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Lesson 1 (from Front Matter and Part I)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which Chain-Gang All-Stars belongs—science fiction. How and where a novel fits influences how it is understood by its readers, as well as what readers it is likely to reach; readers interested in science fiction might pick it up, while those who scorn such works might never read Chain-Gang All-Stars.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When you go to a bookstore, online or in person, how are the books separated from one another and grouped together? What categories are present? How does a person know which book belongs in what group—or even what the groups are? Where might you find Chain-Gang All-Stars? Why?
Group Activity: Looking as a class at “The Freeing of Melancholia Bishop,” what features of the text—diction, sentence length, content, figurative language, etc.—seem indicated as appropriate for science fiction? Guide discussion...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 11-12.1, 11-12.2
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