In this first unit, students will begin by studying the vastly growing genre of dystopian literature. By working with the selected texts for this unit, students will build knowledge, analyze complex ideas, delineate arguments and develop writing skills, collaborate with other students and gain communication skills. Students will work in literature circle groups to help them support each other and gain understanding of a text. The unit will conclude with each literature circle group creating a dystopian movie trailer for their assigned text. The movie trailer will be designed to persuade its viewing audience to read the book.