Handmaid's Tale 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

A Handmaid's Tale Lesson 1

After this lesson:

-  You will know what dystopian fiction is

-  You can describe characters from the graphic novel

-  Give your opinion about two texts

Materials

-  The graphic novel found on ItsLearning

-  The students' book found on ItsLearning or the real deal

Dystopian fiction?
What is it?
Characteristics?
Examples?

Read the text

Together, read the text on page 4-5 of your stduents' book.

After reading, answer the questions.

What happened to the women on a Qatar Airways flight?

What was the reason for this?

How would you have felt if you were one of these women?

Handmaid

The Aunts

The Angels

The Government

The Commander

Dienstmeid

Tantes

Engelen

Regering

Commandant

The Wife

An Eye

The Faith

The Republic

The Commander

De vrouw

het geloof

Een oog

The republic

For the next lesson

Read chapters 1 and 2 from the graphic novel A Handmaid's Tale.