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Magical Elements in Magical Realism Lesson PlanMagical Elements in Magical Realism Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Endowment for the Humanities
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2020
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Magical Elements in Magical Realism

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  • Unit Overview: Magical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude (.html)
  • Specific Details and Matter-of-Fact Tone (.pdf)
  • Specific Details and Matter-of-Fact Tone - Teacher Version (.pdf)
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How does Gabriel Garcia Marquez make the magical elements of his novel appear so real? That's the challenge facing readers of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Scholars examine the tone and descriptive details Garcia Marquez uses to make the magical appear real.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

magical realism, magic, realism, tone, fictional narratives, narratives, textual evidence, literary analysis, metaphors, literary devices

Instructional Ideas

  • Set aside extra prep time to locate and tag the passages from the novel and the interview used in the opening activity

Classroom Considerations

  • First of three lessons in a unit that uses One Hundred Years of Solitude as an anchor text
  • Lessons can be used independently or as a series
  • Requires copies, one per participant of the worksheet
  • Some readers may need additional scaffolding to analyze the text

Pros

  • A teacher version of the worksheet is included

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3

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