Biography Project Details

Using the information you learned while reading your biography, you are going to give a speech to teach others about your person.   Use your biography notecatcher as a guide to the main topics of your speech.  That means you should include information about the person’s childhood, schooling, hobbies, jobs, major accomplishments, roadblocks, and legacy.

-Your speech should be 3-5 minutes long

-You should dress up as your person and pretend that you are the famous person

-You may use notecards or paper to read off of during your speech

Be sure to practice your speech so you are comfortable reading it in a clear voice!

Speeches will be presented on Thursday, February 16 and Friday, February 17. 

In addition to the speech, you also need to create a timeline of your person’s life.  Your timeline should include important dates and events (birthday, major accomplishments, etc).  Your timeline should be illustrated…draw a picture to show each event on it. 

Speech Rubric

Birthday and birth place	/5
Childhood information	/5
Family	/5
Hobbies/interests	/5
Schooling/college	/5
Jobs	/5
Major accomplishments	/10
Roadblocks	/10
Death	/5
Legacy	/10
Personality traits	/10
Presentation (speech was practiced and given in a clear voice)	/10
Costume	/5
Total points	/90

Timeline Rubric

Information (includes at least 10 important events)	/10
Neatness	/10
Pictures (one for each event)	/10
Grammar (capitalization and punctuation)	/5
Effort	/5
Total	/40

Biography Project

Here are the topics for our big biography project!

Oscar Whitcomb and Meagan Wentworth are typing today.

Oscar is writing about Wayne Gretzky.
Meagan is writing about Annie Oakley.
Lina is writing about Christa Mcaulffe.
Trent is writing about Sir Edmund Hilary.
Caden is writing about Abraham Lincoln.
Eli is witing about Babe Ruth.
Kendall is writing about Florence Nightingale.
Ryan is writing about George Washington.
Sarah is writing about Marie Curie.
Aaliyah is writing about JK Rowling.
Aidan is writing about Davy Crockett.
Kaitlyn is writing about Juliette Low.
Jacob is writing about Jackie Robinson.
Reilly is writing about Tony Hawk.
Neleah is writing about Rosa Parks.
Lianne is writing about Amelia Earhart.
Owen is writing about Tom Brady.
Nick is writing about Philo Farnsworth.
Ariana is writing about Claude Monet.

We're Back!

Thanks to two motived students, we are getting back on track with this blog of ours!  This week's post comes to you from Oscar Whitcomb and Caden Iverson.

We have been learning about similes.  Here are some examples that we wrote: the drums were as loud as thunder and the waves were as tall as the sky.

In social studies we have been learning about New Hampshire history.  We looked at an old map of NH from 1761 and compared it to a new map of NH.  We noticed lots of changes that have happened to the state, but also saw a lot of the same things (like towns and rivers).  We have been reviewing what we learned about NH history to get ready for a test.
By Oscar Whitcomb and Caden Iverson

From the teacher
I am not sure how many families have been reading the blog, so from now on I will print copies to send home in addition to posting online.  Please let me know if you prefer not to recieve a printed copy!  Look for updates on Fridays...

Important Dates
Friday, January 27- No school, teacher workshop day
February 4- Deliberative session for the school budget...please come to let your voice be heard!