Biography
What is a Biography?
What is a Biography?
- A specialized variety of ___________ writing focuses on the lives on the lives of human beings.
- Usually about people who are famous
- NOT written by the person who the book is about -- written by someone else
- bio = __________, graphy = ___________
- “__________ __________ may also present only a fragment of life; but, even then, they often give a sense of wholeness or continuity within a context in their presentations of a life.”
- ________ and ________ (i.e. Thomas Edison); _________ leaders (i.e. presidents); _________, ________, Actors, Authors (i.e. The Beatles); __________ personalities (i.e. Babe Ruth); __________ and adventurers (i.e. Christopher Columbus); __________ (i.e. Jane Addams); People who overcome tremendous odds (i.e.______ _________); Villains (i.e. Hitler); Other interesting people
- ___________ - until 1960s, juvenile biographies were fictionalized
- ___________ - written as true nonfiction
- ___________ - when people write about their own lives
- __________ ______ - brief, heavily illustrated; provide an overview
- __________ - aimed at newly independent readers, frequent illustrations
- ________ - spans entire life of a subject; simplified, picture book, chapter book
- _________ - focused purpose, cover only a segment of subject’s life
- _________ - short biographical pieces about subjects who have a common trait
- Was fired when she was fifteen because she would read all the time. Books are her life.
- Married to children’s book illustrator and writing partner Paul Brewer
- Author of the “Lives Of” Series
- Writes biographies because she says that she is nosey and enjoys digging around in people's lives. She says that the best biographers are those who peek into the heart and soul of their subjects.
- Winner of many awards
- Author of the new children’s biography series, Ordinary People Change the World.
- He originally created the series based on his children’s heroes.
- He wanted to inspire children to think about their heroes and be inspired
- Born in New York city to a family surrounded by music
- Father was a musical arranger and mother was a singer
- Graduated from Brandeis University and became a junior high school music teacher.
- In 1965, went to McComb University and taught at a Freedom School where she met “extraordinarily ordinary” people and developed her passion to write about American heroes.
- Known for approach to multicultural history
- Known for her Big Words Series
- Received numerous awards from Caldecott Honor Book to the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
- Pick a book from your table and look through it.
- Name/Author of the book:
- Do you like this book? Why or why not?
- Is it a potential read aloud book, or would it be better as an option in the classroom library?
- How could you use this book in your future classroom?