Science Fiction Senior Elective
Tracy Payne
What can you do?
- Ask your daughter about her reading
- Engage in her learning
- Be her biggest cheerleader
Course Focus
- College preparedness
- Critical thinking
- Reading and writing skills
- Science Fiction analysis through discussion and writing
Contact Information
All this while reading enriching texts
Email: tpayne@ndsj.org
Phone: 294-1113 x 2123
Free blocks: 3 and 4
Objectives
- Well-developed essays
- Writing process
- Vocabulary
- Connections to literature/other courses
- Analysis of theme
- Understanding of the Science Fiction genre
Assessment
Texts
- Tests/projects/essays
- Quizzes
- Homework/classwork
- Participation
- A Canticle for Leibowitz
- The Left Hand of Darkness
- Ender's Game
- The Watchmen
photo credit Nasa / Goddard Space Flight Center / Reto Stöckli