Title: Historical/Biographical Lens
Course: Speak: Elements of Fiction and Critical Lenses (8th-10th)

The Historical/Biographical Lens asks us to use our knowledge of a time period or an author to color our reading of a text.

SPOILER ALERT! Don't read the interviews until you've finished the book!

After you've read Speak, and read the below interviews and biographies, complete this assignment and upload on the main page.

Laurie Halse Anderson's website
"Speak is Not a Memoir"
Laurie Halse Anderson's blog

Interviews with Laurie Halse Anderson:
1. School Library Journal 6/1/2009
2. Rambles 1999
3. Teen Reads 2005

Biographies:
1. Book Browse 4/27/2009
2. Macmillian Books (retrieved 7/29/2010)