The Art of Biography

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.03.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographics
  3. Rationale
  4. Content Objectives and Unit Overview
  5. Background
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Bibliography and Resources
  9. Appendix
  10. Notes

Understanding Character Development Through the Use of Autobiography

Taylor Davis

Published September 2013

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Notes

1. "Richmond City QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau," State and County QuickFacts, http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/51760.html.

2. Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: the Life of Roald Dahl (London: HarperPress, 2010), 19.

3. Ibid., 36.

4. Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood (New York: Puffin Books, 2009), 154.

5. Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: the Life of Roald Dahl. (London: HarperPress, 2010), 40.

6. Ibid., 40.

7. Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood (New York: Puffin Books, 2009), 114.

8. Ibid., 114-115.

9. Ibid., 115.

10. Ibid., 6-18.

11. Ibid., 17-18.

12. Hermione Lee, Biography: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 3.

13. Robert Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent (New York: Vintage Books, 1991).

14. Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood (New York: Puffin Books, 2009), 33-34.

15. Carr, Kathryn S, "The Importance of Inference Skills in the Primary Grades," The Reading Teacher 36, no. 6 (1983), 518.

16. Stokes, Suzanne, "Visual Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Literature Perspective," Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education 1, no. 1 (2001). http://ejite.isu.edu/Volume1No1/Stokes.html

17. Prior, Lori Ann, Angeli Willson, and Martinez Miriam, "Picture This: Visual Literacy as a Pathway to Character Understanding," The Reading Teacher 66, no. 3 (2012): 195-206

18. "Learning Aids: Make Your Brain More Efficient by Organizing Information Graphically Using Graphic Organizers, Mind Mapping, Concept Mapping...." http://www.graphic.org/organizers/1.html

19. "Defining Characterization," www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf

20. "Instructional Strategies Online – Discussion," http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/discussion/ (accessed July 16, 2013)

21. "Using Mentor Texts to Thread Reading and Writing Together (PDF)," http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/events/brc/documents/handout13/UsingMentorTextstoThreadReading.pdf

22. Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood (New York: Puffin Books, 2009), 36.

23. Ibid., 37.

24. "Defining Characterization," www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf

25. Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood (New York: Puffin Books, 2009), 35.

26. Ibid., 36.

27. Ibid., 37.

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