Fahrenheit 451 Lesson Plan

World Building I

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to understand different ways in which authors may establish the details of their fictional worlds

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

Structure:

One of the first jobs of any novel is to establish the world in which it is set. Sometimes this is our own world, or a familiar past. But in science fiction, writers frequently need to invent new worlds that are either completely separate from our own, or that show a significant development from the world that is familiar. Understanding the world of a science fiction story - especially a dystopian one like...