So, you’ve finished your book. Bravo! Now you are going to collect information and then use it to write a great post showing us just how the book you read is a good example of historical fiction.
First of all, I will model for you how to collect the information with a book called Amistad Rising. (Here’s what we did last year.) Then I will show you an example of a rough draft last year’s class helped me write about that book. My hope is that should give you enough to do this with your own book. So here are the steps:
1. Look in your book for good examples of historical research and literary devices and mark those places with post-its.
2. Choose the best ones and write them on your worksheet (3 for each)
3. Get a laptop and in MS Word, write a rough draft paragraph explaining why your book is a good example of historical fiction.
4. Revise your paragraph.
5. Check for spelling, capitalization, sense, punctuation, grammar, security, and audience.
6. Have an adult check your paragraph.
7. Post it on your blog.