Biography internet sources lesson

In this lesson, students will explore the use of fact and opinion in nonfiction texts, such as biographies. Students will:

• identify the characteristics of a biography.
• distinguish between facts and opinions.
• identify and examine fact and opinion statements in biographies.
• infer the author’s opinion in a biography.
• provide reasons and evidence from the text to support the author’s views.

How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?

How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?

What is this text really about?

• How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
• How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary texts?
• What is this text really about?
• How do readers know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view?

• Biography: The story of a person’s life written by someone other than