The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a particularly effective text in a unit on DYSTOPIA.  I’ve found the unit to be more engaging when I asked to the students to look for connections between characters, conflicts, and events in the book and those they experienced, observed or read about in the news.  This rubric [...]

Peer Response to The Handmaid’s Tale  Essay

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a particularly effective text in a unit on DYSTOPIA.  I’ve found the unit to be more engaging when I asked to the students to look for connections between characters, conflicts, and events in the book and those they experienced, observed or read about in the news. This assignments [...]

Rubric for Grading Essay on Dystopia