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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Mark Twain

Read book: Who Was Mark Twain

Scrapbook: Follow the timeline, pictures, and facts on the following link:
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/

Read: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/projects/price/frog.htm

Creative Historical Interview Essay: (IEW)

1. Think about possible topics:
      what did Mark Twain do?
      what was happening in History during his life?
      what might he have cared greatly about?

2. Out of these questions-pick 3 topics that you think would be good
      a. who, what, why, when, how
      b. consider what Mark Twain thought about his banned book: Huck Finn, or what he thought         about the civil war, slavery, life on a riverboat.....

3. Outline

4. Write a five paragraph essay
     a. background info (birthdate/other miscellaneous info not chosen as main points) goes in intro
     b. Most significant topic noted in the conclusion

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