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11/13/14Objective
You will evaluate whether or not graphic descriptions contribute to theme/central ideas in Fever 1793 and An American Plague in order to explain how Halse Anderson uses or alters history.Homework
1. Complete pronoun worksheet (both sides)…due tomorrow.
2. Read Fever 1793 chapters 17-19 by Monday.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Consider the scenes of Mattie’s mother being ill
in Chapters 9 & 10 (pp. 68 &72). If Fever 1793 were made into a movie, do you think it would be rated PG
or PG-13? Explain.
PG-13 Movie Rating Turns 30
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2014/07/23/334275950/happy-30th-birthday-pg-13
Does the information
from the podcast confirm
or refute your initial response? Why? Why not?
Identify how the descriptions of the Yellow Fever and its treatment add to or detract from the story in:
Fever 1793p. 94-95p. 96-98p. 103
p. 105-106
An American Plaguep. 11-14p. 39-40
p. 42p. 50-51p. 53-54
p. 57, 59, 61, and 74
Think about: Do they contribute to theme? Develop characterization by raising the “stakes” for the characters? Make the setting more believable? Are they gratuitous (given, being with no apparent reason)?