This is the third post in the lesson series on identifying genres. Please read the first and the second post here and here.
The best part of last week’s lesson was when my students got impatient towards the end and began to say, “Oh we get this already! But what about fantasy and science fiction? That’s what’s confusing, not this!” I love witnessing such amnesia. Only 40 minutes ago, historical fiction had still troubled them. I took this as a pat on my back for a good lesson and told them we’ll explore fantasy vs. science fiction the next week.
I didn’t give them the definitions in the beginning this time. This allowed them to use the learning from the last two lessons and hypothesise what the differences ought to be. The book blurbs on the slides, much like last time, were our opportunities to discuss, argue, ask questions and share our confusion. Towards the end, when clarity was just within reach, I provided the definitions.
Even before we got to the end, they reacted the exact same way again: “Actually, Ms. Aishwarya. You know what’s really confusing? Whether a book is science fiction or dystopia.” That’s what we’ll explore next week.
Here are this week’s slides in PPTX and PDF format:
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