Transcript Harrison Bergeron”

“Harrison Bergeron”
By Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vocabulary in Context
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Directions: Attempt to figure out what each word means by its
context. Substitute another familiar word for the boldfaced unfamiliar
words.
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He showed vigilance with the children crossing
the street.
I saw her wince in pain after the injection.
I was filled with consternation at the thought.
Don’t just cower in the corner, do something!
We must all synchronize our watches.
I braced myself, which helped neutralize the
impact.
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GOALS FOR VOCABULARY
AQUISITION
 Apply
knowledge of language to make
effective choices for meaning or style.
 Consult reference materials to determine
or clarify a word’s meaning or etymology.
 Demonstrate understanding of word
relationships.
What if everyone were the same?
 Imagine
we all had the same amount of
intelligence, talents, appearance, and
strength.
 What if no one were any better than
anyone else?
 How do you think people would feel and
act toward each other?
 Would they be happy and satisfied?
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(respond thoughtfully to each question)
 What
is Utopia?
 Dystopia?
Today
 Retrieve
your paper from yesterday in
which we charted the details about the
society Harrison Bergeron lived in.
 Write
a formal explanatory introduction in
which you include:
 Hook, background information, thesis, and
main points
What is a handicap?
GOALS FOR READING
 Cite
textual evidence to support analysis
of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
 Analyze how complex characters develop
over the course of a text, interact with
other characters, and advance the plot.
Harrison Bergeron
 “Harrison
Bergeron” is set in the United
States in 2081, when law requires
everyone to be handicapped into average
sameness.
 One day, tall, brilliant 14-year-old Harrison
Bergeron is arrested. He escapes and
storms a TV studio.
Parts of a Plot
What do you remember?
Conflict
List as many types of conflict as
you can remember.