Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Futuristic Stories--due Tue. Nov. 2


Why are futuristic novels and films so popular? What do they do to us? How do they make so much money?


Are we really that curious about the "end of things"? Why do we love to speculate about the future? Should we just focus on the present instead?


Write 300+ words answering these questions.


This picture is from the film The Road, which is about a father and son who try to survive in a world of ash and cannibalism. We'll study the novel and film.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

TeacherTube: The Giver



Examine this video to think more critically about Lois Lowry's extraordinary novel The Giver.