Tag Archives: Biography

2018 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Writing about Our Lives

My Voice in Words – A Memorable Moment Memoir

March 20, 2019 – 3:12 pm

Priscilla Anderson, English, James Martin Middle School

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Synopsis

Tags author’s point of view, Author’s Purpose, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, narrative, writer’s craft | Permalink | Comments Off

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Memorials, Memories, and American Identity

You Must Remember This: Monumental Biographical Studies and Crafting Multimodal Autobiographies

January 31, 2018 – 6:01 pm

Lecia Shockley, Third Grade, Selwyn ES

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags academic conversation, Autobiography, Biography, collage, Courage, disability, Elementary School, evaluative practice, memorials, monuments, remembrance, Research, southern recollections, stories, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

2016 Curriculum Units Vol 1: Literacy and Literacies in the 21st Century

We Can See Clearly Now – Using Art to Expand Understandings of Personal Cultural Identities

February 8, 2017 – 12:30 pm

Lecia Shockley, Second Grade, Selwyn Elementary

Curriculum Unit (pdf)

Tags Art, Biography, collaboration, communication skills, creative thinking, critical thinking, depth of understanding, Elementary School, Integration, observation skills, visual intelligence, visual text, visual thinking strategies, Writing | Permalink | Comments Off

Curriculum Units Vol 8: Urban Encounters: Hispanic and African American Literature

The Great Depression: How the Black and Brown People Endured it All

May 1, 2014 – 7:59 pm

Jashonai Payne, Fifth Grade, Clear Creek Elementary School

Final Unit (PDF) Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

Tags African American, Biography, esperanza rising, Great Depression, hispanic poetry, latino poetry, the mighty miss malone | Permalink | Comments Off

Curriculum Units Vol 2: Reading African American Lives

The Story Behind the Storyteller: Getting to Know the Person Behind the Ink

March 5, 2013 – 4:49 pm

Lakeirra DeShaun Booth, English Language Arts, African American History, Randolph IB Middle School

Final Unit (PDF)

Implementing Common Core Standards

Tags African American, Authors, Biography, Folk Tales, Griots, Hip Hop, Poetry, Storytelling through Music | Permalink | Comments Off

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