I saw some great critical thinking from students with our Olympic biography project. Students were very motivated as they picked their own Olympian to write about. As a class, we decided on criteria for what makes a good Olympian (thinking beyond physical talent). We then evaluated 2 Olympians against our criteria to determine as a class whether or not they were truly good Olympians.
As students used a graphic organizer to gather information on their own Olympian, they selected criteria from our list that described their Olympian and provided specific reasons or examples that supported that choice. The final newspaper articles describing these great Olympians are very well written and show students making connections. Another gold-medal project!
As students used a graphic organizer to gather information on their own Olympian, they selected criteria from our list that described their Olympian and provided specific reasons or examples that supported that choice. The final newspaper articles describing these great Olympians are very well written and show students making connections. Another gold-medal project!