They will discover the reality of the past. Students will come to recognize and realize their uniqueness as individuals and as group members.
Group refers to our classroom as well as to our families.
The improvement of reading and writing skills is the heart of the unit. Excerpts from autobiographies will be read and discussed. More importantly, the excerpts will serve as models for student-written autobiographies. Identifying the voice of a writer is an important facet of this objective. The process of identification will be part of the process from the beginning.