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 |
