Historical+Fiction

=Update! =

I'm so excited about your stories after hearing your plans! They're going to be great!
We are going to set our Historical Fiction genre study in South Africa. This unit has a few goals: 1) Understand the purposes and characteristics of Historical Fiction 2) Understand South African historical and cultural issues in the 20th century. 3) Create historical fiction that reflects your understanding of South African history and culture.

You will be completing many of the assignments that other students in the class complete, but some of those assignments will be replaced by work you do on this Wiki.

You are expected to do much of this outside of regular classroom time.

=Tasks:= 1: Start by clicking on the Discussion Tab. Answer the question "What is historical fiction?" Give your initial response. As the unit continues, please return to add additional comments as your conceptualization of historical fiction develops. (Minimum: 2 posts) Due: April 28, 2011

2. Read the first short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the circle map to tell the characteristics and actions of **one** of the characters in the story. **Use at least three quotes** and give the page number.

3. Read the second short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the bubble map to describe one character in the story. **Use at least three quotes** and give the page number.

4. Read the third short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the double bubble map to compare two races. **Use at least three quotes** and give the page number.

5. Read the fourth short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the tree map to classify something from the story. You could put characteristics of different races. You could classify political differences between groups of people. You can come up with something different. Use **quotes** if possible.

6. Read the fifth short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the brace map-it describes part-whole relationships of physical objects (or places). Use it to describe something in the story. (Possibly a city or a home.) Use **quotes** if possible.

7. Read the sixth short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the flow map to tell the order of events in the story. Put important or interesting quotes from the story in the boxes below the larger boxes (you will probably go outside the box). **Six quotes**. Give page numbers.

8. Read the seventh short story in your book. Write the title of the story in your frame of reference. Use the multi-flow map and choose the main conflict in the story. On the left, write causes of the conflict. On the right, write effects of the conflict. **Use at least three quotes** and give the page number.

9. Read the eighth short story in your book (if you're book doesn't have an eighth story, do this on the book as a whole). Use the bridge map to make an analogy. Mrs. C will show you some examples of bridge maps to help you with this.

BLUE PAGES DUE: MAY 4, 2011.
10. On the discussion page: Once you have read a few stories, add at least two posts updating your definition of Historical Fiction or responding to classmates.

Part 2: =1. Write your own historical fiction short story set in South Africa. Details:= == =Here are some web resources that may help you to get started:=
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 * "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is one of my favorite short stories of all time. While it is not historical fiction, it is a great piece of writing. Check it out: []

=Assessment= You will be assessed in a variety of ways for this unit. Including the following:
 * discussions
 * discussion wiki comments
 * writing tasks
 * writing process completion
 * final writing product

=Calendar= Wednesday, May 4: Thinking Maps Due Tuesday, May 10: Steps 1-5 of Story planning due Friday, May 13: First Draft of Story Due Friday, May 20: Final Draft of Story Due

Additional Readings //No More Strangers Now// //Things Fall Apart// //Cry the Beloved Country// //Somehow Tenderness Survives// //Out of Bounds// //Journey to Jo'Burg and Chain of Fire//