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Writing Fiction Based on Real Science - NYTimes.com Lesson PlanWriting Fiction Based on Real Science - NYTimes.com Lesson Plan
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Refuse to alienate your scientific-minded young scholars during your creative writing unit. Learners explore how literary writing can reflect observable fact, and be based in actual science. The links include examples of fiction and non-fiction writing, a fun YouTube video on the basic elements of story, and an essay on how fictional literature can be based in factual science. It all leads to greater class understanding.      

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6th - 12th
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Science
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5 days
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2012
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