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Writing CRAFT U sing H istorical P ictures. Prof. Myrna Monllor Jiménez Prof. Helen Avilés Abreu. CONTEXT + RAFT. 7 Use creative formats. CRAFT Examples.
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Writing CRAFT Using Historical Pictures Prof. Myrna Monllor Jiménez Prof. Helen AvilésAbreu
You are a missionary in the Puerto Rico of the 1940’s, write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper denouncing the medical situations at the time. Malnutrition Patient in a hammock
Judas Driven Out You’re a tourist . You have just been to Las Fiestas de Hatillo. Write a travelog description for other tourists.
Typical Kitchen You are the woman working in this kitchen. Write the recipe for the food you are preparing.
Castañer It is 1900. Your family is well-to-do and has just bought the first car in the neighborhood. Write a letter to a friend describing the neighbors’ reactions.
Puerto Rican migration • After WWII, from 1945 to 1960, a million Puerto Ricans migrated to the USA. You are one of these Puerto Ricans. Write a diary entry about your move to the States.
Jesús T. Piñero It is 1946 and a Puerto Rican has just been appointed governor, you are a journalist at the inauguration assigned to write an article. Jesús T.Piñero, first Puerto Rican governor
It is 1961, the Kennedys visit Puerto Rico, you are either one of the guests at La Fortaleza, a police guard, a chef, or a maid. Write the dialogue of a conversation you overheard. Kennedy, MuñozMarín, and Pablo Casals It is 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt, visits PR. You are one of the Senators he addresses. Write the conversation you had with the president. President Theodore Roosevelt Arriving to Puerto Rico
You live in the 1940’s. You are a woman earning two cents a day in Puerto Rico’s needle industry. You have six children and an unemployed husband. Write a short autobiography.
References • http://www.mayoral.cc • http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/delano_jack.php
Bibliography • National Writing Project http://www.nwp.org/ • National Writing Project and Carl Nagin. Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. • Strong, William. Write for Insight: Empowering Content Area Learning, Grades 6-12. Boston: Pearson, 2006. • Writing Fix http://www.writingfix.com/