How to write a biography 5th grade

Biography

in History/SS and

The Common Core

Unit developed by Rob Curry

Teacher-Grade 5

Vinci Park Elementary School, San Jose

Developed based on professional development provided by

A Research and Writing Project

Outcomes

• Students will develop literacy and writing skills while studying History/Social Science content
• Students will choose an historical figure to read about and research, using secondary and, if possible, primary sources.
• Students will use an outline to conduct the research
• Students will use a cloze structure to draft their essay rough draft
• Students will revise and rewrite their essay freehand or on word processing.
• Students will choose the media for their presentation --- a poster, a Power Point or a documentary video.

For this presentation, we will be focusing on Grade 5, focusing on biography in general and with America to 1850..

5th Grade Students are encouraged to choose a person profiled in the textbook for it to be simpler, but the