1. It is a good genre to use to develope reading skills. It is a great tool to use to help students with comprehension. It has fewer literary elements then other genres. There is a lot os detail to the other worldly setting. There is a focus on the outer social action and conflict of that world. The major charachters are recognizable stereotypes. There is a type of symbolism used in science fiction to convey ideas about the world. where the author refers to things that he or she believes everyone is familliar with(Calkin's and McGhan). It is useful because it works on the literal and subliteral levels and can helo to develop the skill of seeing multiple levels of meaning.
2. It teaches students about change in the world, it doesn't show what is going to happen in the future but it presents possibilities. It shows students that there are infinite possibilities that lie ahead of us(Wendell, 104). It shows that there are things in the world which cause change to occur. It shows them that there is something beyond now and the possibilities ane infinite, It can also encourage students to try and develope creative alternate solutions to world problems.
3. It suggests that things stay the same. For example emotional and physical needs.(Wendell, 104).
4.It helps students to develop a world view. Teenagers are at a time in their lives when they are learning about who they are, what the world is like, and what they can and can't do in it. It makes them look at the world and make descions about it. According to Ursala LeGuin it can give students "[t]he capasity to face an open universe, physically open, and psychologically open. No doors are shut." Books can help to develop childrens values.(Greenlaw, 197).
5. It might be possible. It can teach students about real science while being an entertaining story which can provide insight into the students own lives and society. It shows possibilities.
6. It teaches "about [the] human responsibility to the life that exists on this island earth"(Wendell, 108).