Interstellar 5

 HOMEWORK

1. Introduce and sum up your text briefly 
2. 5 to 7 new words?
3. Protagonist(s)
4. How can you show that this is science-fiction
5. Link with encounters / imagination?

 

Are They A Reason For Going ? (Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan, 1997)

1. It talks about humanity, who wants to go to space, and how far it's going to be. They lived in savannah, they protected their children from the wild animals like lions and hyenas. It's hard to get into space because of money, and not everybody can afford it.

It's Just A Silly Dream (Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, 1953)

1.  there's a family of three, the dad is named George, his wife Jean and their son Jeff. They live on an island, they only discover the world through TV. When the son is sleeping, he's having nightmares during which he could see burning mountains and the fire was blue.

The Rocket (The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury, 1951)

1. It is about a man and an old man speaking into the night. The man would go to Mars but the old man says he shouldn't. In the end, the man speaks with his children, and tells them he's got money to go on Mars, but only for one traveller.

An Insignificant Little Blue Green Planet (The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide..., Douglas Adams, 1983) 

1. The text is an excerpt from the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The text is about planets and galaxies. It is about a planet where people are mostly unhappy. One day a girl had an idea that could save the planet but it was a catastrophe. 

So Many Things To Learn (Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965)

1. The scene takes place in the Caladan kingdom on the planet Arrakis, there's a young man and his mother who meets with a strange woman.