book to reality due on March 20th, and a final presentation of an original dystopian world due on May 15th. It also provides some helpful links for resources and a rubric explaining how the project will be graded.
2. Instructions
What the project is
about
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First Deliverable
02
Second Deliverable
03
Third Deliverable
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Helpful Links
Links to help you
create your project
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Rubric
How your work
will be graded
3. FIRST DELIVERABLE
Feb 13th 2021
1. What is dystopian literature?
2. When did it appear for the first time?
3. Give examples of this type of literature.
4. How does this type of literature relate to our real
world?
5. Be prepared to talk at least 5 minutes on each
question.
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4. SECOND DELIVERABLE
March 20th 2021
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03
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01 Compare the book to
our reality. How do
they relate?
Extract the similarities
and possible characters
you might want to use
in your own world
Create your own world:
a. Which characters are you
going to have?
b. How is your world a
dystopian one?
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How are you going to show your
world to the public?
How are you going to interact
with the public? (Infomercial,
awards, book club, casting calls)
Upload this information into AVATA once you are finished
5. You have 20 minutes
to show your world
and interact .
SHOWTIME
Make sure everyone
participates and votes
for you.
INTERACT
Don’t read,
speak freely.
PARTICIPATE
THIRD DELIVERABLE
May 15th 2021
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8. 4 3 2 1 0
Content
Clear and
concise
Logical
progression of
ideas
Accurate and
complete.
Logical
progression of
ideas
Unnecessary
length /detail
Some piece of
information may be
inaccurate
Vague in conveying
point
no sense of purpose
Information shows
some understanding
of topic
One piece of
information is clearly
flawed or inaccurate
Lacks a clear point
No logical sequence of
information
Limited understanding of
topic
Not all accurate, more
than one factual error
Not presented in logical
order.
Not
done
Spelling
and
Grammar
Presentation
has no
misspelling or
grammatical
errors
Presentation has
1-2 misspelling or
grammatical
errors
Presentation has
several misspelling
or grammatical
errors
Presentation has many
misspelling or
grammatical errors
Not
done
9. Visual
Aids
"All aids are
attractive (size
and color) and
support the
content of the
presentation
Doesn't visually
overload"
A few visual aids
are not attractive
but all support
the theme
/content of the
presentation
Most don't
visually overload
or contain small
font
Aids are in general
attractive, but they
do not seem to
support the theme/
content of the
presentation
Most info often
visually overload or
contain small font.
Several aids
unattractive amad
detract from the
content of the
presentation
Not
done
Presentation
Student
presented the
material with
confidence
Doesn't read
Student
presented the
material but could
have been more
confident
Eventually
looking at the
screen or reading
Student had many
difficulties
presenting material
Sometimes looking
at the information
Student was
unable to
complete
presentation
relying on the
screen for content
Not
done
10. Interaction
Student
participated
constantly with
the classmates;
answered all or
most of the
questions
asked
Student
participated most
of the time but fell
to answer some
questions
Student participated
some times. Left some
presentations without
participation
Student
participated in a
minimum extent.
Sometimes
interaction was
not even clear
Not
done