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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Teacher notes - what was it really like



  1. Overview: Students will explore fictional characters based on real people, create a fictional character and story based on a real person and event, and incorporate authentic facts and/or photos into the story.
  2. Benchmarks
    • Understands the defining characteristics of literary forms
      • Discuss orgins and purposes of oral history
      • Discuss the use of fact and fiction in historical fiction
    • Understands the basic story elements
      • Describe the personality of a character
      • Distinguish between fictional and nonfictional information about a character
    • Uses information from text to support opinions, predictions, and conclusions
      • Match information in the real-world with an event in the book
    • Write a short story with both fictional and factual information
    • Document an oral history
    • Locate and read literature from web-based sources
      • Use web-based factual information
    • Develop communications using technology
      • Create an audio recording
      • Create a collage using a scanner
  3. Timing: Complete activity after reading the Afterword.
  4. Book Connections: Packard (page 141), Negro League Baseball (page 127, 238-240)
  5. Performance Assessments: Oral History Story Web Page


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