NARRATIVE AND ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT
LT: I can analyze the impact setting has on a
historical narrative. (11/17—19)
LEARING TARGET (11/20—24)
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I can analyze how individuals affect
events in a text through annotating
and discussion.
I can explain how setting affects the
historical background of a narrative.
I can draft a fictional narrative set
during a historical dictatorship using
biographies as a source.
ON MY DESK
1. Agenda
2. Venn Diagram
3. Literature Book
4. Handout—Historical Context
5. Biography
PRACTICE
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Trujillo was the dictator from the
historical setting of “My First Free
Summer” by Julia Alvarez.
As we read the biography on Rafael
Trujillo, annotate each paragraph.
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Reading purpose:
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I can analyze how individuals affect
events in a text through notetaking
and discussion.
INDEPENDENT: NOW YOU GET TO CHOOSE A
DICTATOR FOR YOUR HISTORICAL FICTION
NARRATIVE!
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Fidel Castro
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Adolf Hitler
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Kim Jong Il
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Benito Mussolini
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Joseph Stalin
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The dictatorship under these leaders
will provide the background and
historical setting for your narrative.
RESEARCH AND NOTECARDS
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Early Life
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Rise to Power
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Rule
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Effect of Rule
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Legacy
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Put the title for your notes at the top:
Early Life, Rise to Power, etc.
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Each notecard should include 4—5
bulleted facts.
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Number the upper right hand corner.
You will have five notecards.
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Add the source, in MLA format, at the
bottom. (IN THIS CASE, you may
write this once.)
TIME FOR THE CREATIVE PART
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Using the Writing Process, begin your brainstorm using the biographies as the historical context. You may
draw a graphic organizer, a bubblemap, do bullets, a chart, a timeline or make notes for the different stages
of the plot or draw a plot diagram. Have something to show from your pre-writing stage.
H.O.T.
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What would it be like living under a dictatorship,
as a young person, with your family?
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In your pre-writing process, remember to address the 5 W’s.
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Your setting is an important part of the historical context and background. Remember to
use your biography to help with the historical context.
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Your character will be fictional, your writing piece will be in the form of a narrative.
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No LESS THAN 2 pages.