Instructions for antz please execute the following expectations for before and during viewing

Please execute the following expectations for before and during viewing.

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   Close and turn off all laptop computers. They will not be allowed during class today.
   
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   Use a pen to complete the following worksheet and take notes for the Split Page Notes and Dystopian Dialectical Journal assignment.
   
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   You should have a copy of George Orwell’s 1984. Your first reading assignment from this is due on Monday, April 11^th. See Homework Halo for more details.
   

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   During the viewing complete the Split Page Note assignment and take notes on each of the characters listed in this packet. As part of homework you should synthesize ideas and define who you think might be whose avatar.
   
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   All students should be actively engaged in viewing the movie.
   

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  Unique potential:  What defines destiny? Individual aspirations or those of the community’s Others?
  
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  Freudian psychology: Why we really do what we do: id/ego/super-ego; Eros/Thanatos; sex and guilt; love and aggression.
  
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  Existentialism/Nihilism: We are radically free to recreate ourselves and to confront the Other.  We are the responsible makers of the worlds we choose.
  
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  Aristotelian entelechy: like an acorn, there is a determined potential for us to achieve; we strive to become what we are meant to be.
  
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  Platonic philosophy: ordered souls and society; utopia and dystopia; Allegory of the Cave; Totalitarian tendencies—communism, fascism, democracy.
  

This spring you will seek mastery and synthesis of three artistic pieces and explore the dystopian impulse as presented in your trilogy.

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  Literature (novel, short story, poetry)
  
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  Film
  
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  Music
  

Rigney & Duethorn March 2012

You are to complete the following split page note-taking assignment while you view film or listen to a song.

Right hand column: After viewing a film or listening to a song, explain how FIVE instances of imagery, dialogue or formal structure represent and develop specific themes. (10 points each)

Rigney & Duethorn March 2012

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  The Queen =
  

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  Princess Bala =
  

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  Chip =
  

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  Barbatus =
  

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  Z =
  

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  Weaver =
  

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  Azteca =
  

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  Muffy =
  

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  Drunk Scout =
  

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  Foreman =
  

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  The Wasps =
  

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  The Bugs (around the fire) =
  

Rationale:

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   FCA #1: 200-300 word respond; choice between:
   
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      Write a brief social commentary which elucidates the value of comparing ourselves to ants, OR;
      
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      Discuss this movie as a cautionary tale to the youth who most likely watched it; what is the subtext cautioning against?
      
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   FCA #2: Synthesis Web (create a visual web of ideas that links together dystopian texts, music, movies, etc. that come to mind as you view ANTZ).
   
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   FCA #3: Draw a picture that recreates your favorite moment of the movie. In two sentences at the bottom of the page, share why is it your favorite?