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. Il y a un regain d'intérêt pour le genre en ce moment, since Octavia Butler’s Kindred was made into a series for Hulu (D'AILLEURS…c'est vraiment bien). L'éclairage spéculatif est un genre qui fait réfléchir les adolescents sur le monde, les conséquences des actions, et l'inconstance de l'histoire–un PETIT changement peut créer un énorme effet d'entraînement.

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 years ago. For kids, the “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.

As always, 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, vérifie s'il te plaît! I’ve got it on sale 20% off through Saturday.

Mots-clés: AUNE, VITESSE, ELA secondaire, adapté à la dyslexie, ELLE, enragé, guides d'étude, histoires classiques, histoires courtes, format d'apprentissage numérique, plans de cours, plans d'unité, la science-fiction, littérature noire, le mois de l'histoire noire, littérature spéculative noire, organisateurs d'écriture, analysis writing, using text evidence