Biography literature unit plans

Download this free biography unit of study for reading to help you introduce and work with biographies in the classroom.

This biography unit of study contains anchor charts, lessons, graphic organizers and more within this collection.

This is another free unit of study for teachers and homeschool families from The Curriculum Corner.

We enjoy reading workshop because it is a great way for teachers to help students explore different elements of literature. At the same time, we love that we are encouraging our students to build a love of reading. 

The Key to Teaching Biographies

Biography is a genre that can sometimes easily be neglected in classrooms with regards to informational text studies. We suggested giving it a try because it’s one that can be truly engaging for lots of students.

The key to getting students excited about a study of biographies is to have many relevant and appropriately leveled texts for all of your various readers.

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Biography Project: Research and Class framställning

1.Using your classroom or school library, have each student kvitto 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 passform with the information written about the person and are easily understood bygd the reader.
  
  
• Each category has supporting resultat that helps the reader understand the details of the person's life.
  
  
• The writing is klar with no spelling or grammatical errors.
  
  
• Each bubble gives brief, klar 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

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3 Creative Ideas for Teaching Biographies Your Students Will Love

There is so much power in teaching our students about history using biographies. We can all learn from the success and failures of others. But biographies often get a bad rap of being dry and boring. It doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, through this genre, our students can practice many different reading skills and strategies. That’s why I use graphic organizers that will allow my students to recall information from the biographies in creative ways. I am excited to share these 3 creative ideas for teaching biographies using fun and exciting graphic organizers I know your students will love!

Teaching Biographies can be Exciting

When teaching biographies in my classroom I like to immerse my students into the lives of the person they are learning about. From decorating the classroom to dressing up like the person we are studying, the possibilities are endless. This really helps to “bring the pe