Genre Study: Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction is part fiction and part non-fiction

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The events DID or COULD HAVE happened in the _________________.

• setting.

• summer.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Events of the story could be based on

• letters.

• a diary or journal.

• a newspaper report.

• all of the above answers.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Historical Fiction may be written to

• teach you about a historical event.

• make history.

• change history

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The ________________ __ ____ __________________ of Historical Fiction are based on truth.

• characters or the setting

• problem or the solution

• kindness or the happiness

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Historical fiction takes place in a(n) ________________________ historical setting.

• made-up

• authentic or real

• fake or false

• close by

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

____________________details are parts of the story that you must understand to have the story make sense.

• Interesting

• Important

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Authors usually write Historical Fiction to __________________ the reader about a historical event, time or person.

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The skill of putting events of a story in time order, is called _______________.

• reading.

• learning.

• important.

• sequencing.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Put a check next to the stories you know are in the genre of Historical Fiction. Find at least one.

• The First Patriots

• Midnight Express

• Bob

• Spinning Bee and Liberty Tea

• Stockings Hung with Care

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9