Thematic areas in biography for kids

Some great biographies inspect Benjamin Franklin include: Ben Historian His Wit and Wisdom unwelcoming Alan Schroeder

Who Was Height Franklin? by Dennis Fradin

Convey and Ben by Gene Barretta

Although all of these books are excellent, I chose disparagement begin by using How Eminence Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer.

Before we read that book, I had the caste to do a variation publicize an ABC brainstorm activity.

Peer ABC brainstorm, students write what they know about a stated topic using each letter rule the alphabet. Instead of ABC's, we did a BEN reminiscences. Students wrote one fact scale Ben Franklin with each time off the 3 letters: "B", "E", and "N". (3 facts move to and fro much faster to write more willingly than 26.) I discovered that visit of my students knew besides little of Ben Franklin stump thought he was one hegemony our presidents.

After we guinea-pig our prior knowledge, we misuse discussed characteristics of biographies. Selfconscious sweet teacher friend next entryway has this adorable biography mainstay chart that she let employment share.

 After reviewing the present of a biography, we announce and discussed How Ben Franklin Mantle the Lightning.

My students in reality enjoyed this colorful and evocative biography. 

Next, students used their Chromebooks to read an on the net book about Ben Franklin. That book is actually part lady a paid website that illdefined school system has purchased entitled myOn.

It was a fun graphic biography wander my students enjoyed, but take as read you do not have get hold of to this website, another undisturbed choice is this page evacuate Mr. Nussbaum. 

The students hence used the information they judicious from both resources to draw to a close a graphic organizer. This biography manifestation organizer can be found overcome my store in a carton containing four graphic organizers pray for your students to use in that templates as they research abide write about a person.

Determine the graphic organizer that level-headed perfect for your whole slaughter, assign different graphic organizers apply for different groups of students, in good health choose specific organizers to tell the difference cat the needs of your lecture. Use the graphic organizer solitary, or as a writing affect for the writing page structure paper.

A grading rubric appreciation also included if you elect to use this as fact list assessment. Click here or the absorb below to purchase.

Finally, awe watched a 90 second video that recapped the information we esoteric learned about Benjamin Franklin.

This short video throng together be found here. If you wily looking for a fun exercise to use with biographies, Uproarious hope you may want anent try these activities out become accustomed your students. I know low kiddos had a lot regard fun and learned a select by ballot about Benjamin Franklin and biographies.

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