Ready and Work is a thematic unit that provides your teaching with a set of

readings passages and worksheets. This set is related to Dr. Seuss biography and a
good way to teach your students some facts about his life. I also added a craft
activity to use for oral and written literacy centers.
CONTENTS:

READING PASSAGES:
1. Dr.Seuss early life.
2. Dr. Seuss young adult.
3. Dr. Seuss adult.
4. Dr. Seuss last years.
These 4 passages come in both versions color and black & white. They are also
followed by nice clipart graphics.

WORKSHEETS:
1. Complete a bubble map with words related to Dr. Seuss.
2. Complete a KWL chart related to Dr. Seuss life.
3. Make a Flip Flap activity to display in the interactive notebooks.
4. Complete a facts chart with data about Dr. Seuss life.
5. Complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Dr. Seuss with any other
author students read.
6. A draft sheet or a sheet to write a brief biography about Dr. Seuss.

CRAFT ACTIVITY:
Students will have the chance to make a hat with some sheets of papers to write
the biography of Dr. Seuss into the 4 main parts dealt in the passages. There is a
step by step notes sheet to know how to make this craft.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2nd 1904 in Springfield,
Massachusetts. His father, Theodor Robert Geisel was a successful
brewmaster and his mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, was the
person who told Theodor chants when he went to sleep.

In his childhood, Ted, like people called him, loved drawing. He also
became a scout. He worked to sell US war bonds. Because of the
great number of bonds sold, he was supposed to receive an award
from President Theodore Roosevelt.

In 1922, he attended Dartmouth College, where he became the

editor in chief of its humor magazine, Jack-O-Lantern. There, he
adopted the pen name Seuss.
Theodore wanted to be a professor and he decided to attend
Oxford University in England.

In 1926, he decided to change his pen name “Seuss” to “Dr.

Seuss”.

While at Oxford, he met a classmate named Helen Parker. They got

married in 1927. His wife became a children’s author and book
editor. Ted never ended his career.

During 1927, they returned to America where he decided to pursue

cartooning full-time, and his articles and illustrations were
published in numerous magazines, including LIFE and Vanity Fair.
During World War II, Geisel was a contributor with political
cartoons to PM Magazine.

In 1942, Geisel served with Frank Capra’s Signal Corps. He made

animated training movies and drew propaganda posters for the
Treasury Department and the War Production Board.

After World War II, Geisel and Helen moved to La Jolla,

California. He continued writing for 8 hours a day and he published
several children’s books in the following years.

His most important book was The Cat in the Hat which was
published in 1957 and positioned Geisel's place in children's
literature.
After his wife died, he married his longtime friend Audrey Stone Diamond.

After this, he produced movies nearly every year and kept on writing and
publishing several amount of children’s books. Some of his masterpieces
were Green Eggs and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

His honors included two Academy awards, two Emmy awards, a Peabody
award and the Pulitzer Prize.

This writer, poet and cartoonist died on September 24th, 1991, at the age of
87, in La Jolla, California.

Today, sixteen of his books are translated into more than twenty languages
and they are on Publishers Weekly's list of the "100 Top-Selling Hardcover
Children's Books of All-Time."

March 2nd is a celebration of his life and works. Young and old people
celebrate this great day reading his books which contain rhythmic pace,
tongue-twisters, word play, and highly inventive vocabulary.
Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on March 2nd 1904 in Springfield,
Massachusetts. His father, Theodor Robert Geisel was a successful
brewmaster and his mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, was the
person who told Theodor chants when he went to sleep.

In his childhood, Ted, like people called him, loved drawing. He also
became a scout. He worked to sell US war bonds. Because of the
great number of bonds sold, he was supposed to receive an award
from President Theodore Roosevelt.

In 1922, he attended Dartmouth College, where he became the

editor in chief of its humor magazine, Jack-O-Lantern. There, he
adopted the pen name Seuss.
Theodore wanted to be a professor and he decided to attend
Oxford University in England.

In 1926, he decided to change his pen name “Seuss” to “Dr.

Seuss”.

While at Oxford, he met a classmate named Helen Parker. They got

married in 1927. His wife became a children’s author and book
editor. Ted never ended his career.

During 1927, they returned to America where he decided to pursue

cartooning full-time, and his articles and illustrations were
published in numerous magazines, including LIFE and Vanity Fair.
During World War II, Geisel was a contributor with political cartoons to
PM Magazine.

In 1942, Geisel served with Frank Capra’s Signal Corps. He made

animated training movies and drew propaganda posters for the
Treasury Department and the War Production Board.

After World War II, Geisel and Helen moved to La Jolla, California. He
continued writing for 8 hours a day and he published several children’s
books in the following years.

His most important book was The Cat in the Hat which was published in
1957 and positioned Geisel's place in children's literature.
After his wife died, he married his longtime friend Audrey Stone Diamond.

After this, he produced movies nearly every year and kept on writing and
publishing several amount of children’s books. Some of his masterpieces
were Green Eggs and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

His honors included two Academy awards, two Emmy awards, a Peabody
award and the Pulitzer Prize.

This writer, poet and cartoonist died on September 24th, 1991, at the age of
87, in La Jolla, California.

Today, sixteen of his books are translated into more than twenty languages
and they are on Publishers Weekly's list of the "100 Top-Selling Hardcover
Children's Books of All-Time."

March 2nd is a celebration of his life and works. Young and old people
celebrate this great day reading his books which contain rhythmic pace,
tongue-twisters, word play, and highly inventive vocabulary.
One of the best ways to motivate your students is the use of crafts. Here I provide a step by
step preparation of this idea that you can adopt into your classroom.

You can use both versions (color or black & white). I’d like to clarify that in the color version I
changed the colors of the hat because of copyrighted violations. In fact, the hat is different and
the name of the author is added at the bottom.

The intention or objective of this craft is to write a brief description of Dr. Seuss biography
divided into 4 parts (early life – young adult – adult and last years) and a front cover is added
for the kids to write their names. Students can color the line art version as they wish for free
expression (picture 1). Then, they have to paste the top and bottom of the hat in a red (prefer)
carton (picture 2) and cut (leave a space to cut) (picture 3).
After this, students write the biography in the 5 sheets provided. They color them and they have
two possibilities. On the one hand, they have to color, fold the dotted lines and paste one by one
sheet. On the other hand, they can color; fold the dotted lines and staple (the easiest way –
picture 3).
Finally, students can show their final product and read his writing to the class or just display it in
the classroom (Pictures 4-7).
Thanks for purchasing this READ AND WORK SET (Dr.
Seuss Biography) adapted from 1st to fifth Grade.
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