Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Lesson Plan

The Trouble With Kipples

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will unpack and examine J.R.'s theory of Kipple.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

"Kipple is useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match or gum wrappers or yesterday's homeopape. When nobody's around, kipple reproduces itself," Isidore explains. "Kipple drives out nonkipple."

As a class, identify what Isidore means by "kipple." In particular, examine the following passage, from Chapter Six:

""No one can win against kipple," he said,...