Ready Player One – Livaudais-Baker English Classroom

Lesson Plan Title: Ready Player One

Subject/Grade: English III/11
Developed by: Kimberly Livaudais
Unit Plan Name: Contemporary Lit/Ready Player One [RPO]
Standards: The project will focus on ELA 11 standards: RL 11.2, RL 11.4, W 11.2 A and B, W 11.6, SL 11.1D, AND SL 11.4. While this project is for the English III classroom, this particular novel is uniquely suited to be Cross Curricular Standards: Science & Technical Subjects: Key Ideas & Details RST.11-12.1, 11-12.2; Craft & Structure RST.11-12.4, 11-12.6; Integration of Knowledge & Ideas RST.11-12.8, 11-12.9; Writing Text Types and Purposes WHST.11-12.1a-f, 11-12.2a-f; Production & Distribution of Writing WHST.11-12.4, 11-12.5, 11-12.5; Research to Build & Present Knowledge WHST.11-12.7, 11-12.8, 11-12.9; Range of Writing WHST 11-12.10
Timeline of Implementation:		Handouts and Homework
Day 1	Video Game Revolution Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LI1hfvvBag	Video Game Study Guide
Day 2	Finish Documentary and study guide	Anticipation Guide
Day 3	Introduce PBL for Ready Player One and have students brainstorm and choose their projects. Presentations due at the end of the unit	HW: Work on PBL
Day 4	0000-0001 pg. 1-26	HW: Work on PBL
Day 5	Class activity: Create your own avatar http://avatarmaker.com/ Describe your avatar (name, background, appearance, likes, and interests, etc.) What skills/abilities does your avatar have that will help it succeed in its environment? In what ways is your avatar different than you? In what ways is it similar? In what kind of environments would your avatar not be appropriate? Reflect on the avatars you created. Identify avatars that you have already created and use in your life. Why did you create these avatars? Are there situations in which you benefit from having an avatar?	HW: 0002-0003 RPO pg. 27-46
Day 6	0004-0005 pg. 47-60	HW: Answer blog questions. Read p. 60. How much social time do you spend in the online world? For a week, calculate the number of hours that you spend using a social media platform or virtual program. This includes the time that you spend sending tweets, checking Facebook, Snap chatting, playing video or computer games, etc. What percentage of your week do you spend engaged in social activities online? Do you think this number is high or low? How does it compare to the percentage of your week you should spend sleeping (25%), going to class and studying (21%-36%), or engaging in face-to-face social activities?
Day 7	Social Media Debates	HW: Work on PBL
Day 8	Class Activity: Solve Riddles – you cannot advance until you have answered the riddle. 0006-0008 pg. 61-86	Writing: Journal #1
Day 9	Work on PBL	HW: 0009-0010 RPO pg. 87-108
Day 10	0011-0012 pg 108-128
Day 11	“The WarGames Scenario”: Regulating Teenagers and Teenaged Technology (1980-1984). Read this article at http://tvn.sagepub.com/content/9/6/48 7. Afterwards, summarize the entire article in 250 words or less. Write an information piece for someone 80 years of age or older and explain how the film portrayed the internet to adolescents at the time. Remember: People in their 80’s will have lived through the 1980’s.	HW: RPO 0013-0014 pg. 129-148
Day 12	0015-0016 pg. 149-166
Day 13	0017-0018 pg. 167-189	HW: Journal 3
Day 14	0019-0020 pg. 190-207	HW: Journal 4
Day 15	0021-0022 pg. 208-225
Day 16	0023-0024 pg. 226-240	HW: Journal 5
Day 17	Work on PBL
Day 18	0025-0026 pg. 241-258	HW: Journal 6
Day 19	Out of body experiences can be triggered by specifically designed virtual experiences coupled with real life sensations (see for example http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-ofbody-experiences-in-the-lab/). Review the experiments that produce these experiences. What do they tell us about our sense of ‘self’, and our mapping of ‘self’ to our body? Class discussion	HW: 0027-0028 pg. 259-2750027-0028 pg. 259-275
Day 20	0029-0030 pg. 277-294 HW: 0031-0032 pg. 295-312
Day 21	0033-0034 pg. 313-334	HW: Journal 7
Day 22	0035-0037 pg. 335-359
Day 23	0038 pg. 360-372	HW: Journal 8
Day 24	Review what you have learned: https://platform.breakoutedu.com/game/digital/are-you-ready-player-one-77
Day 25	RPO Test	HW: Finish PBL
Day 26-28	Present PBL
Student Friendly statements focus and objective(s): *(I can … or I will… statements)* I will complete a PBL based upon my interests within the context of the unit. I will research my topic as well as topics given by the teacher. I will actively participate in small group and class discussions. I will actively participate in socratic seminars. I will present my project to the class.
Materials and Resources (include digital resources): *Ready Player One* http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/07/28/virtual-reality-illusions-produce-out-ofbody-experiences-in-the-lab/ https://platform.breakoutedu.com/game/digital/are-you-ready-player-one-77 “The WarGames Scenario”: Regulating Teenagers and Teenaged Technology (1980-1984). http://tvn.sagepub.com/content/9/6/48 http://avatarmaker.com/ Video Game Revolution Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LI1hfvvBag
Essential Question(s): *(Big ideas written as questions… should be written as open ended to allow for in depth exploration)* <![if !supportLists]>1. <![endif]>How does social media and gaming define a generation? <![if !supportLists]>2. <![endif]>What are the risks of global warming on American society? <![if !supportLists]>3. <![endif]>How is technology both helpful and harmful?
Activating Prior Knowledge: *(What do students need to know for success and for understanding?)* Gaming, Basic research skills,

Literary Text Considerations: Ready Player One
Informational Text Considerations: “Virtual Reality Illusions Produce Out of Body Experiences in the Lab.” Discover Magazine. 28 July 2009. “The WarGames Scenario”: Regulating Teenagers and Teenaged Technology (1980-1984). “Video Game Revolution Documentary.: Youtube.