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Autobiographies Teacher Guide + 1 Year License

Author(s): COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

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For grades 5-6, this unit helps students explore the unique ways in which each of us experiences the world.

Included is a printed Teacher Guide and a 1-Year License to access the Teacher eBook, Student eBook, and digital materials through our online platform, Flourish. 

  • Acknowledgments
  • The William & Mary Center for Gifted Education Units
  • Section 1: Unit Introduction and Curriculum Framework
  • Section 2: Teaching Tips for Implementing This Unit
  • Section 3: Lesson Plans
  • Lessons:
    • Lesson 1: Lesson 1: Introduction and Preassessment
    • Lesson 2: The Concept of Change
    • Lesson 3: Introduction to the Study of Grammar
    • Lesson 4: Change
    • Lesson 5: Reflections Project
    • Lesson 6: The Hamburger Model for Persuasive Writing
    • Lesson 7: Autobiographical Writing
    • Lesson 8: Discussion of Autobiographical Literature
    • Lesson 9: Reasons to Write
    • Lesson 10: Family, Heritage, and Writing
    • Lesson 11: Introduction to Reasoning
    • Lesson 12: Preparation for Oral Presentations
    • Lesson 13: Presentations of Reflections
    • Lesson 14: Where You Are From
    • Lesson 15: Introduction To Research
    • Lesson 16: Author Focus: Francisco X. Alarcón
    • Lesson 17: Preparing for a Writer Interview
    • Lesson 18: Author Focus: Pat Mora
    • Lesson 19: Self-Portraits in Music and Art
    • Lesson 20: Authors and Their Works
    • Lesson 21: “Charles”
    • Lesson 22: Presentation of Research
    • Lesson 23: Closing Discussion on the Concept of Change
    • Lesson 24: Postassessment of Literary Interpretation and Persuasive Writing
  • Section 4: Grammar Study
  • Section 5: Appendices

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals. 

Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.