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WRITE A SCI-FI SHORT STORY
Book 7 Unit 1 Using Language
The Time Machine (adapted)
Transport
Meet the future
Into the future
Enlightment
Procedure
Pre-class survey
1. On a scale of 1–5, how much confidence do you have in writing a sci-fi short story?
2. Which part of sci-fi writing feels hard?
A. Plot (conflict and solution)
B. Scenes
C. Characters
D. Theme
Like an impatient fool, I pulled the lever backwards hard. With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
I was stunned for a moment, and then heard the sound of thunder. I was sitting in the rain in some mud next to the machine. “A fine welcome,” I said, “for a man who has travelled thousands of years to be here!”
...
Meet the future
Enlightment
Transport
Into the future
What might happen next in the story?
when
where
what
problem
solution
who
Solution?
Mission: AI Failure Crisis
in 2100
a chemistry lab
during an experiment
students in the future
rely on AI for study
AI failure locked e-notes
Students’ couldn’t stop dangerous gas leaking
Meet the future
Enlightment
Transport
Into the future
When
Where
Who
Problem
Toolkit
Meet the future
Enlightment
Transport
Into the future
Level 1 How is the machine operated?
Tip 1: Use specific action verbs
verb tense
and voice
rhetorical devices
Language features and their functions
It is hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road. As my pace grew faster, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I was left in the open air. The sun and moon looked as if they were being thrown across the sky, but .... Around me I saw trees growing like puffs of smoke; they grew, spread, and died in moments. I saw huge buildings rise up, then disappear like in a dream. The whole surface of the earth was being changed, melting and flowing before my eyes. I calculated that I was being pushed through time at hundreds of years a minute.
I had a strong urge to look at the random things that were being flashed before my eyes! But if I stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb!... With a sudden jolt, the Time Machine was flipped on its side, and I was thrown through the air.
simile /metaphor
/ overstatement
passive voice
make the story engaging
Meet the future
Enlightment
Transport
Into the future
Freezing rain poured down, soaking me to the skin. Trembling with cold, I spotted a bright building nearby and dashed over to shelter from the rain, accidentally stumbling into a school lab.
Inside, chaos had taken control. ...
Level 2 Describe the chaos
Meet the future
Enlightment
Transport
Into the future
As students __________________________________________ ,
glass tubes______________________________________________,
the bubbling mixture _______________.
Show the chaos
Transport
Into the future
Meet the future
Enlightment
Level 3 Write down the resolution and ending
I was racking my brain for a solution when my fingers found the familiar shape of my notebook. ...
Your notebook
Toolkit
TIPS
specific verbs
tense and voice
rhetorical devices
Transport
Into the future
Meet the future
Enlightment
Complete structure
Creative content
Coherent
language
3C
Level 4 Assessment
Transport
Into the future
Meet the future
Enlightment
Enlightment: lessons learnt
A quiet victory, earned not by remembering, but by
____________________.
They had become more than students; they were now ___________________.
seeing and understanding
keepers of the flame of
thought
Transport
Into the future
Meet the future
Enlightment
Artificial Intelligence
Assists Innovation &
Advocates Independence
Exit ticket
1. After today's lesson, how much confidence do you have in writing a sci-fi short story?
2. Which activity today helps you the most?
A. level 1 Work out a solution
B. level 2 Describe the chaos
C. level 3 Write down the solution
D. level 4 Assessment
Homework
AI Feedback Loop
Polish your writing and generate a video.
Prompt: Please grade the 11th grader's sci-fi short story. The criteria go to 3 categories: content (including setting, conflict and solution), structure and language (including specific verbs, proper tense and voice, and rhetorical devices), each ranking from 1-5 stars. Generate a table and give suggestions for improvement.
Thank you!
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