5 Paragraph Biography Essay Outline

NAME: ______

5 Paragraph Biography Essay on a Famous Scientist Overview: Each scholar will choose a famous scientist (from the list or not) and write a five paragraph biography essay. The research will be started in class, we will have 2 periods in the lab to complete. The remaining research and final draft will be completed at home. Each scholar must follow the given outline when completing the project. The final draft can be completed neatly on lined paper or typed. Final projects are DUE on Monday 30th (upon return from Spring Break)

Included items in this packet: - List of scientists - Editing checklist that must be completed (all scholars need an adult or teacher to also review their draft and check off each item on the list. - Official 5th grade level Biography Outline Form with lines for research to be written - Overall Scoring Rubric- Total project is 60 - Information page NAME: ______NAME: ______

5 Paragraph Biography Essay Outline Scientist Name: ______

Paragraph I. (1) Early Life (Introduction) a. Birthplace and date of birth ______

b. Family background and childhood ______c. Schools, colleges and early young adult experiences ______

Paragraph II.(2) Adult Life (Body) a. Marriage, children, personal life ______

Paragraph III. (3)Famous years (Body) a. What is this person’s science talent? ______b. What makes this person stand out? ______NAME: ______

c. Important Accomplishments ______

Paragraph IV.(4) Famous years (Body) a. Why is this person one of the top scientists of all time? ______b. Did they make the world a better place, or maybe a worse place? How? ______c. Did they affect people positively or negatively? How? ______

Paragraph V.(5) Conclusion (Summary) a. Give your opinion of them based on what you have learned doing your research? ______b. Summarize your information ______m e t i

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e t o i n n t c e e d r u r t o S c e d a m Captials  Sentences start with capital letters  Names and proper nouns (cities, states, etc.) begin with capitals  Each important word in the title begins with a capital

Punctuation  Each sentence ends with a period or other appropriate punctuation  Commas are used appropriately  Quotation marks are used when someone talks or if you quote directly from a book

General  Words are spelled correctly  There are five paragraphs  There are no run-on sentences  There are no fragment sentences  Transitions are used at the beginning of a paragraph  A lot and all right are both separate words  Sentences are not started with numbers (use two instead of 2)  Its (shows ownership) / It’s (means it is)  Their (ownership) / There (a location) / They’re (they are)  Boring words are not used (good, really, very, bad, little, big, stuff, things, sad, nice, etc.)

Other items that need attention    NAME: ______

Archibald Alexander (1888-1958) POSSIBLE SCIENTISTS Roger Arliner Young *List is just a guide (1889-1964) Percy L. Julian Benjamin Banneker (1899-1975) (1731-1806) Dr. Charles Richard Drew Rebecca Cole (1904-1950) (1846-1922) Emmett Chappelle Edward Alexander Bouchet (1925-) (1852-1918) James West Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (b. 1931) (1856-1931) Philip Emeagwali George Washington Carver (b. 1954) (1865?-1943) Aprille Ericsson Charles Henry Turner (b. 1963) (1867-1923) Neil Degrasse Tyson Ernest Everett Just (b. 1958) (1883-1941)

The list below is from the book The Scientific 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present, Citadel Press (2000), written by John Galbraith Simmons.

1 Isaac Newton the Newtonian Revolution believed in the Arianism of the Primitive Church) 2 Albert Einstein Twentieth-Century Science 3 Neils Bohr the Atom 4 Charles Darwin Evolution Anglican (nominal); 5 Louis Pasteur the Germ Theory of Disease 6 Sigmund Freud Psychology of the Unconscious 7 Galileo Galilei the New Science 8 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier the Revolution in Chemistry 9 Johannes Kepler Motion of the Planets 10 Nicolaus Copernicus the Heliocentric Universe 11 Michael Faraday the Classical Field Theory 12 James Clerk Maxwell the Electromagnetic Field 13 Claude Bernard the Founding of Modern Physiology 14 Franz Boas Modern Anthropology 15 Werner Heisenberg Quantum Theory 16 Linus Pauling Twentieth-Century Chemistry 17 Rudolf Virchow the Cell 18 Erwin Schrodinger Wave Mechanics 19 Ernest Rutherford the Structure of the Atom 20 Paul Dirac Quantum Electrodynamics NAME: ______

SCIENTIST BIOGRAPHY SCORING RUBRIC

What I am looking for: LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 < 4 5-6 7-8 9-10 -no paragraphs -some paragraphs -on time -title/name ORGANIZATION -messy -some information -neat -chronological -no order given -most paragraphs order - late -some chronological -mostly in -on time -incomplete order chronological order -written in (missing -most information is paragraph form information) given -neat -all information is included -graphic organizer handed in

LANGUAGE -many spelling -some words are -most words are -no spelling CONVENTIONS mistakes spelled correctly spelled correctly mistakes -no punctuation -some punctuation -most punctuation -uses transition -repeating words -some use of used correctly words to start -no paragraphs different words to -most sentences sentences -no capital letters start sentences begin with starter -all punctuation is -some capital letters words (Then, present are used Firstly, secondly, -descriptive -some indentations finally) language to indicate new -most capital letters -written in third paragraph used correctly person -most paragraphs -indentations on are indented paragraphs -capital letters used correctly

-no information -some information -most information -information FORM AND STYLE provided about provided is provided is provided is early life, verifiable verifiable verifiable education, key -some information -most information is -in chronological events, and is in chronological in chronological order contributions order order -early life, -not in -some information -most information education, key chronological order about early life, about early life, events, -information education, key education, key contributions are provided in not events and events and included verifiable contributions are contributions are -written in -work is copied included included student’s language from another -some of assignment -mostly written in source is written is student’s language student’s language

CHECKLIST (5 points each) 30pts + 25 pts= 55 total points □ Completed organizer/plan □ Title page □ 5 paragraph essay (10pts) □ Editing checklist completed NAME: ______

□ Neat and organized presentation