CCGPS Instructional Activity
Name of Activity: Biography through Cube
Created by: Brittany Elliott
Grade Level: 9th
Type of Standard: RI
Standard Number and Description
ELACC9-10RI7: Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in
print and multimedia),
determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Skills/Concepts for Students:
 Objective summary
 Distinguishing main ideas from extraneous details
 Analysis of aesthetic and rhetorical strategies and elements
Strategies for Teachers:
 Provide quality examples of a person’s life that has been turned into a written biography
Sample Instructional Activity:
Purpose of Activity: Analyze the purpose of biography in literature. Emphasize that biography is
nonfiction, so the events happened to a real person.
Resources: Biography on Wilma Rudolph and Susan B. Anthony, construction paper, white paper,
scissors glue, pen/pencil, and detail chart.
Activity Steps: Total time: __20-25__minutes
1. Write on the board: What is the different between autobiography and biography?
2. Students will answer the question on their own paper.
3. Elicit responses from volunteers.
4. Have students take out the foldable that they were working on with either Wilma Rudolph or
Susan B. Anthony.
5. Students should complete the categories for each section of the foldable: Family life, Failure,
Success, Organizations, and a Graphic to represent the person and her name.
6. If time permits, have students start brainstorming about possible people that they could write
their biography about.
Recommended Vocabulary for Teaching and Learning:
Nonfiction
Autobiography
Details
Biography
Summarize