Biographies

Our next writing unit is Biographical Sketches.

Use these links to read some biographies and chart your not icings about this type of writing.

http://mrnussbaum.com/bio2/

http://www.turtlediary.com/biographies.html
http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people.asp
http://www.biography.com

Questions to Ask Ourselves:
What is the writer doing?
What characteristics makes this writing a biography?

How is the writer making it engaging for the reader?

Updated 4/2/14
After immersing ourselves in examples of biographical sketches. Here is what we noticed!

I can't wait to add more noticings onto our list as we progress in this unit!
The students have come up with some awesome people!

Lexi-Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen
Nora- Shel Silverstein
Andrew- Dwayne Wade
Anna- Drake  Beyonce
Alisa- Michael Jackson
DJ- Ron Simmons
Elandrea- Taylor Swift
Tyler- Michael Jordan
Nathan- Tony Hawk
Hayley- Elvis Presley
Olivia- Arianna Grande Katy Perry
Heaven-Leigh- Queen Latifah
John- Morgan Freeman
Kevin-Houdini
Ibrahim- Lebron James
Emma- Adam Sandler
Thomas- Jerry Rice
Antonia- Shirley Temple
Vanessa- Selena Gomez

updated: 4/11/14