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\nFour resources comprise a unit module designed for Octavia E. Butler's Kindred instructors to use in their classes. The first resource in the series, a packet designed for instructors, includes an overview of the unit, a day-to-day...\n
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\nCore Knowledge 7th Grade ELA Curriculum\n

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\n Eight guides comprise the Core Knowledge seventh grade English Language Arts Curriculum Set. The guides, developed by the Core Knowledge Foundation, are designed “to advance excellence and equity in education for all children.” Unit 1...\n
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\nSpace and Science Fiction\n

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\nUse the Franklin Institute's exhibition \"An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe\" to have students research ideas for a science fiction story. After completing their research, writers will compose science fiction stories that incorporate...\n
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\nHow Science Fiction Can Help Predict the Future\n

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\nFortune tellers have their glass ball, futurists have their charts of trends, and science fiction writers have their imaginations. Which would you use to predict the future? See what this video has to say about predicting the...\n
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\nThe Evolution of Science Fiction\n

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\nHow is it that science fiction writers have displayed the uncanny ability to predict the future? An informational video discusses the genre of science fiction and explains how it has developed. Discussions of specific texts, such...\n
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\nCreating a Science Fiction Story\n

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\nAs the culminating activity in a unit study of science fiction, young writers demonstrate their understanding of the genre by producing their own graphic novel. After deciding on the main elements of their story, individuals use a comic...\n
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\nBringing Facts Into Science Fiction\n

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\nStudents develop a setting, plot and characters for a science fiction story based on current news themes, and then individually write drafts of the story.\n
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\nScience Fiction Literature\n

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\nStudents identify the elements of science fiction literature. They write and illustrate a science fiction story using real and exaggerated science. In addition, they read their stories aloud in small groups.\n
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\nScience Fiction Stories\n

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\nStudents write a story. In this genre lesson, students read a science fiction story and discuss its characteristics. Students brainstorm a list of things that if scientifically changed would alter the way we live our lives. Students...\n
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\nScience Fiction Fun\n

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\nIn this writing worksheet, young scholars read a science fiction book and write a report. Students follow the 6 guidelines and answer the questions to complete this report.\n
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\nScience Fiction\n

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\nWhile just a simplistic exploration of the science fiction genre, this presentation provides a unique and creative way to approach this topic. Learners view a series of slides that identify the characteristics of science fiction. This...\n
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\nGenre Lesson: Science Fiction\n

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\nSixth graders explore the components of science fiction in a science and literacy lesson. As they define and record definitions of the term on the board, learners identify a text as science fiction using the terms they have...\n
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\nScience Fiction\n

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\nDo your sixth graders like science fiction? Learn to identify elements of  the science fiction genre with a literature lesson plan. They read from Only You Can Save Mankind and identify the objects, words, and characters from...\n
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\nDiscovering Language Arts-Intermediate Fiction\n

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\nExplore the elements of science fiction. Students investigate the literary elements present in science fiction and write their own science fiction stories.\n
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\nAnalyzing a Plot Conflict\n

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\nSixth graders analyze plot conflict with science fiction and TV programs. After discussing the conflict, they identify solutions for the programs selected. They examine Only You Can Save Mankind for conflict, and consider ways the...\n
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\nMedia Awareness Network: Hate or Debate?\n

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\nDiscuss the difference between legitimate debate on a political issue and arguments that are based on hate through a science-fiction scenario that shows how a controversial issue can be discussed in both ways. Then learn how purveyors of...\n
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\nSpace Travel Guide\n

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\nScholars showcase their narrative writing skills with a science fiction writing assignment. Six pages present writers with a question to answer accompanied by a detailed picture to draw. All together, pages create a space-travel guide.\n
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\nAntimatter Matters\n

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\nUse science fiction movies to teach pupils about antimatter and alternate universes. Individuals learn about the portrayal of antimatter and alternate universes in movies such as Star Trek and Angels & Demons. They consider three...\n
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\nIdentifying Science Fiction\n

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\nHigh schoolers discuss works of science fiction that they read, highlight aspects that made each a part of science fiction genre, identify formal literary elements, and discuss ways each can be developed through science fiction.\n
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\nScience vs. Science Fiction\n

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\nStudents acknowledge the difference between science and science fiction through a compare/contrast activity. They discuss their reading materials together. Students identify characteristics specific to science fiction.\n
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\nUsing Science Fiction To Understand Biological Concepts\n

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\nStudents read and discuss,\" The Andromeda Strain\" by Michael Crichton and complete a short writing exercise as a warm-up for a longer piece of science fiction writing. They choose a topic and create a science fiction short story such...\n
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\nExploring Science Fiction\n

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\nTwelfth graders read a variety of science fiction short stories. Using the text, they identify the components that make it science fiction and a well written piece of literature. They record their observations and share them with the...\n
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\nImagining Your Science Fiction Short Story\n

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\nTwelfth graders brainstorm ideas for their own science fiction story. Using worksheets, they sketch the plot and setting for their story. They create appropriate characters and develop their interactions among each other. They share...\n
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\nExploring Science Fiction and Fantasy\n

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\nStudents view the videos from the Spellbinder series. They focus on analyzing and thinking critically. Students explore the distinguishing features and conventions of the science fiction and fantasy genres and narrative structure and...\n
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