Name: __________________________________________ Date: ___________

Period: ____

1984: Dangers of Technology

Directions: In the chart below, write technologies from 1984 on the left side and modern
technologies that correspond with the technologies in the novel on the right. Try to match up
the technology from 1984 with its modern counterpart. Be creative!
Technology in 1984

Correlating Modern Technology

Questions to Consider: Examine each technology pairing with these questions in your
small groups.

1. Are technologies in 1984 ever used in a positive way? Explain your reasoning.
2. Is technology inherently a bad thing or is it simply a tool that some choose to use
in an ineffective or harmful way? Explain.
3. How are technologies in 1984 used in a negative way to promote and maintain
the totalitarian government that dominates Oceania?
Why are these technologies essential to maintaining absolute control?

Self and Peer Revision Grid: Here is a list of the areas that all students will be graded on for the
final draft. On this sheet, each requirement is broken down into specific bullet points to help you
and your peer revisionists read and re-read the assignment with a critical eye. Complete the
following checklist and mark your specified area of the checklist using the symbols detailed below.
Write comments for yourself and for the classmates essay that you are re-visioning, both on the
paper, as well as in the comments box.

Proficient (+)
Satisfactory (OK)
Needs Improvement
(*)
Original by: _______________________________________ Peer Revision by: __________________________________

SelfRevision
Checklist
Is the hook interesting
and does it draw the
reader into the essay?
Does the hook lead into
appropriate evidence
and background
information to support
the main idea of the
assignment? Does the
hook synthesize your
thoughts with evidence
from critical sources/
your required text?
Does the thesis provide
a road map for where
the author is going
with the topic?
Are the topic sentences
for each body
paragraph obviously
connected to the thesis
using similar language?
Do the topics sentences
convey main ideas, in

Comments for Personal

Essay Improvement

Peer
Revision
Checklist

Comments for Peers

Essay Improvement

the same order as

suggested by the
thesis?
Do the topic sentences
clearly transition from
one idea to the next?
Do quotes have a leadin?
Do quotes have a clear
purpose for being in
the essay by
supporting key
elements of the thesis
and topic sentence?
Are quotes cited
correctly according to
MLA reqs?
Are concrete details
that are not quoted
cited according to
MLA reqs, even if the
writer is borrowing
idea/s from someone
else?
Citations are clear,
short, and lead the
reader to a Works
Cited page
Is there more
commentary (student
analysis) in each
paragraph than
concrete details?
Does commentary
explain and clarify the
concrete details?
Does the first sentence
of the conclusion
revisit the thesis of the
paper with a new
perspective? Does the

first sentence reflect

the sum of what you
have learned by
completing the
assignment?
Do the sentences of the
concluding paragraph
lead to a final sentence
that gives the reader
something to ponder?
Does the final sentence
sum up all the ideas of
the essay and leave the
reader with a new
perspective to
consider?