Grade+7,+Unit+5

== = = =UNIT 5: SCIENCE OR FICTION?= = = =ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What makes science fiction believable?=

=LITERARY TEXTS--= =ANTHOLOGIES:= = = =NOVELS:= = = =SHORT STORIES:= = = =INFORMATIONAL TEXTS--= =NONFICTION:= = = =BIOGRAPHIES:= = = =ADDITIONAL RESOURCES--= = = =ART, MUSIC, AND MEDIA--= =MEDIA:= = = =MUSIC:= = = =FUNDAMENTALS--= =WRITING:= = = =GRAMMAR AND USAGE:=
 * =//Prentice Hall Penguin Series Grade 7//=
 * =//Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar//=
 * = //A Wrinkle in Time// by Madeleine L'Engle (E) =
 * =//Among the Hidden// by Margaret Peterson Haddix=
 * =//Dune// by Frank Herbert=
 * =//Ender’s Game// by Orson Scott Card=
 * =//Eva// by Peter Dickinson=
 * =//Fly by Night// by Frances Hardinge=
 * =//George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt// by Lucy and Stephen Hawking=
 * =//George’s Secret Key to the Universe// by Lucy and Stephen Hawking=
 * = //Journey to the Centre of the Earth// by Jules Verne =
 * =//My Favorite Science Fiction Story// by Martin H. Greenberg=
 * =//The Ear, the Eye and the Arm// by Nancy Farmer=
 * =//The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy// by Douglas Adams=
 * =//The House of the Scorpion// by Nancy Farmer=
 * = //The Invisible Man// by H. G. Wells =
 * = //The War of the Worlds// by H.G. Wells =
 * ="All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury=
 * =//The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke// by Arthur C. Clarke=
 * =//I, Robot// (short story collection) by Isaac Asimov=
 * ="Zoo" by Edward D. Hoch=
 * ="Elementary Particles" from the //New Book of Popular Science// (E)=
 * **"Space Probe" from //Astronomy & Space: From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch// by Phillis Engelbert (E)**
 * **//Stars & Planets// by Carole Stott**
 * =//Summer Stargazing: A Practical Guide for Recreational Astronomers// (Terence Dickinson=
 * =//The Physics of Star Trek// by Lawrence M. Krauss (advanced)=
 * ="Life Without Gravity" by Robert Zimmerman (//Prentice Hall//, pg. 372)=
 * ="The Eternal Frontier" by Louis L’Amour (//Prentice Hall//, pg. 338)=
 * =//Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream// by Tanya Lee Stone=
 * =//Beyond Jupiter: The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel// (//Women’s Adventures in Science// Series) by Fred Bortz=
 * =//Robo World: The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia Breazeal// (//Women’s Adventures in Science// Series) by Jordan D. Brown=
 * =//Stephen Hawking: Cosmologist Who Gets a Big Bang Out of the Universe// by Mike Venezia=
 * ="Star Wars Creator George Lucas Was Born in 1944" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * ="Science-Fiction Author Ray Bradbury Was Born in 1920" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * ="Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction Through Paired Readings" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * ="Text Messages, Recommendations for Adolescent Readers Podcast: Episode 2—Teen Time Travel" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * =Activity Packet: "The Eternal Frontier" (Louis L'Amour)=
 * =//A Wrinkle in Time// (audiobook CD) by Madeleine L'Engle=
 * =//War of the Worlds// (radio broadcast //The Mercury Theater on Air//, October 30, 1938) by Orson Wells=
 * =Gustav Holst, //The Planets// (1914-16)=
 * ="What is Science Fiction?" Worksheet (education.com)=
 * = Compare and Contrast Venn Worksheet (eduplace.com) =
 * =Nothing new this unit.=

=MECHANICS:=
 * =Nothing new this unit.=

=TERMINOLOGY:=
 * =Common settings for science fiction: in the future, alternate timelines, in outer space.=
 * =Common themes for science fiction: time travel, alternate histories/societies, body and mind alterations.=
 * =Fantasy versus science fiction.=

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