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Susan Sheldon

from Muirlands Middle
in La Jolla, CA
SAN DIEGO County

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Inside Information : Author Study
Summary:
Students learn how to locate biographical information and analyze fiction. Strategies include compare and contrast, life-to-text connections, text-to-text connections, and narrative writing.
Grade Level: 6

Curricular Area:
Language Arts/Genre Studies

Class Time Required:
3 class periods (Estimated)

Standards:
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Ideas for extending the lesson:
Students present their projects to the class.

Whole group discussion about connections among authors.

Students write fictional accounts based on connection to their own lives.

Students write their own biography using Biography Maker.

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