Description
This fifth grade Biography Writing Unit is just what you need to teach your students how to write a biography! This unit has kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and even centers! With the included mentor text and lesson plans, you will be able to effortlessly guide your students through writing a biography report!
When it comes to writing, there is so much we want (and need) to teach our students. However, we cannot focus on all of it all at once or we will cause our students to hate writing. I have broken this down into easy to implement lesson plans and have included all of the materials you need. This unit can be implemented at an easy pace—spread out over four weeks, or can be condensed to be taught in a shorter time period.
If you choose to have your whole class write on the same person, this informational unit even includes resources that can be used for student research. (Topic: Wilma Rudolph). However, you can also use this unit with a specific person of your choosing or by letting students choose their own person.
What’s Included in this Biography Writing Unit:
- Mentor Text (a biography report to teach from!)
- Rubric & Checklists
- 12 Easy to Implement Lesson Plans
- 6 Centers
- Graphic Organizers
- Posters (These anchor charts can also be printed and put in a writing notebook)
- 1 Non-Fiction Text (article) and 1 List of Websites (also as QR codes) for Student Research
- UPDATE: Now includes a digital (Google Slides) version of the resource! Learn more here.
Mini Lessons Taught: (W.5.2.C, W.5.2.D, W.5.2.E)
- What’s a Biographical Report?
- Brainstorm Topics and Choose a Person
- Finding Sources
- Important Life Events
- Outline Chronologically
- In My Own Words
- Using Linking Words and Phrases
- Writing a Rough Draft
- Writing a Conclusion
- Editing with a Partner
- Revising & Revisiting the Rubric
- Publishing
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This resource is so great. It paired very well with my biography essays. I was able to give them grades for each different section and teach section very clearly! Thank you for your time and talent!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐WOW. This was the complete package and was perfect for what I needed! Lesson plans were well thought out and made it SO easy for me. My students loved the anchor charts they could glue into their notebooks and I loved the rubric attached. Wonderful, wonderful resource!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I loved this resource. It was perfect for my small group of fifth graders working on their biography essays! Thanks!
