Ready Player One
Chapter 0001
Mrs. Bly
Eng 4
Welcome to the 1980s!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0
AJls
Journal #2
• Write a one full page journal- BE CREATIVE!
• Think of dystopian fiction! What will the future
be like??? Choose ONE of the following prompts:
– 1. Funny how everyone says that was the day the
world ended, when it was the beginning of mine.
– 2. Sometimes I forget the Wall did not always
surround the town.
– 3. Decapitating a zombie is a lot harder than it looks
on tv.
LEVEL ONE
Chapter 0001
• “Gunfire wasn’t uncommon in the stacks, but
it still shook me up” (13)
– What does our narrator do afterwards to calm
himself?
Game time!
• Now it’s your chance to multitask!
• You are allowed to use a computer to play
videogames while you listen to the
audiobook!
• TWO RULES:
– 1- YOU must choose to play the OLD ARCADE
games ONLY.
• Go to Google and type in the name of the game you
want to play.
• 2- Listen to the book WHILE you play!
Where does our narrator live?
• “The rest of the trailer reeked of cat piss and
abject poverty” (13)
• 15 people live in ONE double-wide trailer
• Trailers are stacked 15-20 units high
Why Videogames?
• “Playing old videogames never failed to clear
my mind and set me at ease” (13).
• “There inside the game’s two-dimensional
universe, life was simple” (13)
• What videogames do YOU PLAY ?
What are the narrator’s LEAST
FAVORITE two words?
•GAME OVER
Family Ties Clips
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLvS1vH
9Tk&index=2&list=PLhk-JXVZMDxcrxQz6WulyygOrOAZJwiY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqh_XdG
Pb4U&list=PLhk-JXVZMDxcrxQz6WulyygOrOAZJwiY&index=3
What is our narrator’s name?
•Wade Watts
• “His dad liked names that “sounded like the secret
identity of a superhero. Like Peter Parker or Clark
Kent” (15)
OASIS
• Virtual babysitter
• Employer
• World’s biggest library
• “But gaining access to all that information
turned out to be something of a mixed
blessing. Because that was when I found out
the truth” (16).
What is reality like in 2045?
• Human civilization is in decline.
• “Then the Hunt for Halliday’s Easter egg
began. That was what saved me, I think.
Suddenly I’d found something worth doing. A
dream worth chasing. For the last five years,
the Hunt had given me a goal and a purpose.
A quest to fulfill. A reason to get up in the
morning. Something to look forward to” (19).
The Stacks
• What are the Portland Avenue Stacks like?
• Why did they start building stacks? (21).
The Hideout
The Hideout
• “The van was my refuge” (25)
• “My Batcave” (25)
• “My fortress of Solitude” (25)
• “It was where I attended school, did my
homework, read books, watched movies, and
played videogames” (25).
• “It was also where I conducted my ongoing quest
to find Halliday’s Easter egg” (25).
What are Wade’s most
valuable items?
• School-issued OASIS console
• Haptic gloves
• visor
How do you sign in to OASIS?
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Goggles (like a swimmer’s-blocks all light)
Elastic haptic gloves (sensors on the fingers)
Small ear buds
Microphone to pick up all vocals
LOG IN SEQUENCE:
– Visor scans retinas
– Log-in pass phrase: “You have been recruited by
the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur
and the Ko-Dan Armada” (26).
Which 3 words were always the
last thing an OASIS user saw before
leaving the real world and entering
the virtual one??
READY PLAYER ONE
Chapter 0001 SQs
• 1. What kind of area does Wade live in, what tells you this?
• 2. What tv show is Wade working his way through to
improve his gunter knowledge?
• 3. Why is the OASIS so important for Wade?
• 4. In this novel what condition is the world currently in?
• 5. Wade has a pretty negative view of the real world, how
does your view of the world differ from Wade’s?
• 6. What is Wade’s aunt like and what is Mrs. Gilmore like?
• 7. What is Wade’s hideout?
• 8. What is Halliday’s message when each player logs on to
the OASIS?
Closing- 1980s videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaCYbSDpo