How to make biography hanger
How to make biography hanger.
Hanger People Biography
Each year, one of our writing projects is a biography. The research the kids need to do, the expository style of the writing, the conventions that come along with it...the entire writing process is really developed well during this unit. The kids also really enjoy it, so that helps ;)
But, in my class we don't just write a biography. What fun would that be? In addition to the actual biography, I have the students create a "Hanger Person" to go along with it. These are SO much fun! The kids really get into them and, consequently, have great writing as well.
Most of this project is centered around the actual writing (as it should be). Because I have the ELL class, I heavily scaffold the writing process. To tell you the truth, in 5th grade the students are still developing writers as it is, so I would scaffold no matter what. Each of my students choose a biographical subject (in this case, a Revolution
But, in my class we don't just write a biography. What fun would that be? In addition to the actual biography, I have the students create a "Hanger Person" to go along with it. These are SO much fun! The kids really get into them and, consequently, have great writing as well.
Most of this project is centered around the actual writing (as it should be). Because I have the ELL class, I heavily scaffold the writing process. To tell you the truth, in 5th grade the students are still developing writers as it is, so I would scaffold no matter what. Each of my students choose a biographical subject (in this case, a Revolution