Auto Biography Little People Big Dreams.mp4

Direct Instruction

The learning intention for this lesson is learning to craft our own autobiographies based on the Little People, Big Dreams Books.

The children will need to understand what is an autobiography and be able to use the Little People, Big Dream template to support their autobiography.

Extended plan here

Reflection

This is a fun lesson for the children, they really enjoyed looking back at their lives and what dreams they might have had and how these have already changed. They were able to use the template of Little People, Big Dreams really well, and in the video, you can see how some of the children have become their autobiography. A lot of support went into these children who struggle to generate ideas, it was hard to pull out the important events in their life when you haven’t been around all the long. Placing a clear scaffold on the board, supported those children who need to follow a clear structure. We stopped and brainstormed so many different items or events that took place and this supported the learning that took place. Every afternoon we choose one biography from the Little People, Big Dreams Treasury and read about someone who started with a small dream.

Class Site Content

Learning Intention

The learning intention for this lesson is learning to craft our own autobiographies based on the Little People, Big Dreams Books.

Instructions

Below from left to right is the resources needed for this lesson. The first link is to the student site where they access all their learning. The next two links take you to the two different examples of how autobiographies are written. The last link takes you to the template the children used to create their own.