Writing Historical Fiction Journals

          
         During this writing unit the fourth grade students will create a character of their own and envision what life was like during the American Revolution. Students will think of the daily life of the people living back then and the problems that they experienced during the war. Within their journal entries students will also include dialect clues, along with setting clues, to show their reader what life was like back then. The students will also be taught to write with strong emotion and feelings about the problems that they are dealing with. Solutions and or resolutions will also be included in their historical fiction journals. Lastly, the students will show how their character has grown and or learned a life lesson by going through their problem.