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We watched a David Letterman interview about Wesley Autrey the "Subway Hero".
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I wrote about my heroes and what my definition of a hero was.
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We read the heroic and touching story of Roy Benavidez's selfless act of bravery.
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We watched an interview about Kristi Quillen a former teacher turned Peace Corp volunteer.
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We set up the assignment.
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We talked about heroes in literature and whether or not the authors are heroes for expressing their ideas.
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I wrote about why I chose the person I did and what interests we have in common.
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We were in the library looking for a book to use as our biography.
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I found the book I wanted to use for my biography.
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My idea of a hero changes.
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We went through a PowerPoint about heroes and watched vidoes such as "The Badly Drawn Boy," "We Are the Youth of Today," a Liberty Mutual ad and "Waiting on the World to Change" by John Mayer.
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I talked about what my idea of heroes are and who were some of my childhood heroes.
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I selected a passage from my biography and read it to the class.