Biography+(Quarter+1)+Biography

=Biography=

The "big idea " of this unit of study is: Peoples lives, just like historical events can be interpreted in ways dependent upon the author's or historian's perspective: Essential questions questions: I will use these questions as the class reads and writes biographies. Our first assignment was to use the reading strategies the all levels of the middle school uses from [|My Read] to look at our textbook definition of biography. This was done in small groups and then presented to the class. The students then used the same sheet of strategies for homework for the biography that they are reading. The same method will be used for autobiography, and nonfiction. Biography reading strategies evaluaton sheet. Example work.
 * Biographies are written for many reasons**
 * Why write a biography?
 * Who would you choose to write a biography?
 * How would you write a biography of someone who lived in ancient history?