Biographies and memoirs are two important genres in literature. When we had the pleasure of having Lesa Cline-Ransome come and give an author's talk, she said some interesting things about biographies. She said that when she decides to write a person's biography the first place that she starts is with research. She also wants to create a balanced perspective of the account of the person's life. She also stated that another feature of biographies is they don't always have to start at the beginning of that person's life. I know if I was reading something I would be more interested if it started with something to grab my attention. Another feature that Lesa likes to include in her biographies is making it real for her audience, which is young readers, in order to make it real for them.
We also had a great discussion in class about what biographies or memoirs our students would be interested in reading about modern day figures in society. One person I think is Derek Jeter. He is an icon in baseball of out children's time.
Another person that I think our children would be interested in reading about her life so far is Malala Yousafzai. American children do not realize what it is like to not be guaranteed an education.
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