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-Cyberpunk

-Hard Sci-Fi

-Soft Sci-Fi

-Time Travel Fiction

-Apocalyptic

-Military Science Fiction

-Aliens

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Scientific concepts: scientific laws, theories, or discoveries

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Unfamiliar Setting: this can include space, other plants, the future, or alternate histories

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Innovative Technology: robots, advanced technology, or advanced weapons

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Themes About Humanity: what it means to be human, the good and bad

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Relatable Characters: develop characters that the reader can relate to

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Paranormal Abilities: "superpowers"

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Fictional Life Forms: Aliens, mutants, or enhanced humans

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The lesson would start by going over what science fiction is. The teacher would give examples and then ask for examples that the children have read. The teacher will then make a ven diagram and compare/contrast between another genre that the children have recently learned. The students will then be put in groups. Each group will choose a science fiction book from an approved list. The literature groups will discuss the book in detail over the next couple of weeks.

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Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction through Paired Readings | Read Write Think

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Science fiction centers around the 'What if..." question. The teacher will have what-if questions and have them on the board. The students will answer the question and draw a picture. Above is an example of a writing and drawing template.

What if question examples:

What if pigs can fly?

Why if you had a robot as a pet?

What if you were a robot?

What if an alien was your neighbor?

-After completing this assignment, students can hang them around the room and do an art walk.

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Free Primary Lined Writing Paper with Drawing Art Box - Free Worksheets - Free4Classrooms

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Free Primary Lined Writing Paper with Drawing Art Box - Free Printable Worksheet - Free Worksheet. Draw a picture and write about it using this free writing template for primary grades. There are so many uses for this writing page from creating a story with illustrations to making a science observation journal. This is a practice writing and fun art activity.

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The students will use the book A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. This lesson will go over what science fiction is and allow them to create their own world using science fiction elements. The students will also compare and contrast their world to L'Engle's world.

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This lesson can use this video to help teach the students about what science fiction is and why it is important. We will then have a brief discussion about what they learned and then read a book based off this genre. Book ideas could include "A Very Hungry Caterpillar Goes to the Moon" or "Aliens for Breakfast."

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Twinkl Teaching Resources - United States

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Science Fiction for Kids | What is Science Fiction? | Science Fiction Day | Twinkl USA

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After going over the details of science fiction and having read a book or two together, you can write a sci-fi book together. Here is a link to write and publish a book as a class and it's free.

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Publish a Classbook With Your Students | Studentreasures Publishing

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Create A Book With Your Class & Become Published Authors. It’s A Fun Collaborative Writing Activity For Your Students. Order Your Free Publishing Kit Today!

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This was recently made into a movie as well. Could watch the movie after reading the book.

Chapter book 7-11

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by Rosanne Parry ; illustrated by Kirbi Fagan ‧

A feel-good tale of a clever and determined stallion set against a well-developed landscape.

In mid-19th-century Nevada, a colt named Sky grows up to lead his band of wild horses.

Parry's moving story follows the pattern of her recent animal tales, A Wolf Called Wander (2019) and A Whale of the Wild (2020), chronicling a wild animal's life in the first person, imagining its point of view, and detailing and appreciating the natural world it inhabits. As Sky grows from wobbly newborn to leader of his family, he faces more than the usual challenges for colts who must fight their stallions or leave their herds when they are grown up. Fagan's appealing black-and-white illustrations help readers envision this survival story. Sky's adventures include forced service with the Pony Express; being befriended by an enslaved Paiute boy; escaping to find his now-captured band; and helping them escape the silver miners who'd destroyed their world. Animal lovers will applaud his ingenuity and stubbornness. Although Sky's band has suffered serious injuries (his mother is blind), he and Storm, a mare who was his childhood companion, lead them toward safety in a new wilderness. The writer's admiration for these wild horses and her concerns about human destruction of their environment come through even more clearly in a series of concluding expository essays discussing the wild horses, the Indigenous Americans, the natural history of the Great Basin, silver mining, and the Pony Express.

