A language arts instructional activity helps young writers identify elements that make up historical fiction. First, it guides them through elements of fictional pieces with vocabulary cards. Then, pupils work collaboratively to brainstorm features that make up historical fiction. Lastly, they respond to an exit ticket after reading two historical fiction selections.

Concepts

historical fiction, textual evidence, colonial america, supporting details, supporting evidence, informational texts, Narrative Writing, Writing, narratives

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as an introduction to writing historical fiction
• Have pupils highlight explicit information in the text to show understanding
• Design a cross-curricular reading project between social studies and language arts

Classroom Considerations

• Print the graphic organizer for individuals to get a head start, or draw the organizer on the board to build ideas together
• The first in a series of 16 lessons that focus on historical fiction narrative writing set in Colonial America
• Classes gather the research used throughout the unit during the first and second units of this module

Pros

• Provides an in-depth explanation of lesson procedures and teaching strategies
• Common Core designed

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.4.1 W.4.3.a W.4.9.a W.4.10