• Anchor Charts: Look through the following folder to have access to all of the anchor charts for this unit!

  • Anchor Chart Folder​

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• Activities for Unit Lessons:

  • Preview and Predict Sheet​

  • Non-Fiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt

  • Good readers can determine why a subject is important

  • Good readers analyze the relationships a subject has

  • Good readers develop theories about a subject by analyzing his/her decisions

  • Good readers identify the struggles and problems that a subject faces

  • Analyzing inside and outside traits that the biography subject possesses

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• Biography Poem: students will create a biography poem about the subject of their biography! Students will use different adjectives and information that they learned about their subject as they read their biography book. 

  • Bio Poem Template​ on Google Drive

  • Include final biography poem in flipbook project

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• Biography Stop and Jot: students will write long off of three post-its that they created while they were reading their biography book. Students should use text evidence and page numbers in their responses and also explain their stop and jot to support their thinking.

  • Stop and Jot Assignment on Google Drive​

  • This will count as a quiz grade

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• Biography Subject Trait Analysis: students will need to identify three character traits that their subject has. Then students will have to use text evidence to support their choice of character trait. After that, students will have to explain how the character portrays those traits in the biography they are reading.

  • Character Analysis Assignment on Google Drive​

  • This will count as a quiz grade

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• Biography Flipbook: students will put together a biography flipbook using the notes that they take throughout the unit. Students will utilize the reading calendar to plan out the days of reading and pages being read. Students will use all the important information from their novel about their subject to create an informative flipbook with pictures and text evidence. 

  • Biography Reading Calendar

  • My Biography Notes​ (completed throughout reading and unit)

  • My Biography Notes Rubric

  • Flipbook Rubric (used to assess project)

  • Flipbook Checklist (students will use this to monitor their progress as they work on the project)

  • This flipbook will count as a project grade