Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson

"Thousands dead. I saw Grandfather's empty eyes. No food. I saw Mother order me to leave her. No hope. I passed people weeping in doorways and did not stop. I heard the death cars rattling in the street and did not look up" (Anderson, 2000, p. 160).

Click on the video above for a summary of the novel, Fever 1793.

CURRICULUM TIES:

  1. Types of sentences: simple, compound, complex
  2. Dialect
  3. Imagery
  4. Life for colonists in the young republic
  5. Character development

LET'S EXPLORE

Google Lit Trips is an interactive way to travel with our characters through their various adventures and journeys. Check out Fever 1793's Lit Trip to get a feel for the location and setting of our novel. We will be utilizing this site as we engage in this heart breaking, yet highly engaging novel.

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