What a great way to start the year! Help your students get to know each other better by writing informative biographies about each other. When reading biographies, we often learn about someone's perseverance overcoming obstacles to achieve a goal. Students read biographies to discover how they can add the tool of perseverance to their personal skill sets. Students also learn about common text features used in biographies. Students go on to use their learning to write biographies about their peers with the same text features. Save Money! This product is part of this bundle: Creating a Positive Classroom Environment BUNDLE Includes: Four Classroom Reference Signs Bookmarks to Support Independent Reading Suggested Book List for Black History Month and Women’s History Month Teacher Pages with Ideas Peer Biography Writing Activity (approx. 1 week writing process) Rubrics for Teacher and Students (rubrics are also included as a Word (.dox) document so they can be customized to fit specific skills.) From the Table of Contents: Genre Definition Sign p. 3 Common Text Features Sign p. 4 Biography Read Alouds p. 5 Teaching About Perseverance p. 6 Peer Biography Lesson Plan p. 8 Class Book Cover p. 9 Question List p. 10 Interview Notes p. 11 *Student Rubric p. 12 Rough Draft p. 13 *Teacher Rubric p. 15 Final Copy p. 16 Student Timeline p. 18 Timelines and Summaries p. 19 Making Connections Sign p. 21 Biography Bookmarks p. 22 *also included as a Word (.docx) Common Core Writing Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. growth mindset