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Lesson Plan

Writing Fix: Beyond the Basic Biography Report

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For this lesson learners use the format and structure of a mentor text such as A. Lincoln and Me by Louise Borden to write an interesting biography about a historical figure with an emphasis on idea development, voice, and writing conventions. Ideas for pre-writing, graphic organizers, and student samples are provided.

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Concepts
biographical writing
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Additional Tags
biographical text, historical figure, writing a biography, a. lincoln and me, christy aker-minetto, louise borden, northern nevada writing project, writingfix, biography, autobiographical and biographical writing
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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Common Core
RI.6.9