Description
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Body Biography Project Bundle is filled with all you need to teach and promote the amazing characters from the timeless and spooky short story. Your students will find plenty of opportunities for creativity. Teachers and students will experience the unique approach of using a collaborative poster, your unit study, textual evidence, research, and the body biography project!
The project bundle includes 4 characters. Give your students a relevant and modern experience while promoting the 4 C’s and achievement. Leave the body biographies up all year long! I adapted the body biography concept to align with citing textual evidence, character traits, research, and inference skills.
Includes 4 choices:
★ Each poster is a character from the story. Featuring images- of Ichabod Crane, Katrina Von Tassel, Brom Bones, and The Headless Horseman. Comes in line art for your students to add color and design.
★ Poster is 32 inches high by 10 inches wide. It requires 4 pages each.
★ Rubric and Reflection Questions
★ Bonus – characterization pre-planning sheets for each character!
★ Student handout that explains each part of the body biography project (there are 12 parts).
★ Teacher set up directions, learning objective / learning outcomes, background, tips, and CCSS
Here is your list:
Ichabod Crane
Katrina Von Tassel
Brom Bones
The Headless Horseman
What’s the Student Objective?
•Review what is supportive evidence.
•Define the literary term “character trait” and explore how to provide details that support their inferences (apply this skill similar to exploring a fictional text).
•Use the novel, class notes, and web resources to research the character (subject), then cite evidence to find accurate and descriptive word choice.
•Fill out The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Biography graphic organizer/poster
Group work should promote:
•Intellectual understanding, abilities, and skills.
•Communication, cooperative and teamwork skills such as planning. management, leadership and peer support.
•Personal growth (increased self-esteem and self-confidence).
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★Classroom Décor
★Bulletin Board
★Hallway
★Showcase Display
Directions are clear and explicit.
Danielle Knight Copyright 2019
