Biographies

After finishing reading My Mom's Best Friend a biography about Sally Hobart and her experience getting a new guide dog, my students decided to create their own biography. We started by brainstorming and coming up with interview questions. Each student then picked another student's name out of a hat, and then chose 15 questions to interview them with. After the interview, we continued with the writing process, creating a rough draft, editing, and then making a final copy. This was a good opportunity for them to write in the past tense. We finished the project with the students practicing fluency and reading aloud to the class. Not only was this an interesting writing assignment,but we also learned a little something new about each student.