Biography Project

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Biography Project

• Who has influenced you?

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Topic

• Choose someone who has made a difference in your
  life or inspired you
• Someone who is well-known

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Athletes
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Entertainers
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Political
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Authors
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Civil Rights
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Research

• You will get time in class to research your
  persons life (computers/books).
• Childhood
• Main
• Today

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Research

• Childhood what were they like as a child
• Main what they are known for
• Today what are they doing today?

Childhood Lived in North Carolina Website
Main Played for the Chicago Bulls Book
Today Owns the Charlotte Bobcats Website
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The Writing Process

• Research IDEAS
• Dont forget you VOICE!!!
• Use salsa words, not rice cake (WORD CHOICE)
• Do your sentences flow nicely together (Sentence
  Fluency)?
• Organization Intro, Body, Conclusion
• CONVENTIONS
• Presentation Will be typed in class!!!

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The Writing Process

• Introduction
• Body (childhood, main, today)
• Conclusion

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Expectations

• Research
• Writing
• Proofreading
• Cover Page on googledocs
• Presentation
• Paper will be typed

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Presentation

• You will share your person
  with the class in some
  creative way
• Example
• Will not get to read off your paper

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Time to choose

• Brainstorm a few ideas on who you want to be.
  Tomorrow we will pick our person!

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• 1- Michael Jordan 9- Adele 17- Kobe Byrant
• 2- Tyra Banks 10- Mark Wood 18- Adam Sandler
• 3- Taylor Swift 11- Kevin Durant 19- Bill
  Gates
• 4- Chef Jiro 12- Marrkus Person 20- John
  Wayne
• 5- MLK jr. 13- Wayne Gretsky 21- Beethoven
• 6- Albert Einstein 14- Tony Romo 22- Marc
  Andre Flear
• 7- Ryan Lochte 15- Jason Aldeen 23-
  Johnny Dep
• 8- Jaden Smith 16- Rhianna 24- Babe Ruth