Biography picture book writing lesson plan

Teacher: Loryn Aman

Subject Area:  History & Social Sciences

Grade Level: Fifth

Lesson Title:  Writing an Extraordinary Biography

Objectives: Students learn the process writing a biography.

• Learn the process of interviewing someone and conducting research
• Learn how the process of putting together a biography
• Students learn the fact that even they can be fantastic biographers

Materials/Resources Needed:  Only a person to interview and the book, “The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)” by Barbara Kerley

Anticipatory Set: Ask students to think of an important person in their lives, one that they can have contact with (no celebrities).

Have students find biographies about people and read them.

Ask students about some of the main parts of a biography.

Objective/Purpose:  Explain to students that their assignment will be to write a biography about a meaningful person in their life. Like Susy, it is up to them to write it to their best ability