Follow the format of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles with a journal-writing activity. Readers choose a character and examine the character's life and circumstances through brainstorming, research, and discussion before writing a journal entry from this character's point of view.

Concepts

reading comprehension, ray bradbury, science fiction, Journaling

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a narrative writing unit and ask individuals to make up their own character, and write from this character's point of view
• Model the activity with a character from another story the class has read

Classroom Considerations

• You'll need to provide more guidance for some learners, as the activity only offers vague ideas for journal entries
• Lesson requires a specific font and type size

Pros

• Versatile for any language arts class
• Addresses both literary analysis and narrative writing skills in one activity
• Comes with a newspaper article for reference

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.3 W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.9.a W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.9.a