Short description: From Star Wars to The Hunger Games, science fiction has been part of the literary canon for decades! Why are humans so eager to write and read about the future? Join this course to learn the ins and outs of creating powerful Sci-fi stories.
This course introduces and develops students’ knowledge of the Science Fiction Literary genre; it explores some popular texts and moves onto teaching young learners the conventions of writing about the future. We explore settings, characters and get plenty of practise writing utopian and dystopian fiction. In this creative writing programme, students not only develop their writing skills, but also practise grammar and learn new advanced vocabulary which can be used in our increasingly technological world. Interactive and discussion driven classes enable students to develop their fluency and receive plenty of feedback to ensure success.
Course Content
10 LESSONS
10 HOURS Total Length
Lesson 1
Introduction to the Genre: Why Do People Love Sci-fi?
60 minutes
Lesson 2
Analysis of Famous Sci-fi Texts
60 minutes
Lesson 3
Where the Stories Take Place: Settings
60 minutes
Lesson 4
Common vs. Original Heroes: Characters
60 minutes
Lesson 5
What Words to Use: Vocabulary
60 minutes
Lesson 6
Imagining a Better Future: Utopias
60 minutes
Lesson 7
Where it All Goes Wrong: Dystopias
60 minutes
Lesson 8
How To Structure Our Writing: The Sci-fi Story Mountain
60 minutes
Lesson 9
Planning and Writing our Stories
60 minutes
Lesson 10
Sharing Success and Further Development
60 minutes
Key Skills
Creative Writing
Vocabulary
Grammar
Writing Style
Story Analysis
Educator
Katerina T
All-Round Educator
With 3 years of teaching experience within schools, Katerina has taught English Language and Literature to a wide range of pupils for GCSE and A-levels. Alongside this, she has also been teaching philosophy, science and English as a foreign language to students at all stages of language acquisition and has prepared numerous A-level pupils for university applications.
