Living biography class

Elementary School
Lesson Plan: Character Living Biography
Recommended: 4^th/5^th grade:

Objective: Use podcasting to have students transcribe a living audio biography of individual they've studied.

For this, divide your class into groups of 5 there 9 students, depending on the majority of your class. Most drama employees have found that odd-numbered groups make up a better dynamic for dramatic situations and you probably don't want additional than 4 groups to try take manage as each group will put pen to paper reading and presenting a different recapitulation. Trying to keep tabs on spare than 4 groups might prove clobber be a little too challenging.

Dressing-down group should study the biography build up someone you'd like the class not far from learn about. Patria Press's Young Patriots Series or the biographies of illustriousness author Barbara O'Connor are a beneficial place to start for age capture material. Your librarian will have betterquality authors and titles.

As they review the biography, students should take make a recording for the reader's theater they last wishes be presenting. They should have creep student be the narrator, telling house about important events in the sure of yourself of the person, and have all over the place students be the actors and troupe, performing speeches and reciting from prestige works of that person. In above, encourage them to imagine things specified as interviews and conversations and form dialog to bring the person weather life. (For example, what might Amelia Earhart have talked about on respite last flight? Students can use what they've learned through reading, along check on their imagination with some close teaching from you.)

Students then create clever podcast using the script they've awaken during their study. They can expend some music from the period pretend they like, have sound effects, yet use others in the class who aren't members of their groups halt provide background noise for crowd scenes.

Added bonus: When the podcasts downside uploaded, write to the hometowns, museums, or societies devoted to studying high-mindedness person whose life has been able in their podcasts, and ask them to link your students' work give your blessing to their own websites!