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Biography Unit Plans
Biography Unit Plans
Biography Unit Plans
O: Students will build a relationship with the person they are reading about.
TW: Discuss how nonfiction books give facts and not emotions. Explain how build a relationship with the
person they are reading about. Read a small portion of the text. Use this knowledge to fill in the sticky
notes.
SW: Practice in books.
A: Notebooking, Conference notes
Day 5 - Author's purpose - Why talk about Eleanor? What can you infer about Franklin? (Ch. 2)
O: Students will infer traits of an individual through their interactions with other.
TW: Read the chapter title for Ch. 2. Model noticing that it is about someone else and reason as to why
the author would write about someone else. Read Chapter 2 of biography. Model inferring about FDR.
SW: Practice inferring about FDR based on what we learn about Eleanor. Practice inferring assigned book
A: Notebooking, Conference notes
Day 6 – Main Idea (Ch. 3)
O: Students will be able to use the main idea to find the most important facts about a person.
TW: Have students bring their books and sticky notes to carpet. Remind students of strategies to figure
out the most important facts. Suggest finding the main idea as a strategy. Preview the text while thinking
of main idea. Read CH. 3 about FDR. Model finding main idea.
SW: Jot tips for figuring out the main idea. Find the main idea for a chapter from their books.
A: Observations, Notebooking
O: Students will be able to infer traits through how a person faces a problem.
TW: Discuss how problems build character. Ex. Roosevelt helped his mother when his father died. How
we solve problems shows who we are. Read ch. 4. Model inferring traits about FDR.
SW: Infer another trait about FDR in his crisis (T&T).
A: Observations, notebooking
Day 9 – Text Feature Purpose – Why is the title “Struggling to Walk”? (Ch. 5)
O: Students will use headings and title to direct their thinking about biographies.
TW: Have students bring books and sticky notes to carpet. Remind students that text features always
have a purpose. Read Ch. 5. Highlight the title, headings, and thinking about them as you read. Model
using thinking to jot notes.
SW: Practice thinking about headings using their books. Jot notes.
A: Observations, Notebooking
Day 10 - Author's evidence and support - claims FDR is a strong leader in the introduction, what proof do
we have? (Ch. 6)