Creative Common Core Biography Writing Unit

Do you want to make biographies more interesting for your students? This project is designed for students to interview each other and to write biographies about each other in a newspaper style format! 

Included in this 16 page zipped file (15 day lesson plan) is:
-A 6 page detailed teacher tips and guidance document.
-A scoring rubric based on the above Common Core Standards.
-An editing and revising checklist based on the CCSS
-An example news story and key.
-A biography news story and key.
-A document on good and bad leads.
-And a few more resources too!

An example is provided in this resource as well.

Our students enjoy this project and it helps to meet the Common Core State Standards as well!