Biography unit assessment
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Have you thought about assigning a middle school biography assignment to your students?
In the blog brev, Why Teach Biographies?, I explained why teaching biographies in mittpunkt school is important. Students at this age are often very interested in themselves and their friend groups and sometimes forget to think about the world around them and the people within it. This blog brev explains 5 reasons why teachers should consider adding middle school biography assignments to their class reading lists or unit plans.
What is a Middle School Biography Assignment?
To understand a biography assignment, you need to know what a biography is. When we look at the history of an individual, the compiled information about that individual written out thoughtfully is a biography.
Rather than a list of dates, a biography tells the detailed story of someone’s life written bygd someone who has interviewed or researched the person they are writing about. In comparison, a memoir or autobiography is usua
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Everything you need to teach and write biographies for first grade (upper Kindergarten and simple second grade)
Resources including graphic organizers, writing prompts, class books, posters (can also be used with data projector), and interview pages to write biographies about famous people and classmates. Also pages to learn about what an autobiography is and pages to write your own.
Graphic organizers for Famous Americans:
- George Washington,
- Abraham Lincoln,
- Helen Keller,
- Amelia Earhart,
- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr,
- Johnny Appleseed,
- Neil Armstrong,
- Rosa Parks.
Visit my blog, First Grade Blue SKies to see a full picture of what is included: (http://firstgradeblueskies.blogspot.com/2014/01/writing-biographies-freebie.html)
Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Just added the following pages for my Canadian friends:
- Robert M
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Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation
1. Using your classroom or school library, have each student check out a biography of a famous person. The biography should be about one of the three people on the student's list from Session 1. 2. Pass out the Web Rubric and go over expectations and criteria with students. - Web has categories that fit with the information written about the person and are easily understood by the reader.
- Each category has supporting information that helps the reader understand the details of the person's life.
- The writing is clear with no spelling or grammatical errors.
- Each bubble gives brief, clear information.
- Web shows the main achievements of the person's life based on the student's interpretation.
3. Use the sample web for Martin Luther King, Jr. to model for students how each item of the rubric applies to the creation of the web. 4. Ask students to skim (or preread) their biographies, focusing on the ques - Web has categories that fit with the information written about the person and are easily understood by the reader.