Creating Lives: An Introduction to Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 10.03.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview/Content
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background Information
  5. Strategies – Unit Question – Who was Langston Hughes?
  6. Close Reading
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Bibliography
  9. Implementing District Standards (Part I – English) – Appendix A
  10. Implementing District Standards (Part I – Reading) – Appendix B
  11. Implementing District Standards (Part IV – ISBE) – Appendix C
  12. Notes/Resources

Biography through the Use of Document-Based Questions

Andrea Frances Kulas

Published September 2010

Tools for this Unit:

Implementing District Standards (Part I – Reading) – Appendix B


Main Idea/Author's Intent
Supporting Details

Recognize a clear intent of the author or narrator in uncomplicated narratives.
Locate basic facts clearly stated in a passage.

*Throughout the year we will be working on Meanings of Words – Understand the implication of a familiar word or phrase of simple descriptive language:

  • Examine the text and explain the meaning words based on their experiences
  • Explain prior knowledge and how it relates to the meaning of words for your students(make connections)

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