More Historical Prompts

Myrna Monllor Jiménez

Helen Domenech

June 12, 2007

Objectives

Write a fictional piece based on historical fact Research to:

-support and validate your writing

-learn more about the subject

-acquire the vocabulary needed to make your writing genuine

Work with peer editing

Procedure

Decide on a story prompt from the list provided in the historicalprompts2.doc which you can find in our blog Look for information on the topic. You will need at least

3 sources Look for pictures Decide who your character/s is/are going to be Write your story Have two fellow teachers edit your work Write your final draft

More pictures to motivate you

Ortiz family 1930

The cuatro

Sugar cane worker

HumacaoBaseballTeam 1939

Factory worker

Country boy, CaguasJ. Delano 1941 Boy, Corozal

J. Delano

Woman and childJ. Delano

Ponce Massacre

Puerto Rican migration

Liga de Puerto Rico, NY/1922

Jesús T.Piñero, first Puerto Rican governor Puerto Rican Day Parade

Pleneros

President Theodore RooseveltArriving to Puerto Rico

Kennedy, Muñoz Marín, andPablo Casals

ChildrenUtuado, PR

References

www.mayoral.cchttp://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/delan

o_jack.php