TSWL about the genre of biographies and autobiographies. • TSWBAT define a ...
TSW read biographical information about famous Americans from the past and.
Biography Unit Second Grade
Objectives: • TSWL about the genre of biographies and autobiographies. • TSWBAT define a biography and autobiography. • TSW read biographies on their own for self-selected reading. • TSW read biographical information about famous Americans from the past and the present and use analyze them to sort people into groups based on their own criteria. Key Vocabulary: • Non-fiction • Biography • Autobiography Introduction: (Lesson One) Check prior knowledge about biographies; discuss famous Americans the students learn about and how their teachers teach about them. Do they use books? Are those books possibly biographies? Use Kidspiration venn diagram to compare/contrast biography and autobiography and address key points: • A biography/autobiography is non-fiction. • A biography/autobiography is a book about a person’s life. • Though we most often read biographies in school about people who have died, biographies/autobiographies can be about people who are alive or dead. • Biographies and autobiographies are found in the same section of the library. • The difference between the two are that an autobiography is written by a person about themselves, and biographies are written by one person about another. Station Rotations: (Lessons two through four) • Review vocabulary terms • Discuss in detail directions for stations • Model each station briefly • Explain behavioral expectations • Divide students into groups and send them to their stations Stations Station One – Autobiography Station Students will complete an autobiography. This written page will be their informal assessment.
Station Two- Biography Sort Working in a group the students will each read a short biography of a famous American and then sort them based on similarities they find. Students will construct their own criteria for the sort. The criteria they cannot use are: race, living and dead, and gender. After completing the sort they will explain to the teacher their rationale for how they created their sort. Station Three- Biography Reading Station Students will select a biography to read from a biography reading center. After reading about their person they will fill out a “What I learned about…. Card”. This will be their informal assessment. Other Stations from Past Years: Biography Listening Center Select any biography on tape and set up a listening center. Students listen to the biography and then sequence events on a timeline for assessment. I have used Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, both by Brian Pinkney. PebbleGo Biographies Students use PebbleGo database to read about a famous person and complete a What I learned about…. Card. This will be their informal assessment. Autobiography Students complete autobiography in Kidspiration using “all about me” template.
