Learning Objectives and Activities:
nUsing examples from real life and from the novel, students will deliver a speech wherein they give a personalized response to one of the following questions:  “Is violence ever productive?” or “Is deception ever justified?” 
nStudents will deliver an aesthetic response to the novel Ender’s Game.
nAfter reading the novel Ender’s Game, students will author a paper analyzing the main themes of the novel by comparing key themes to today’s American government.
nStudents will identify key elements of science fiction and identify at least one way in which Ender’s Game is typical and one way in which it is atypical.