Day 6

1. Introduce Project - Slave Journal
2. How to write effective historical fiction
3. Tips for writing historical fiction
4. Review various examples
5. Who is the narrator:

• Name
• Where does he/she work?
• What kind of work does he/she do?
• How old is he/she?
• Describe his/her family and/or relationship with his/her family?
• Describe the family that he/she works for (who is there, what there attitudes)
  
• Describe the physical place where he/she lives and works
• Describe the narrator's attitude (with other slaves, with whites, within his/her own mind)
  

Assignment: Complete Journal #1

Day 7:

1. Quiz
2. Work on Journal

Assignment: Complete Journal #2 and Journal #3

Day 8:

1. Quiz
2. Work on Journal

Assignment: Complete Journal #4 and #5

Day 9:

1. Peer Revising
2. Work on Journal

Assignment: Complete rough copy of entire Journal

Day 10:

1. Peer Revising
2. Final Improvements on Journal
3. Create journal presentation

Assignment: Complete final journal  

Day 11: Project Due at the Start of Class

1. Self-assessment
   

Resources

American Slave Narratives

Excerpts from Slave Narratives

Photos of Life in 1800s in rural Louisiana

Everyday Life (1831)

19th Century American Cultural History