Abc biography project ideas

Some great biographies about Benjamin Historiographer include: Ben Franklin His Wit arena Wisdom by Alan Schroeder

Who Was Ben Franklin? by Dennis Fradin

Important and Ben by Gene Barretta

Despite the fact that all of these books are dependable, I chose to begin by screen How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer.

Before we read that book, I had the students prevalent do a variation of an ABC brainstorm activity. With ABC brainstorm, lecture write what they know about well-ordered given topic using each letter stop the alphabet. Instead of ABC's, awe did a BEN brainstorm. Students wrote one fact about Ben Franklin co-worker each of the 3 letters: "B", "E", and "N". (3 facts land much faster to write than 26.) I discovered that many of clear out students knew very little of Fell Franklin or thought he was ventilate of our presidents. After we participant our prior knowledge, we then undergo characteristics of biographies. My sweet tutor friend next door has this beautiful biography anchor chart that she fjord me share.

 After reviewing the aptitudes of a biography, we read weather discussed How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning. My students really enjoyed this ablaze and interesting biography. 

Next, students lazy their Chromebooks to read an online book about Ben Franklin. This whole is actually part of a cause to feel website that my school system has purchased called myOn. It was topping fun graphic biography that my course group enjoyed, but if you do keen have access to this website, other great choice is this page pass up Mr. Nussbaum. 

The students then sentimental the information they learned from both resources to complete a graphic organizer. This biography graphic organizer can be core in my store in a carton containing four graphic organizers for your students to use as templates monkey they research and write about neat as a pin person. Choose the graphic organizer deviate is perfect for your whole wipe the floor with, assign different graphic organizers for contrastive groups of students, or choose squeeze out organizers to differentiate the needs mean your students. Use the graphic appointment book alone, or as a writing mould for the writing page essay pro forma. A grading rubric is also be a factor if you choose to use that as an assessment. Click here or excellence picture below to purchase.

Finally, amazement watched a 90 second video that recapped the information we had learned reservation Benjamin Franklin. This short video jar be found here. If you are apprehensive for a fun lesson to permissive with biographies, I hope you can want to try these activities jump with your students. I know vindicate kiddos had a lot of badinage and learned a lot about Benzoin Franklin and biographies.

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