Professional Article Biographies Alive

Abstract
“Biographies are long and boring. I don’t want to read another one!” Sound familiar? Don’t worry with Biographies Alive you will never have to read another long and dull biography of a famous person again. Biographies Alive will have students focusing on the exciting ways to write. Teachers will participate in a comparison strategy comparing the boring biographical books to the exciting “I want to read more” books and other forms of genres. They will be able to take the strategy back to their classrooms and immediately apply it. You will be presented with research to support writing across the curriculum. This strategy can be used in all content areas. I will present classroom photographs on how this was presented in my room and how it can be taken even further to produce outstanding writing and performances in the classroom. You will have yours students bringing to life creative and exciting anecdotes, posters, poems, magazine articles, front page newspaper articles focusing on one area of a person’s life. Handouts to guide you in your classroom will be provided.
This abstract will be used for fall UWP writing conference and proposal to the SCCTE conference in January. Please click on the link below to read the article based on my teaching demo.
http://upstate-writing-project.googlegroups.com/web/Research%20for%20Teaching%20Demo.doc?gda=KDPDG08AAADupV1lf2IqFakER66vrjvmbbyNfpJLnuoPzuJwwZOAIWG1qiJ7UbTIup-M2XPURDRkj-_Gw3lJSxS_9sIjRjPMR2BUQWQx1S3w18OXnOWPqQ