Biographies

The unit we are currently working on is an integration of non-fiction texts and biographies, with a little bit of Black History Month thrown into the mix! Students started out by writing (Auto)Bio Poems about themselves. As we work to finish these up, students are listening to a number of biographical books about key historical figures in Black History such as Ruby Bridges, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Our next step will move to making Bio Books in small groups. Bio Books are simply lap books that highlight important details on the subject's key contributions, family life, events and obstacles they overcame. The first one we make will be on Ruby Bridges. She was the first black student in an all white elementary school in New Orleans. As we progress further into biographies, students will choose a Canadian figure to study and subsequently produce a Bio Book or Bio Poem about.