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)?