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Alphabiography Project: Totally You
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| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Two 50-minute sessions |
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Urbana, Illinois |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Totally Joe by James Howe
- Writing materials, such as a writer’s notebook, pens, pencils, etc.
- Writer’s notebook (optional)
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
Students can use this online tool to print an alphabet chart or pages for an alphabet book.
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PREPARATION
- Review the book Totally Joe by James Howe, about a boy named Joe who deals with many adolescent issues—friendships, school, and coming to terms about his homosexuality. The book is a follow-up to Howe’s book The Misfits.
- Decide whether the students will be reading this novel independently, as a read aloud, or in literature circles. This lesson can easily be implemented using one copy of the text as a read aloud. Adjust the lesson plan as needed to match with how the text is shared with the students.
- Make appropriate copies of the Sample Alphabiography Entry and Alphabiography Self-Assessment.
- Test the Alphabet Organizer on your computers to familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the Flash plug-in installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page. For this activity, Option 3 on the Alphabet Organizer is the best choice.