In this lesson, writers will create a detailed journal entry from the point of view of a character who never actually existed. The journal entry will be for a day in history that the writer has researched and found interesting information about. The journal entry will combine a character's voice and historical facts. Includes an interactive writing tool for students to help them get started.

Concepts

historical fiction

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Additional Tags

northern nevada writing project, pam conrad, pedro's journal: a voyage with christopher columbus, august 3, 1492-february 14, 1493, writingfix: historical journal entries

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

CCRA.W.3 RL.7.9 W.7.9.a