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Title:
| Writing: Biographies |
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Description:
| These sites offer tips for writing biographies. There are lesson plans, helpful handouts, rubrics, and examples of biographies written by elementary students. Includes a video about the writing process. |
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Grade Level:
| 3, 4, 5 |
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Resource Links:
| Biography Form
This worksheet can help students organize their information before they start writing.
Composing an Autobiography Using a Web
This lesson includes a graphic organizer you can print out to help students organize their ideas. You can also adapt this lesson and have the students complete a graphic organizer using Inspiration software.
Student Biographers
This lesson gives some ideas for the type of information to include in a biography. In this activity, students interview the teacher and each other and write short biographies.
BrainPOP: Writing Process
After the ad finishes loading, watch the movie, try the quiz, and learn about the writing process with Tim and Moby.
Education World
This site offers ideas for teaching students about writing biographies. Scroll down for instructions on writing a bio-poem.
Biography Prewriting Activities
This page offers ideas for helping students get organized before writing a biography.
Scholastic: Write Your Own Biography
This site has tips for writing biographies, including a worksheet for writing down questions and sources. The site includes a certificate students can print out after completing their biography.
Student Biographers
This hands-on activity has students learn about biographies and then write one.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2, 1, 3, 4
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