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About Me Essay and Poster

About Me Essay and Poster. About Me Essay. You are going to write an essay that tells me all about you! The following are the topics you MUST include in your essay. You may include extra information if you want too. Be sure to: write in paragraph form use complete sentences

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About Me Essay and Poster

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  1. About Me Essay and Poster

  2. About Me Essay • You are going to write an essay that tells me all about you! The following are the topics you MUST include in your essay. You may include extra information if you want too. Be sure to: • write in paragraph form • use complete sentences • use correct capitalization and punctuation • expand where appropriate • WRITE LEGIBLY!!!!

  3. Things You Must Have In Your Essay • Your name and anything you know about your name • Your birthday and anything special that happened on that day, either in history or anytime in your life • Your birthplace (City and State), and any interesting fact(s) about either • Information about your family and something interesting about each member • Favorite school subject and why • Favorite color and why • Favorite TV show and why • Favorite food/soda and why • Interests/Hobbies (movies, hunting, skateboarding, etc.) and why or when you started liking/doing it and why • What you want to do in the future (doctor, teacher, policeman,…) and why

  4. How Long Does It Have to be? • It needs to be long enough to address #1-10 above. Be sure to elaborate and explain the “who’s” and “why’s” throughout your essay. • YOU MUST HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT AND A FINAL DRAFT! • Your rough draft is your first copy which you will finish by Wednesday at the start of class and get looked over by people in class. • You will re-write, fixing all errors, your draft to make your final copy.

  5. Grading • The purpose of this essay is so I can assess your writing style and level. I will be grading based on FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS. • Each of the items 1-10 will be worth 10 points each if written in full sentences. You will also get a grade for neatness and using paragraphs (not just one long paragraph). • Your rough draft will be half of your organization grade • Your essay will be worth 200 points.

  6. Rubric “About Me” Essay __________________ Name _____ Name (10 points possible) _____ Birthday (10 points possible) _____ Birthplace - City (5 points) State (5 points) _____ Family Information (10 points possible) _____ Favorite school subject (10 points possible) _____ Favorite color (10 points possible) _____ Favorite TV show (10 points possible) _____ Favorite food/soda (10 points possible) _____ Interests/Hobbies (10 points possible) _____ Future Plans (10 points possible) _____ Written in PARAGRAPHS (50 points possible) _____ Neatness/Organization (50 points possible) _____ / 200 Total Letter Grade = _________

  7. About Me Poster • You are going to create a poster that SHOWS me all about you! • You MUST include the list of things below and you can use any CREATIVE method you chose to show me all about you: • magazine/newspaper clips • photos • drawings • collage, anything creative and interesting that expresses who you are.

  8. You Must Include: • Your name • Your birthday • Your birthplace (City and State) • Information about your family • Favorite school subject • Favorite color • Favorite TV show • Favorite food/soda • Interests/Hobbies (movies, sports, hunting, skateboarding, etc.) • What you want to do in the future (doctor, teacher, policeman, etc.) Basically all the things you put in your essay!

  9. Grading • Neatness/Creativity – You need to take your time in completing this assignment. Messy/unreadable work is not acceptable and will receive a low grade. Be creative in your presentation and SHOW each item – DO NOT simply number from 1-10 on your poster and write your answers. • Each required item will be worth 10 points. • You will receive two extra points for every piece of “extra information” you include about yourself. • Extra Information DOES NOT replace the required items. • You must present your poster to the class and will receive a presentation grade as well as a poster grade.

  10. Rubric “About Me” Poster __________________ Name _____ Name (10 points possible) _____ Birthday (10 points possible) _____ Birthplace - City (5 points) State (5 points) _____ Family Information (10 points possible) _____ Favorite school subject (10 points possible) _____ Favorite color (10 points possible) _____ Favorite TV show (10 points possible) _____ Favorite food/soda (10 points possible) _____ Interests/Hobbies (10 points possible) _____ Future Plans (10 points possible) _____ Presentation Grade (50 Points possible) _____ / 150 Total / Letter Grade = _________

  11. Due Dates • Essay ROUGH DRAFT Due: Wednesday 8/24/09 IN CLASS!

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