Information and Rubric for Biography Book Report

Due: October 23th, 2015

Biographies: A biography is a book of true stories about the life of a real person. The author is a different person than the book is written about. The person in the biography can be dead or alive. The author describes how the person affected others.

Every project consists of three elements:

1. Sharing your project with the class.

2. Giving an oral summary of the book (2-3 minutes). Please practice at home so you know what you are going to say for your oral presentation.

3. Turning in the 4 page report.

Book projects will be completed at home. You may use supplies from the classroom or from home. Please save this packet so you can refer to the directions as you are working. Any changes to your project (book or project idea) must be approved. Name ______Date ______HR# ______

Biography Book Report Poor Fair Good Excellent 1 pts 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts Information/Facts Poor Fair Good Excellent (Project) Did not describe Does not give a Complete description Complete description biography. descriptive summary with interesting facts. with interesting facts: Project is not neat about the subject. Project is neat and includes additional and has no color. Project is somewhat has some color. information and facts. neat and has some Project is neat and color. colorful.

Grammar/Report Poor Fair Good Excellent (4 page report) 5 or more 3-4 grammatical 1-2 grammatical No grammatical grammatical errors/noerrors/incorrect form errors/bibliography is errors. All punctuation bibliography of bibliography incomplete but good and capitalization is form correct/bibliography is complete Opinion about the Poor Fair Good Excellent book No opinion given. Incomplete Complete sentences Complete explanation (oral report) answer/explanation. explaining why you of opinion and why did or did not like the you did or did not like book. the book.

Timeliness of report Poor Fair Good Excellent Book report handed inBook report handed in Book report handed inBook report handed in 3 or more days late. two days late. one day late. on time.

Total: ______

Project ______

Oral Presentation ______

4 Page Report ______(1 title page, 2 pages info, 1 bibliography)