Link to the story:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QNA7_tTnI1YuD_RJirh5ITUswcBHbj9NY8VcYK955dc/edit
1. Pre Reading:
Arranged marriage
Play podcast Doron Fishler Not The Obvious about marriage for Bridging.
Watch the clip and copy the lyrics:
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Opinion writing - Getting married with the help of a matchmaker has been a traditional custom in many communities. Many people think it is a good way to get married while others oppose. In my opinion.....
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Describe your dream partner: list the traits and qualities you would like your future partner to have (you may also describe what you wouldn't like your future partner to be like) (100 - 120 words):
2. Basic understanding:
3. Analysis and Interpretation.
4. Bridging text and context: science fiction.
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Adobe spark (https://spark.adobe.com/about/video)
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types of conflicts
The science fiction genre demands that everything in your story is scientifically based. Compared to fantasy, in which the plot and setting depend completely on creativity, in science fiction everything needs an explanation that will make complete rational sense.
1. Authentic World
The readers of science fiction will be ready to accept the impossible, as long as it’s properly explained, and if that explanation makes sense. This means that the world your story takes place in needs to be authentic –original in every sense of the word.
Science fiction deals in parts of our world that, while familiar, are taken to a level that is unfamiliar to the readers of the present day. This is why the setting ( the where and when) and the action become an important part of the plot. An action packed chase scene is always fun, but when it happens in a world that is so unlike our own, it becomes ecstatic. It increases the escape from everyday life and transports the reader into a world that is totally unrecognizable, and therefore, more exciting.
The world in the story has to be plausible. The writer cannot take shortcuts and introduce futuristic technology, which would appear magical to the average reader of today, without giving a plausible scientific explanation of how that technology works.
4. The Laws of Science
Laws and rules can be broken, but it’s not preferable to do so in science fiction. If a rule is broken, there must be a scientific discovery to back it, therefore making it into a new scientific law that works specifically in this world. However, even that needs a basis that is scientifically plausible, which means it cannot get too unrealistic.
One of the best ways to show, instead of tell, in science fiction, is the character’s attitude towards their world. Usually, to the reader, everything would be unfamiliar, strange, new and exciting. But to your characters, this doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. The characters’ attitudes towards your world is a great way to describe what’s normal, what's wrong and what’s new, especially if what’s new is part of the greater plot of your story.
More Characteristics of Science Fiction:
Science fiction is often based on scientific principles and technology.
Science fiction may make predictions about life in the future.
Science fiction often deals with aliens or with life on other worlds.
Science fiction relates to important issues in society.