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1. Writing Personal Narratives: Choose topics students care about
2. Preparing for Writing Tests: teach different genres
3. Writing Biographies: Getting personally involved in the projects
4. Incorporating Technology: Slideshows, videos, dress up. Get creative!

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Sharing books about life stories and teaching students about characteristics. Compare & Contrast biographical writing, narrative, and informational texts.

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Minilessons, sharing mentor texts, and involving students in guided practice activities with independent writing time.

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- Biographical Sketch
- Biograph Posters
- Hot Seat Activity
- Bio-Poems

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- All About Me Books
- Life Boxes
- Bio Bags
- "Me" Quilts
- Chapter Books

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A more complete story about a person's life in chronological order. Filled with events that help the reader understand their personality

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Someone's life story that is written by somebody else

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Filled with powerful images and details that link episodes to a specific theme. Intimate but less encompassing than autobiographies

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The first-person writer focuses on one's experiences and how they affected the writer personally. Organized with a beginning, middle, and end and filled with dialogue and rich sensory details.

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- Time accounts of people's lives sometimes in chronological order
- Give insight into their personality
- Memoirs & flashbacks
- Celebrates their accomplishments

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Focuses on people and their lives

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Tompkins Chapter 9: Biographical Writing

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Tompkins Chapter 9: Biographical Writing

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- Folklore
- Poetry
- Chapter Book & Novels
- Drama
- Literary Nonfiction
- Biographies

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- Discussion Leader
- Illustrator
- Summarizer
- Word Chief
- Literary Reporter
- Connector

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-Small Groups
-Roles
-5-6 kids reading the same book

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Underline main ideas, circle confusing phrases or passages, and write brief comments, questions, observations, and responses in the margins. 

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Close reading and personal involvements: Develop an initial understanding, develop interpretations, and reflect on personal experiences

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- Looking beyond a basic meaning of a text
- Use awareness to create deeper appreciation & understanding

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- Selecting the text
- Reading to get the gist
- Reading for a deeper understanding
- Reading to analyze the author's craft