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When you're writing historical fiction, the past really can become the present — especially if you're writing in the present continuous tense! Cover World War I, verb tenses, censorship, and letter writing with one informative lesson and presentation.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have class members respond to each other's letters in character
- Connect to a lesson on wartime censorship
Classroom Considerations
- Teaches the present continuous tense, which is also known as the present progressive tense
- Refer to the attached materials for student resources
- Provide learners with prior information on World War I
- Designed for high schoolers, but applicable for middle schoolers learning about World War I as well
Pros
- Provides a presentation with images from the war
- An ideal cross-curricular assignment between social studies and language arts
Cons
- None