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Draft a magical realism short story, focusing on opening the story in medias res and transitioning between scenes.
Rubric: Narrative Writing: Magical Realism Short Story Rubric (G10, U4)
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Observe and analyze paintings within the magical realism style.
Standards
RL.9-10.7SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.6
Analyze how the villagers' response to the drowned man reveals the symbolism of his character.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Analyze how García Márquez uses characterization to convey a theme.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3
Analyze how characters and events develop Allende's theme about words/language.
Analyze how Cortázer uses diction and narrative perspective to establish an eerie mood.
RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5RL.9-10.6
Rewrite a scene from "House Taken Over" from the narrative point of view of Irene, maintaining characterization and mood.
W.9-10.3
Analyze the effect the Book of Sand has on the narrator and the symbolism of his transformation.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5
Analyze the diction and imagery Paz uses to describe the different stages of the narrator's relationship with the wave.
L.9-10.5RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Analyze Bender's structural choices in "The Rememberer" and how those contribute to the meaning of the text.
RL.9-10.5RL.9-10.6
Analyze how diction and narrative point of view reveals the central conflict within the story.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.6
Analyze how the girls' experience at St. Lucy's serves as an allegory for assimilation.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5
Brainstorm ideas for a magical realism short story, and then plan out one idea fully using a graphic organizer.
W.9-10.3W.9-10.3.aW.9-10.3.c
Revise your story draft to include imagery and dialogue.
Analyze the characterization of Santiago Nasar and the town as well as the structure of the opening chapter.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.5
Determine Gladwell's central ideas about memory in the podcast.
RI.9-10.1RI.9-10.2SL.9-10.3
Analyze what the characterization of Bayardo, Angela, and the circumstances of their marriage reveal about honor in this society.
Analyze how the Vicario brothers' actions and the community's response develop the ideas of honor and machismo.
Analyze how the details and structure of Chapter 4 contribute to the theme of truth in the novel.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.5
Analyze how the final chapter resolves conflicts in the novel and develops the theme of truth.
Engage in a Socratic seminar considering the larger themes of guilt and blame in Chronicle of a Death Foretold, supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.bSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.d
Write a well-developed essay explaining how the structure of Chronicle of a Death Foretold reveals an important theme from the novella.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.5W.9-10.1W.9-10.9.a
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