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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#1
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ___________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ____________________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
Who is the main character(s)? __________________________________________________________________
Is your character “fictional” (made-up by the author) or “factual” (the author is using a character that reference books
really show existed in history)?
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How can you tell this (what words/sentences tell you this)? Quote the words here:
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If you said the character was “fictional” (above), where would the author get the information from to make him/her sound
or seem real? Explain why it might be important for an author to make the story seem real.
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QUESTION#2: Historical Evidence
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In what historical setting (in what real place and in what part of the world) is the main character and what real
historical event(s) is taking place. Use quotes (the actual words and spellings that the author uses) and citations
(the actual page number in the novel) to show how you found this out. Quotes use quotation marks like this made-up
NWT example: “George stood on the rock overlooking Wrigley” (35). The citation was the “(35)”. So “George ...” is the
quote and “(35)” is the citation.
Part(s) of world: _________________________________________________________________________
Place (house, barn, school, etc.) ____________________________________________________________
Actual historical event(s): __________________________________________________________________
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What conditions existed in this character’s world to make life comfortable? Difficult? Remember to use quotes “......”
and citations “( )”.
Comforts: _______________________________________________________________________________
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Difficulties: _______________________________________________________________________________
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#2
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ___________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ____________________________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
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What other characters in the novel are influencing the main character—either negatively (for bad) or positively (for
good)?
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You are probably noticing conflicts that are already causing concerns or challenges to the main character in the story.
Which conflict is the greatest to him/her? Briefly describe the conflict using quotes (remember? “....”) and citations
(remember “(.... )”):
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QUESTION#2: Historical Evidence and Historical Significance
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Think about the above conflict or a larger conflict in your novel. Is there any evidence from history that conflict
actually took place? What page in your reference book, part of a video clip, website, or other source proves this
conflict took place? Use quotes (the actual words that the author uses) and citations (the actual page number or
website’s URL) to show where any person could “read up” on this topic (remember to use quotation marks and
citations like before).
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If you haven’t already done so, look up this same conflict in another source. What source did you use?
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give you about that conflict, or, what information is the same? Quote some of the key things that are the same or
different. How important do you think this conflict is or should be to us today? Why?
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#3
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ________________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ______________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
Choose one of the conflicts that you talked about in Response#2. What is your main character doing to solve or manage
this conflict? Provide a quote and citation. ________________________________________________________
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Still thinking about that conflict, or another one, make one of the following connections: You see a connection between:
- - this story’s conflict and a similar one in your life (Text to Self, “T-S”)
- - this story’s conflict and a similar one in your community, Canada, or the world (Text to World, T-W)
- - this story’s conflict and a conflict that you read about in another novel, or short story, song, etc.(Text-Text, T-T)
A possible way to start: When ______?_______ happened in the novel (use citations), it reminded me of....
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QUESTION#2: Cause and Consequence; Moral Judgment
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In the historical research you did with two sources in Response#2, you found agreement or disagreement on the facts
of the conflict in the story. Pretend you are a lawyer from those days, understanding the way those characters looked
at the world. Now, find fault with, or praise, for the way people are behaving in the conflict. From your point of view,
who is making this conflict worse AND why do you say that? Or, who is finding solutions to the conflict? Explain how.
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#4
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ________________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ______________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
In Responses#3 you talked about what your character was doing to solve or manage the conflict in his or her life. Conflict
changes lives. So far, in the novel, how has a conflict changed the way your character acts or thinks? Give at least one
quote and citation to back up your observation.
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Think about a conflict you had in the past or challenge in your life now. How did it change, or how is it changing the way
you think or act? You could start with words such as, “I remember ... This caused me to ....”
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QUESTION#2: Moral Judgment; Continuity and Change
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In Responses#3’s historical study you pretended to be a lawyer by finding fault or blame with the way people were
behaving in the historical conflict. Now, pretend to be a person of power who lived back then, such as a governor,
chief, politician, or leader. What solution(s) could you (as a “back then” person) suggest to this or another conflict in
the story that would be better than the solutions that were actually taken? Explain why your solution is better. Is your
solution one that would make sense to a similar problem today?
