Biography Posters

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 in Featured Articles, Student Projects | 2 comments

Recently, we were blessed with a collection of the Who Was? biography series funded by donors at DonorsChoose.org. After choosing a biography, each student took notes on the bookmarks below, wrote three full paragraphs, drew a portrait of their subject, and created a poster with all of the above information. These criteria are outlined in the letter below. I provided the poster paper and a photograph for the students to base their drawings. Some reading, note taking, and paragraph editing was also done at home.

The outlines provided below follow a format similar to Step Up to Writing. They are to be used as guides, but students may of course vary their writing as appropriate! These colorful posters were a great addition to our Open House and they provided many opportunities for self and peer editing!