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Research Project! Biographies/ Autobiographies! 

Each student will choose a person to read and research about them. Research Project! Biographies/ Autobiographies! . Expository Writing “Mini Pace”. Requirements:. Research (Information Cards and Source Cards) using a minimum of 2 sources (1 Book and 1 Internet) Outline

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Research Project! Biographies/ Autobiographies! 

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  1. Each student will choose a person to read and research about them. Research Project!Biographies/ Autobiographies!  Expository Writing “Mini Pace”

  2. Requirements: • Research (Information Cards and Source Cards) using a minimum of 2 sources (1 Book and 1 Internet) • Outline • Rough Draft (Including Works Cited and Title Page) • A Final Draft Essay, typed in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, Double Spaced (Including Works Citedand Title Page) • A Visual Aid (Poster or Timeline) to use during presentation • Presentation to Peers

  3. Research Steps 1. Choose Person—Biography or Autobiography • --- Needs to be done by 11/1/13 2. Research Person  Complete Information Cards and Source (Works Cited) Cards • ---Needs to be done by 12/4/13 3. Put all information in an Outline • ---Needs to be done by 12/11/13 4. Write Rough Draft of Essay (Including Works Cited and Title Page) • ---Needs to be done by 12/18/13 5. Go through Revision/Editing  Self, Peer, Parent • ---Needs to be done by 1/6/14 6. Type Final Essay (Including Works Cited and Title Page) • ---Needs to be done by 1/9/14 7. Work on Speech (Note) Cards/Visual Aid  What are the important things you want to share about your person and visual aid? • ---Needs to be done by 1/15/14 8. Present to your Peers • ---Week of 1/21/14-1/23/14 9. PARTY!!!! (For those who complete all assignments) • ---1/24/14

  4. Items that will be graded:**Please see due dates to know when the grade will be taken. ** • Information Cards and Source Cards • Outline • Rough Draft • Revision/Editing • Final Essay • Visual Aid • Speech (Note) Cards • Presentation

  5. Example of a Information Card • Introduction Paragraph • Who is the person? • What are they known for? • What are the things that they are involved in? • Is there a special quote that they are known for? • Source Card #_________________________________________________________________ • Book/ Web Site: ___­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________ • Information:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________________________________ • Source Card #_________________________________________________________________ • Book/ Web Site: ___­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________ • Information:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________________________________ • Source Card #_________________________________________________________________ • Book/ Web Site: ___­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________ • Information:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________ • _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________ • _____________________________________________________________________________ You will need to use all both sources for each paragraph: IE– you will research the introduction paragraph in the book and on the internet

  6. Outline • The purpose of the outline is to arrange the information so that the actual Essay is easier to write.

  7. Topics to Cover • Introduction paragraph will include • (Topic Sentence) • What the person in known for • Body paragraphs will include • (Transition Words) • History of the person: • Birth date, Childhood, Death Date if applicable • Struggles/Problems: • What did this person struggle with? Learning problems, death, bullying, Physical problems? • Accomplishments: • What success has this person had in their lifetime? • Have they won awards? Medals? Prizes? • Conclusion paragraph will include: • (Restated Topic Sentence) • Your personal opinion of the person.

  8. Essay Requirements • 5 paragraph Informative/Explanatory Essay (Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion) • Rough Draft-At least 3 hand-written pages in length • Typed in 12 pt. font • Times New Roman • Double Spaced • A Title Page • A Works Cited Page

  9. Example of Title Page The Wonderful Place Called Russia Student A Teacher Name Period 4 9 January 2014  Creative title to the paper • Name (First and Last) • Teacher Last Name • Period • Date

  10. Example of Works Cited Page Works Cited Torchinsky,Oleg, and Angela Black. Cultures of the World. New York:Marshall Cavendish Publishing,2005. Grolier, Sam. “Russia” World Book Q/R. 16. 1999.   Wikipedia. March 2 2009 </http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia/>.

  11. Visual Aid Choices: • Poster • Timeline Banner

  12. Timeline • Must include a minimum of 10 significant events in the person’s life (should be mentioned in your presentation) • Each date must have a relevant picture

  13. Speech (Note) Cards • Students are required to write and use speech (note) cards during your presentations. • This should be information about your person and visual aid.

  14. Presentations • Presentations will be about 3 minutes in length. • The visual aid and the speech (note) cards are the only things that will be available you during presentations.

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