In this activity, students are asked to answer several prewriting questions for a science fiction story that includes a robot character. Next, they are asked to write the story.
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Story Starter: Traveling to Timbuktu
Our Hero travels to Africa in 1387 to visit the Mali Empire in Timbuktu.
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The Story of Labor Day
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Science: Eureka!
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