We focused on biography today, as a continuation of our unit on non-fiction.
We started by reading the short biography "My Mother, Rachel West", on page 249. Students answered the "Reading Check" questions and looked up the vocabulary words "swaggering" and "bereaved" from the story.
After that, we watched some short biographical videos about the famous aviator, Howard Hughes (from the website biography.com). Students took notes on the videos and wrote a short biography about Hughes.
Next, students voted on a video to watch from biography.com. Students took notes on the selected video and wrote a biography about the person.
If you were absent today, do the work related to "My Mother, Rachel West." Get access to a computer and go to biography.com. Write a biography about one of the people on the site after viewing some videos about them.
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