Triangle Fire: Hannah's Diary, The 6-pack Author: John Bonallack ISBN: 9780790307718 Copyright Date: 2004 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 4 Reading Level: Q Strategy/Skill: Sequencing, Text structure Genre: Recount Theme/Topic: Geography, History, Overcoming Obstacles Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

This historical narrative draws on actual events to tell the story of recent immigrants, Hannah and her father.  In their efforts to start a new life in the United States, they endure terrible living and working conditions and survive a life-threatening fire.

Features of the Book

• Historical and factual information in a fiction text
• Cultural and geographical references
• Diary format
• Different text forms

Purpose

The Triangle Fire: Hannah’s Diary can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• asking questions to deepen understanding and explore personal response to a text
• analyzing the importance of setting in historical fiction
• comparing and contrasting different accounts about past events

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