Do the places you have lived influence what you write? Class members research the lives of writers and look for how places these writers have lived might have influenced their writings. 

Concepts

setting, george orwell, 1984

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a unit study of George Orwell's 1984 or any of his works
• Ask tech-savvy class members to create a virtual tour of the place or places that were significant in their author's life and include references from the works that show this influence
• Readers of Irish writers (e.g. Joyce, Behan, Beckett, Shaw, Kavanagh, etc.) might enjoy researching the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl

Classroom Considerations

• Develop a list of writers to research, since no list is included in the resource
• Preview the article to determine if appropriate for your students

Pros

• As a warm-up, class members draw a map of their home, including items and locations that have helped shape who they are.
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.7 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.7 W.9-10.3.a W.9-10.3.d W.11-12.3.a W.11-12.3.d