Our own reading & Hopepunk

This term we are focusing on dystopian texts.  We watched The Hunger Games at the end of Term Two and we have read The Road to Winter as a class.  Some students read ahead and then read (variously) Z is for Zachariah and the sequels to The Road to Winter, Animal Farm, 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale.

On Friday we all went to the library and chose a dystopian text to read individually.  Our shared reading list is here.  Please add the name of your novel to the list today.

Today, we will start with silent reading of our new books.  Then we are going to write a blog post introducing our novels.  I haven't checked our blog settings recently, so I may have some troubleshooting to do. The list of our blogs can be found here.

Your blog post should include:

• The name and author of your text.  
• Why you chose it.  
• Where it is set - describe this in 100 words
• Who the main character (protagonist) is.  Describe him/her in 100 words
• What is the key challenge your protagonist faces?

If you have finished this in time, then have a look at this article on Hopepunk, and think about the role of hope in our own world and in the world of The Hunger Games, The Road to Winter and your chosen novel.

I think a real life example of hopepunk is Greta Thunberg.