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Lesson 1 (from Pages 1-70)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine how Perez uses artistic license to make the first 70 pages of Out of Darkness realistic. Artistic license is the way that an author creates art, music, or writing based on her interpretation. Artistic license allows an author to broadly relate details about culture, society, people, government, or other elements in order to make a story seem as though it is true or could have been true.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How is East Texas portrayed? Is it a realistic portrayal? Are the lives of Wash, Beto, Cari, and Naomi typical for people of their race and social status? How does Perez use geographical details? Does she combine real places with places she creates? How accurately does Perez seem to portray 1930s East Texas and the various social groups? What details does she change? How does the way that pages...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 11-12.7
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