Biography Project

There are interesting people doing interesting things all around us. With so many things going on in the world we don’t often stop and look at what great things people have accomplished!

You will be selecting a famous person from history – recent history or from many years ago. After reading about your famous person, you will be writing a research report as if you were the famous person using VoiceThread. Not sure what that is? Stay tuned… Mrs. Young will be helping us! Your report will give a “teaser” about the great things about this person.

Your Report will have the following: Childhood Information __ Paragraph (at least 5-8sentences) describing childhood

Interesting Event __ Paragraph (at least 5-8 sentences) describing event

Interesting Event __ Paragraph (at least 5-8 sentences) describing event Biography Rubric

Voice Thread 4: OUTSTANDING! You selected pictures that reflect each topic (5 topics) of your written report to present on your VoiceThread. The speaking is clear, easily understood and draws is in. It was an outstanding overview of your biography. 3: GOOD JOB! You selected some pictures for a few of your topics (3-4 topics) of your written report. The speaking is clear and easily understood. 2: MORE TIME WOULD HELP! You have pictures for your topics but they do not clearly reflect the main topic. It was difficult at times to understand what you were saying. 1: YOU NEED TO USE TIME WISELY! More time spent on finding appropriate pictures for each time would have helped. It was difficult to understand what you said.

Written Report Ideas ______Word Choice ______Organization ______Sentence Fluency ______Voice ______Conventions ______Presentation ______

Bibliography 4: You have accurately listed your resources. 3: You have 1-2 errors in your bibliography. 2: You have 3-5 errors in your bibliography. 1: You have more than 5 errors in your bibliography.