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#5
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ________________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ______________
QUESTION#1: Critical Study of Hero-like Characters in the Novel
1. Write in the table what you think the “qualities for Best Hero/Heroine” are for any story (eg. courageous, honest,...).
2. Then in the columns, name three or four heroes/heroines from the novel and rate them with points looking at the
qualities (five means best).
3. Finally, who is the greatest hero/heroine in this novel? Tell why you gave them such a high score.
NAME of
HERO/HEROINE
NAME of
HERO/HEROINE
NAME of
HERO/HEROINE
NAME of
HERO/HEROINE
Qualities of the Best Hero/Heroine. A best hero must
be....
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1. courageous
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
2.
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
3.
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
4.
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
Why I picked ____________________ (name of hero/heroine). ______________________________________________
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QUESTION#2: Historical Perspective
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This story happened in another time. People thought differently than we do today. In order to understand the actions
and events of the past, we have to try to think like the characters were thinking at the time. Choose any event from
this story and explain how the character must have felt in that situation (use a citation). Your job is to figure out from
the clues in the story what times were like then so you can imagine how someone may have felt.
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#6
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ________________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ______________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
Words can be powerful when they show experiences people have had. For example, Elder Elizabeth Mackenzie of
Behchoko said back in the 1990s that their school should teach students how to live with two cultures at the same time,
Tlicho culture and “western” culture. She explained the goal in these famous words: Be “Strong Like Two People”.
People remember these words because they are a powerful way of thinking about people and the world. W hat words has
a character in your novel spoken that are really powerful and worth remembering (use quotes and a citation)? Then, tell
why these words are so powerful to you.
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QUESTION#2: Cause and Consequence
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You now know something about a big event that happened in Canada’s past. Now show your understanding of this
event. In your opinion, could the kinds of conflicts that really happened in this historical event (the conflicts that your
historical fiction novel is based on), happen again today? Give your opinion and the reasons for it. Begin your
answer is some way such as this, “I don’t think this kind of conflict could ... because...”, or “I think these kinds of
problems happen because...”, or “It is possible that the problem of ... will happen again because ...”.
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#6
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ________________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ______________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
Answer any two of the following questions: Who lost the most in this story? Explain. Who gained the most? Explain.
Who changed the most? Explain. Who changed the least? Explain. Who made the greatest difference or had the
greatest impact? Explain.
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QUESTION#2: Causes and Consequences.
Past events that are so important that we still talk about them are called historical events. We make them history.
One reason we do this is because of the results of the events--the consequences. Historical events have consequences
that affect many people for a long time. Some consequences are directly seen (eg. someone dies because of a gun shot
wound). Some consequences indirectly result from the event, or are unexpected (eg. someone who heard the shooting,
now fears all loud noises). The Canadian history event(s) in this novel had direct and indirect results that still affect us
today. Choose one big event in this story and name it in the center square below. Then show the direct consequences
(little circles around the square), and the indirect and unexpected consequences (big circles):
Indirect or Unexpected Consequences
Direct Consequences
Direct Consequences
EVENT:
Direct Consequences
Indirect or Unexpected Consequences
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HISTORICAL FICTION: DAILY RESPONSES#6
NAME:_____________
TITLE OF NOVEL: ________________________________ Pages/chapters to read today ______________
QUESTION#1: Character study.
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Think about the words of the poster: “You are the person someone else wants to be”. Who in this story is the one you
would like to be like? Why?
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QUESTION#2: Historical study (Historical Perspective).
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The author of your novel is trying to take you “back in time” to when life was different than today—almost like a
“foreign country.” Since the novel has started, think of a passage where one or more of the characters are using
words strangely. Write below a strange word or a strange phrase (or idiom) that you have not heard before or heard
used in that way before (include a “p. ___” citation). Look up the word in a dictionary, perhaps the glossary at the
back of your novel, or online. What did the character mean? How is this word or phrase being used differently from
the way we use it today?
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