Inspire students with the powerful life story of award-winning actress Viola Davis through this engaging biography worksheet set. Students read an informational passage detailing Viola Davis’s early life, the challenges she faced growing up, her discovery of acting in high school, and her historic achievement as the first Black actress to earn an EGOT (page 1). Learners then complete a vocabulary activity focused on key academic and character-based terms (page 2), answer reading comprehension questions using text evidence (page 3), and organize important details using a biography graphic organizer highlighting family life, accomplishments, and major life events (page 4). This resource is ideal for Black History Month instruction, literacy centers, or independent research and it includes a complete answer key for all reading, vocabulary, and biography sections.
Inspire students with the powerful life story of award-winning actress Viola Davis through this engaging biography worksheet set. Students read an informational passage detailing Viola Davis’s early life, the challenges she faced growing up, her discovery of acting in high school, and her historic achievement as the first Black actress to earn an EGOT (page 1). Learners then complete a vocabulary activity focused on key academic and character-based terms (page 2), answer reading comprehension questions using text evidence (page 3), and organize important details using a biography graphic organizer highlighting family life, accomplishments, and major life events (page 4). This resource is ideal for Black History Month instruction, literacy centers, or independent research and it includes a complete answer key for all reading, vocabulary, and biography sections.
