EPISODE 120: BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR TBR: NONFICTION SERIES PART 5
10/06/22 • 33 min
Friends, it’s time to wrap up our nonfiction series that has been focused on biography and memoir. What better way to do that than with a TBR list? We’re sharing our favorite books that fit into the genre of biography and memoir, as well as some that we’ve had on our list but haven’t had a chance to read yet.
Disclaimer: you are going to want to put all of these books in your Amazon card immediately. You’ve been warned, so don’t send us your bill! If you ask us, filling up your book shelves with these titles is well worth the money.
If you haven’t listened to the rest of this nonfiction series, be sure to check out episode 116, episode 117, episode 118, and episode 119. These episodes really reiterate why you should lean into the possibilities of what this genre has to offer.
Register for our virtual workshop on teaching biography and memoir: https://www.curriculumrehab.com/biographyandmemoir
Check out the show notes to easily access all of the text recommendations on our list:
https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode120
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Friends, it’s time to wrap up our nonfiction series that has been focused on biography and memoir. What better way to do that than with a TBR list? We’re sharing our favorite books that fit into the genre of biography and memoir, as well as some that we’ve had on our list but haven’t had a chance to read yet.
Disclaimer: you are going to want to put all of these books in your Amazon card immediately. You’ve been warned, so don’t send us your bill! If you ask us, filling up your book shelves with these titles is well worth the money.
If you haven’t listened to the rest of this nonfiction series, be sure to check out episode 116, episode 117, episode 118, and episode 119. These episodes really reiterate why you should lean into the possibilities of what this genre has to offer.
Register for our virtual workshop on teaching biography and memoir: https://www.curriculumrehab.com/biographyandmemoir
Check out the show notes to easily access all of the text recommendations on our list:
https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode120
Follow us on Instagram: @bravenewteaching
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Get more Brave New Teaching each week:
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Ready to make your summer reading program awesome? Head to bravenewteaching.com/summerreading
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EPISODE 119: BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR AS MENTOR TEXTS COLLABISODE: NONFICTION SERIES PART 4
For part four of our nonfiction series, we’re looking at using biography and memoir as mentor texts. You’ll hear how we define and use mentor texts in our own classroom. We’ll also give you some specific mentor texts that we recommend using, and our reasoning behind those texts.
Since we love a good collabisode, we’ve also crowdsourced some great ideas from our colleagues and friends. They will be sharing their favorite biography and memoirs to use as mentor texts, how it provides a powerful teaching moment, and what students can do with that mentor text.
Register for our virtual workshop on teaching biography and memoir: https://www.curriculumrehab.com/biographyandmemoir
Check out the show notes to hear all of the mentor text recommendations mentioned in this episode:
https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode119
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EPISODE 121: TEXT PAIRINGS: MACBETH & LONG WAY DOWN
If you’ve been racking your brain for a way to approach a Shakespeare unit in a way that is engaging and impactful for your students, then you’ll want to stick around. This episode is a conversation between Amanda and one of her coaching clients, Kelsi. You’ll get to hear them give all the juicy details about an incredible unit that they designed together.
Kelsi initially came to Amanda for help because her English course was extremely standards-based and focused on teaching for mastery (aka, drill, drill, drill for state testing). She was struggling to create units that made sense, but were also purposeful and met her students’ needs and interests.
A Shakespeare unit was coming up and Kelsi desperately wanted to find a way to teach it in an innovative way. So, her and Amanda came together to create a unit that paired Macbeth with Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds.
Not to spoil anything, but...the results were magic.
In comparing the two texts, they came up with an engaging essential question that was perfect for Kelsi's group of Sophomores. Inside the episode, Kelsi shares the step-by-step specifics of how she structured this unit, which routines she implemented, and how she assessed her students’ learning.
Check out the show notes:
https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode121
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