The students told me a biography is a true story about a person’s life written by another person. This person usually did something significant or important. Each student chose a famous person of interest to them. We started doing research on that special person and finding out facts about their early life, important dates and events in their life, contributions to our world and personal connections to that person. We wrote and published a piece on this person.
Much of our reading the past few weeks has focused on reading to gain information about our biography person. This type of non-fiction reading is very different because the students need to sift through information and decide which facts or important events are most significant and how to record these events in an organized manner on the research grid. I used Martin Luther King, Jr, as my biography person and modeled each step as we moved ahead. This has been helpful for the students to go through the process with me and then try it independently.
Each student created a time-line on the computer to represent important events in the life of their biography person.
We also used our chrome books to create a Google Slides presentation about our biography person. They were especially thrilled by the i-movie in which we utilized the photospeak app and recorded a famous quote spoken by their person with the student's own voices. In their own words, it was a little "creepy"! Click on the link below to view.
Thank you so much for attending Our Biography Celebration. The students were so proud and enjoyed sharing all of their expert knowledge.
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