1984 Schedule
February 28 March 30, 2017
Monday
27
No School Midwinter Break
6 7/8
Vocab List 1
Separate into 5 groups to summarize
and teach a section from The
Principals of Newspeak
Newspeak Dictionary
Present Group Information to Class
HW: Part 1, Ch. 4-6 (32 pgs)
13
Vocab List 2
Begin V For Vendetta
Privacy Interviews and Response
Due
HW: Part 2, Ch. 4-8 (41 pgs)
Tuesday/Wednesday
28/March 1
Finish Presentations
The Dictatorship Discussion
V for Vendetta Permission Slip
HW: Read The Lottery, Pre-Seminar
Discussion Chart
Privacy Interviews
Reading Time
HW: Part I, Ch. 7-8 ( 35 pgs.); Quiz
next class
14/15
Finish V for Vendetta
Paideia Seminar
Post-Seminar Response: Compare and
contrast V for Vendetta and 1984. Give
specific details in your comparisons.
We know the ending of V for Vendetta
but not 1984. Do you think they will
be similar? Different? How so? Make
Thursday
2
Opinionnaire
Brainstorm list of utopic/dystopic
societies from previously read
literature
Discovery Seminar - The Lottery
Post-Seminar Response Journal
Pass out books
Characters, Parties, and Setting Chart
Reading Time
HW: Part 1, Ch. 1-3 (37 pgs)
9
Vocab 1 quiz
Reading quiz Part I
Paideia Seminar
Post-Seminar Response: How does the
Party use one of the following means
to control thoughts and action?
Thought Police, doublethink,
telescreens, Newspeak, the two-
minutes Hate. Use a quote in your
response.
HW: Part 2, Ch. 3-5 (31 pgs),
16
No Class PT Conferences
 some predictions.
War is Peace and Ignorance is
Strength worksheets
HW: Part 2, Ch. 9-10 (45 pgs); Quiz
next class
20 21/22 23
Vocab 2 quiz V for Vendetta Response Due Final Reading Quiz
Reading Quiz Part II Go over War is Peace and Symbolism Chart Due
Paideia Seminar Ignorance is Strength worksheets in Paideia Seminar
Introduce Final Projects class (Turn-in) Project Work Time
Symbolism Chart HW: Part 3, Ch. 3-6 (37 pgs); Quiz HW: Projects
HW: Part 3, Ch. 1-2 (35 pgs) next class

27 28/29 30
In-class work day for projects In-class work day for projects In-class work time (1 Hour)
HW: Projects HW: Projects Final Projects Due - Showcase