Authors' Tea

The time has come! Students are finishing up their biographies and are ready to share them with family and friends. Students worked hard this first trimester interviewing special people in their lives. They wrote letters to their biography subjects asking questions the class had brainstormed together. With the answers they found, students organized the information they found into five categories: personal, family/friends, school, work, and favorites. After organizing the first answers, students went back for more. They asked clarifying questions, and questions about two specific things that really interested them about their interview subject. When they received their second letter the third graders organized that information and then began writing. Each biography is made up of seven chapters, one for each of the five categories and one for each of the specific things they found most interesting about their subject. Students worked hard to write these biographies, going through many edit and revision sessions with peers and teachers. They then typed up their work as a final draft. When the copies were printed students illustrated them. Now that the biographies are being put together, our class is excited to share our work with the people that matter most. We are inviting our friends and family to come and celebrate our biographies with us on Friday afternoon. We hope to see you there!