1. The House of the Scorpionby Nancy Farmer Unit 4

2. How can I use background knowledge to strengthen my understanding of a text? • What is dystopian literature? Essential Questions

3. Dystopia - a society that is characterized by human misery, squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding Dystopia

4. The Hunger Games series • The Giver series • Divergent series • Maze Runner series • Ember series • The Shadow Children series • Uglies series Dystopian Literature

5. Utopia - any real or imaginary society that is considered to be perfect or ideal • Make a list of all the things your Utopia would include • Now draw your Utopia Utopia