2nd+grade+biographies

This spring I collaborated with Mrs. Pearce on a biography project with some students in her reading class. These students worked together to brainstorm some facts they might want to learn about their subjects. We used a terrific program called "Inspiration" to create our idea web. This is what it looked like:



The students then spent several weeks learning to take notes from multiple sources before writing a "script" from the point of view of the person they studied. Now, at last, the children are ready to present their final projects. We used a fun web site called Blabberize. (If you can't play the videos or they don't look right, you might need to update your video player.) Enjoy!

Mala T. - Michael Phelps || media type="file" key="Nadia_Comaneci2.mpg" width="300" height="300" Mia C. - Nadia Comaneci || Michael L. - J. K. Rowling || media type="file" key="Alexander_Graham_Bell.mpg" width="300" height="300" Rocco S. - Alexander Graham Bell || Halina S. - Jane Goodall || media type="file" key="Harry_Houdini2.mpg" width="300" height="300" Kaylee D. - Harry Houdini || Dante W.- Dr. Seuss || media type="file" key="Amelia_Earhart2.mpg" width="300" height="300" Nathan C. - Amelia Earhart || Cali C. - Helen Keller || media type="file" key="Tomie_dePaola2.mpg" width="300" height="300" Makayla B. - Tomie dePaola || Colin M. - Claude Monet || media type="file" key="Wilma_Rudolph2.mpg" width="300" height="300" Nathan P. - Wilma Rudolph || Kylee W. - Laura Ingalls Wilder ||  ||
 * media type="file" key="Michael_Phelps2.mpg" width="300" height="300"
 * media type="file" key="J._K._Rowling.mpg" width="300" height="300"
 * media type="file" key="Jane_Goodall.mpg" width="300" height="300"
 * media type="file" key="Dr._Seuss2.mpg" width="300" height="300"
 * media type="file" key="Helen_Keller.mpg" width="300" height="300"
 * media type="file" key="Claude_Monet.mpg" width="300" height="300"
 * media type="file" key="Laura_Ingalls_Wilder.mpg" width="300" height="300"