I’ve got a snazzy new unit up on TpT. It’s kinda-sorta for Black History Month, but a good unit for pretty much any time of year. I’m a fan of speculative fiction because the topics tap into that little “what if” voice we’ve all got inside our heads. Hay un interés renovado en el género en este momento., since Octavia Butler’s Kindred was made into a series for Hulu (POR CIERTO…es muy bueno). La literatura especulativa es un género que hace que los adolescentes piensen en el mundo, las consecuencias de las acciones, y la veleidad de la historia–un PEQUEÑO cambio puede crear un efecto dominó masivo.

Coincidentally, some of the best writers of contemporary speculative fiction are also black. Much to the delight of my students, they are also STILL ALIVE and not authors who died 60 hace años que. For kids, el “aliveness” of the authors is a major selling point. I have been informed that this unit “doesn’t suck,” which is pretty much the teenager-to-adult equivalent of saying I am the coolest person ever and have excellent taste in reading material.

Como siempre, I put together my unit on Black Speculative Literature to be super easy for teachers to use. Each story comes in the form of an all-in-one document that takes students through pre-reading, reading the text via a linked PDF, answering 3-6 multiple choice comprehension questions, and finally writing a paragraph (or two) using a guided organizer. If you’re looking for something quick and engaging that you don’t need to prep, Por favor, míralo! I’ve got it on sale 20% off through Saturday.

Palabras clave: ANA, SPED, ELA secundaria, dislexia amigable, ELLA, enraged2engaged, guías de estudio, cuentos clasicos, cuentos cortos, formato de aprendizaje digital, planes de lecciones, planes de unidad, ciencia ficción, literatura negra, mes negro de la historia, literatura especulativa negra, organizadores de escritura, escritura de análisis, usando evidencia de texto