A feel-good tale of a clever and determined stallion set against a well-developed landscape. (author's note, resources) (Fiction. 7-10)

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A sophisticated robot-with the capacity to use senses of sight, hearing, and smell-is washed to shore on an island, the only robot survivor of a cargo of 500.

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Teens and young adult

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Two teens train to be society-sanctioned killers in an otherwise immortal world.

On post-mortal Earth, humans live long (if not particularly passionate) lives without fear of disease, aging, or accidents. Operating independently of the governing AI (called the Thunderhead since it evolved from the cloud), scythes rely on 10 commandments, quotas, and their own moral codes to glean the population. After challenging Hon. Scythe Faraday, 16-year-olds Rowan Damisch and Citra Terranova reluctantly become his apprentices. Subjected to killcraft training, exposed to numerous executions, and discouraged from becoming allies or lovers, the two find themselves engaged in a fatal competition but equally determined to fight corruption and cruelty. The vivid and often violent action unfolds slowly, anchored in complex worldbuilding and propelled by political machinations and existential musings. Scythes' journal entries accompany Rowan's and Citra's dual and dueling narratives, revealing both personal struggles and societal problems. The futuristic post-2042 MidMerican world is both dystopia and utopia, free of fear, unexpected death, and blatant racism-multiracial main characters discuss their diverse ethnic percentages rather than purity-but also lacking creativity, emotion, and purpose. Elegant and elegiac, brooding but imbued with gallows humor, Shusterman's dark tale thrusts realistic, likable teens into a surreal situation and raises deep philosophic questions.

A thoughtful and thrilling story of life, death, and meaning. (Science fiction. 14 & up)

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An allegorical fantasy in which a group of young people are guided through the universe by Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which and Mrs. What - women who possess supernatural powers. They traverse fictitious regions, meet and face evil and demonstrate courage at the right moment.

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Picture book 4-8

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Joe worries the whole way to his first party, clutching the gift to his chest, furrowing his brow, and asking his mother, again and again, “What if…?”

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Picture book 4-8

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From the Diary of an Ice Princess series

by Christina Soontornvat ; illustrated by Barbara Szepesi Szucs ‧

A jam-packed opener sure to satisfy lovers of the princess genre.

Ice princess Lina must navigate family and school in this early chapter read.

The family picnic is today. This is not a typical gathering, since Lina's maternal relatives are a royal family of Windtamers who have power over the weather and live in castles floating on clouds. Lina herself is mixed race, with black hair and a tan complexion like her Asian-presenting mother's; her Groundling father appears to be a white human. While making a grand entrance at the castle of her grandfather, the North Wind, she fails to successfully ride a gust of wind and crashes in front of her entire family. This prompts her stern grandfather to ask that Lina move in with him so he can teach her to control her powers. Desperate to avoid this, Lina and her friend Claudia, who is black, get Lina accepted at the Hilltop Science and Arts Academy. Lina's parents allow her to go as long as she does lessons with grandpa on Saturdays. However, fitting in at a Groundling school is rough, especially when your powers start freak winter storms! With the story unfurling in diary format, bright-pink-highlighted grayscale illustrations help move the plot along. There are slight gaps in the storytelling and the pacing is occasionally uneven, but Lina is full of spunk and promotes self-acceptance.

A jam-packed opener sure to satisfy lovers of the princess genre. (Fantasy. 5-8)

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WE ARE DEFINITELY HUMAN | Kirkus Reviews

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Three blue, oddly shaped strangers appear in Mr. and Mrs. Li's backyard one night.

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Picture book 4-8

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Chapter book 9-12

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All remaining humans are leaving Mars for a distant planet, but departure day goes sideways.

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It is a fictionalized story that focuses on scientific concepts. It explores imaginative and futuristic ideas. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles for its setting, characters, themes, and plotlines.