Monday, April 1, 2013

What Causes a Person to Have a Biography?


Today we began our Biography Unit.  Our first mini-lesson focused on, What is a Biography, and What causes a person to have a biography?  Students quickly knew that a biography is a story about someone’s life.  I was very impressed that students knew an autobiography is created when someone writes about themselves.

We discussed, and looked through, biographies to help us answer the question, What makes a person have a biography? Some reasons why students think people have a biography written about them are:

Leader- Martin Luther King and Ruby Bridges (both stood up for what they believe in).

Special talent: Marian Jones (was a beautiful singer)

Were 1st at something/Scientist:  Jane Goodall (chimpanzees)

Athlete: LeBron James (basketball), Lou Gehrig (baseball)

Tomorrow we will continue to learn about the “category” famous people fall into and we will sort biographies into categories.

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