Biography text features lesson plans 3rd grade
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They can write their ideas on the organizers. *Please write down the personality traits on the paper provided. The only difference is the grade 3 standards attached and the mentor text passages.
- Biography
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Informational
- Launching
- Opinion
- Personal Narrative
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Traditional Literature
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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.
You might even want to think about having a class discussion (or present an interest inventory) to find out who your students might be interested in learning about.
Once you know their interests, take some time to visit your school and local libraries.
You will also want to be sure that your collection contains as many of the biography text features as possible.
We have included a Biography Noticings Anchor Chart that you can use with your kids during or after their immersion experience. You can download these lesson plans here:
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A few of our favorite biography studies can be found below.
Check off when you see the specific text features listed within the books. This is also provided in a black & white version with a space for student’s name in case you want to use it as a literacy center activity.
New to reading workshop? There are so many different ways they can do this.
Our goal as teachers is to help students pull out the purpose. You can use this half sheet Focus on Author’s Purpose during a mini-lesson or at literacy center.
A goal for teachers is for our students to think about what they already know before learning new information.
We have created two Building Background organizers for students to record their background knowledge. Choose the one that you feel best fits your specific students.
Gathering Important Information
Your students might no be ready to begin reading appropriately high interest biographies and gathering information to share.
*Think a loud what a personality trait is. I will leave a list of steps up for you to refer to while you are working. We have created templates for both female and male subjects. We have come up with a few different ways for your students to begin to pull out important information from the biographies they are reading.
One way for students to begin focusing on important information from biographies is to have them begin to take simple notes.
Tell them to keep in mind the types of things their classmates or other kids their age would most like to read about their subjects. Discuss the elements of a good introductory paragraph, tailoring the detail to your students' needs.
1) (I) *Read aloud the article on Harriett Tubman to the class. Explain that the workshop will consist of class discussions, in-class writing periods, readings and evaluations of individual works, and the publishing of each writer's sketch. They will need to flip through the books to determine differences. Whichever case is true, we want students to be able to name those people who were crucial to the success or failure of the person and why.
*Use a yellow highlighter to emphasize key words or phrases that support the trait(s) you feel she possesses. You will find this download here:Simple Biographies – Books
Timelines – Of course biographies lend themselves well to student-created timelines. Our students always love using PowerPoint for timelines, but good old-fashioned posters are always great visuals too!
Wax Museums – Another popular way to share student learning for this genre is the Living Wax Museum.