Lesson 2: Defining the Genre of Science Fiction

Brainstorm for one minute and write words on the blackboard: what words come to mind when you think of science fiction?

Define the boundaries of Science Fiction:

1. View a selection of the movie trailers. 
2. Each student should individually, record a list of trends that they see in more than one film ex: aliens, futuristic setting, etc.
3. when we are done showing clips, each group should share the trends they notice and compile a master list.  Once they have their list, they could add any they think might be missing (Connect to self)
4. Determining Importance-- In their groups, rank these trends by importance and justify their decisions. 
5. Class discussion:
6. Connect to Text-- What other genres are represented in Science Fiction movies? Ex. Romance, action?
7. Questioning/ Synthesis--  What are the 3 (level 4 or off the page) questions consistently being asked in science fiction movies? 
8. Ex. What does it mean to be human?