1. Explain what you know about Science Fiction.
Bell Ringer:
Explain what you know about Science Fiction.

2. Watch this… What do you notice?

3. Sci-Fi is still a story that follows the traditional plot map
Science Fiction
What’s the same?
Sci-Fi is still a story that follows the traditional plot map

4. Sci-fi Think “Man made”
Spaceships, lasers, scientists, outer space, robots, etc.
Fantasy Think “Supernatural”
Warriors, dragons, swords, wizards, castles, ogres, etc.

5. How to Identify Sci-Fi
Other-worldly character (i.e. an alien, a robot)
Extra-terrestrial setting (i.e. Mars, a far-off galaxy)
Futuristic technology (i.e. teleportation, time travel)
Realistic enough that it COULD possibly happen with enough work, technological advances, etc…

6. This guy looks human, right? How is this Character Sci-Fi?
Sometimes Sci-Fi stories have humans as we know them
Sometimes the humans are different because of some genetic or technological advance
This guy looks human, right?
Sometimes the characters aren’t humans at all – think aliens and robots
How is this Character Sci-Fi?

7. Bell Ringer
Explain what the robot is used for and how it works.

8. Setting – Time and Place
Tells stories about settings affected by developments in science and technology
Events of the story take place in the future
What Makes This Setting Sci-Fi?
Can be set on Earth, in outer space, or on another real or made up planet

9. The “Sci” Part of Sci-Fi
There is enough truth to make it POSSIBLE
How is This Scenario Believable?

10. The “Sci” Part of Sci-Fi
These writers take current scientific truths and stretch or push them – sometimes one step farther, sometimes changing them completely
What similarities do you see between
this and this?
Keep in mind, when that movie came out, this was the most advanced video game technology anyone had seen:

11. What bigger issues is this sci-fi story addressing?
Purpose of Sci-Fi
Part of the purpose is entertainment - fiction
Science Fiction authors often use their stories to comment on humanity
Where we’ll end up if we keep on the trajectory (path) we’re on – whether good or bad
Negative issues like fears and prejudices can often be discussed more easily in sci-fi because it doesn’t seem like “us”
What bigger issues is this sci-fi story addressing?

13. Introducing Ray Bradbury