ASSESSMENT:
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| Student project from
2002, a visual essay based on their reading of Laura
Esquvel's Like Water for Chocolate. Click
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Visual Essay
As a final assignment of this unit, students are asked
to compare and contrast the revolution in the De la
Garza family with the revolution in Mexico while making
connections to one of the three essential questions
below.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- What makes people rebel?
- How does the author use the family to make a political
statement about the Mexican revolution?
- Why would an author choose to discuss actual historical
context through fiction?
CONTENT
STANDARDS: English/Language Arts
Reading
- 3.3 Analyze interactions between main and subordinate
characters in a literary text (e.g., internal and external
conflicts, motivations, relationships, influence) and
explain the way those interactions affect the plot.
- 3.12 Analyze the way in which a work of literature
is related to the themes and issues of its historical
period.
Writing
- 2.1 Write biographical or autobiographical narratives
or short stories.
- 2.2b Support important ideas and viewpoints through
accurate and detailed references to the text or to other
work.
Research and Technology
- 1.3 Use clear research questions and suitable research
methods (e.g., library, electronic media, personal interview)
to elicit and present evidence from primary and secondary
source.
- 1.6 Integrate quotations and citations into a written
text while maintaining the flow of ideas.
Listening and Speaking
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1.3 Choose logical patterns
of organization (e.g., chronological, topical, cause
and effect) to inform and to persuade, by soliciting
agreement or action, or to unite audiences behind a
common belief or cause.
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1.7 Use props, visual aids,
graphs, and electronic media to enhance the appeal and
accuracy of presentations.
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