Grade Level/Class: Seventh Reading -Harriet Tubman Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry

Reading a Biography, Reader's Handbook, pp. 188-203, Workbook, pp. 71-79

Standards: Objectives:

8.1.5 By the end of the eighth grade students will identify and apply knowledge of the test structure and oganizational elements to analyze nonfiction or informational text.

Students will examine ways of reading actively: mark or highlight, ask questions, react and connect, predict, visualize, clarify.

 
Students will practice active reading skills.

Strategies for Reading a Biography:

Set a purpose:

Perhaps find out what kind of life the person had and what he or she was like

 

Preview:

What is the title? Who is the author? What did you learn from the front and back covers?

What did you learn from the table of contenets?

Read with a purpose:

Fill in the Causes/Events side of this Cause-Effect Organizer as you read. You'll return to the Effect box later.

Causes/Events: Effect:
   
 
 

Biographies are usually told in chronological order, beginning with the birth of the subject. Tracking the sequence of events in the subject's life can help you better see the portrait the writer has created.

Timeline

Harriet is born             Fill in events that are important in the life of Harriet Tubman.

Prediction

When you read a biography, think about your impression of the person described.

 

I feel: I predict:
   

Pause and Reflect

Complete this chart:

Important events in the life of Harriet Tubman:  

Early years:

 

  
Middle years:
Later years:

Remember:

Do your best to remember the mose important details of a biography. Use study cards to record what you learned.

 

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