Dystopian Writing - Introduction

An introductory lesson aimed at Year 7 students on dystopian writing. The resource could be used with students in 5, 6 or 8 too, dependent upon ability.

The lesson begins by deconstructing the etymology of the words ‘utopia’ and ‘dystopia’ and is then made up of a series of tasks on identifying, analysing and using nouns and noun phrases in relation to an extract from The Beach by Alex Garland. At the end of the scheme, students will use their learning to write a part of a dystopian story.

Two separate starter activities are included in case you would like to spread the material across two lessons. There should be enough material to do so.

Other lessons in the sequence will follow as they are completed.