Suggested timeline Learner Suggested Resources Sample Outcomes/Objectives Assessments/Rubrics Biography Unit – Reading Skills These activities will be Independent Reading in Biography book list by lexile Final biography report ongoing for the duration of biography genre: biography, level. the unit. autobiography, memoir Reader’s Response letters on book. *see rubric Crafting a reader’s response Interactive read-alouds: Reader’s Response letters letter using evidence from a Show Way by Jacqueline throughout the unit text. Woodson Looking Back by Lois Lowry (1 period for each *see rubric Mini-lesson on writing a Reader’s Response letter. (1 period) Understanding the wide Class experiences with the Reader’s Response letters genre of biography. suggested picture books and short biographies; see Multiple choice and short Differentiating between bibliographies and answers on ELA practice biography, autobiography for suggestions. See rubric and memoir. Two class periods Sequencing Robert Munsch Completion of double-sided autobiography timeline Creating a timeline Sample double-sided Answers to sequencing timeline questions on ELA practices. One class period Understanding the use of Erika’s Story (or other flashback picture book that employs ‘flashback’) One week Analyzing and annotating Book circle activity with Group leader (teacher) text. biography picture books. anecdotal notes on discussion participation. Participating in a book Mini-lesson on book circles See rubric circle discussion using annotations as evidence. Introduction fishbowl Written reflection on activity with Show Way by discussion. Jacqueline Woodson (or other shared read-aloud) One class period Reading informational text Models can be from any Summaries for multi-genre and understanding text informational text that has biography project features. a variety of text features. Use one short passage,
Suggested timeline Learner Outcomes/Objectives Suggested Resources Sample Assessments/Rubrics Biography Unit – Reading Skills These activities will be ongoing for the duration of the unit. Independent Reading in biography genre: biography, autobiography, memoir Biography book list by lexile level. Final biography report Reader’s Response letters on book. *see rubric Crafting a reader’s response letter using evidence from a text. Interactive read-alouds: Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson Looking Back by Lois Lowry (1 period for each Mini-lesson on writing a Reader’s Response letter. (1 period) Reader’s Response letters throughout the unit *see rubric Understanding the wide genre of biography. Differentiating between biography, autobiography and memoir. Class experiences with the suggested picture books and short biographies; see bibliographies and for suggestions. Reader’s Response letters Multiple choice and short answers on ELA practice See rubric Two class periods Sequencing Creating a timeline Robert Munsch autobiography Sample double-sided timeline Completion of double-sided timeline Answers to sequencing questions on ELA practices. One class period Understanding the use of flashback Erika’s Story (or other picture book that employs ‘flashback’) One week Analyzing and annotating text. Participating in a book circle discussion using annotations as evidence. Book circle activity with biography picture books. Mini-lesson on book circles Introduction fishbowl activity with Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (or other shared read-aloud) Group leader (teacher) anecdotal notes on discussion participation. See rubric Written reflection on discussion. One class period Reading informational text and understanding text features. Models can be from any informational text that has a variety of text features. Use one short passage, Summaries for multi-genre biography project
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