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One Hundred Years of Solitude | The Great American Read Instructional VideoOne Hundred Years of Solitude | The Great American Read Instructional Video
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PBS
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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Instructional Videos
Media Length
3:07
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Duration
30 mins
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One Hundred Years of Solitude | The Great American Read

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One Hundred Years of Solitude introduces readers to magic realism. Told in a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Nobel Prize-winning novel is a candidate for The Great American Read program and aficionados of the saga urge viewers to vote to include Marquez's work in the program.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

fantasy, magical realism, flashbacks, characterization, latin america, chicano literature

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask groups to create Venn diagrams comparing magical realism to fantasy

Classroom Considerations

  • One of four PBS One Hundred Years of Solitude resources

Pros

  • Includes pre-reading and post-reading question
  • A vocabulary list with definitions is also included

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.6.3 RL.6.5 RL.6.6 L.6.4.a L.6.4.c L.6.4.d L.6.5.b L.6.5.c L.6.6 RL.7.6 L.7.4.a L.7.4.d L.7.5.b L.7.5.c L.7.6 RL.8.3 RL.8.4 L.8.4.d L.8.5.b L.8.5.c L.8.6 RL.9-10.5 RL.9-10.6 RL.9-10.9 L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.4.d L.9-10.6 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5 L.11-12.4.c L.11-12.4.d L.11-12.5.b L.11-12.6

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