RESEARCH PROJECT!BIOGRAPHIES/

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES!

Each student will choose a person to read and research about them.

Expository Writing“Mini Pace”

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 Cited and Title Page)

A Visual Aid (Poster or Timeline) to use during presentation

Presentation to Peers

Research Steps1. Choose Person—Biography or Autobiography --- Needs to be done by 11/1/132. Research Person Complete Information Cards and Source (Works

Cited) Cards ---Needs to be done by 12/4/133. Put all information in an Outline ---Needs to be done by 12/11/134. Write Rough Draft of Essay (Including Works Cited and Title Page) ---Needs to be done by 12/18/135. Go through Revision/Editing Self, Peer, Parent ---Needs to be done by 1/6/146. Type Final Essay (Including Works Cited and Title Page) ---Needs to be done by 1/9/147. 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 1/15/148. Present to your Peers ---Week of 1/21/14-1/23/1410. PARTY!!!! (For those who complete all assignments) ---1/24/14

Items that will be graded:**Please see due dates to know when the

grade will be taken. ** Information Cards and Source Cards Rough Draft Revision/Editing Final Essay Visual Aid Speech (Note) Cards Presentation

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:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________   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

Outline

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

Topics to Cover Introduction paragraph will include

○ (Topic Sentence)

o What the person in known for Body paragraphs will include

○ (Transition Words)

o History of the person:o Birth date, Childhood, Death Date if applicable

o Struggles/Problems:o What did this person struggle with? Learning problems,

death, bullying, Physical problems?o Accomplishments:

o What success has this person had in their lifetime?o Have they won awards? Medals? Prizes?

Conclusion paragraph will include: o (Restated Topic Sentence)

o Your personal opinion of the person.

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

Example of Title Page

The Wonderful Place Called Russia

 Student A

Teacher NamePeriod 4

9 January 2014 

Creative title to the paper

Name (First and Last)Teacher Last NamePeriodDate

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/>.

Visual Aid Choices:

Poster Timeline Banner

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

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.

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.