The Obituary
of King Louis XIV
When King Louis XIV died on September
1, 1715, his dying words to his 5 year old great-grandson and heir (Louis
XV) were,"My child, do not imitate me in the taste that I have had for
building or for war. Try, on the contrary, to be at peace with your
neighbors...Try to comfort your people, which unhappily I have not."
You are going to do a RAFT:
R=Role-You are a reporter for
the Paris Tribune.
A=Audience-The people of France
F=An obituary using the following
form:
Headline and Illustration
Paragraph One: Write a narrative paragraph
answering the following questions about the event: Who(who died), What(what
happened? what were his last words?), Where (where did he die?),
When (when did he die?), Why (why did he die?). Use vivid descriptions
of the event as you imagine it.
Paragraph Two: Write a paragraph
about how he spent to excess when building his palace at Versailles.
Use the form: Topic sentence, concrete detail, concrete detail, concrete
detail, commentary, conclusion. Your concrete detail does
not have to be a quotation.
Paragraph Three: Write about how
he spent to excess by fighting too many wars using the same form as paragraph
two.
Concluding paragraph: What do you speculate
would be the results of Louis XIV's death, what will be his legacy?
T=Time-the article is written
for the paper dated September 2, 1715.