Accelerated/Honors ELA Biography/Autobiography Notes

Name ____________________________ Title of book ____________________

Due date of notes ___________________ Author _________________________
Proofreaders signature_______________ Due date of project: March 21, 2014
(10 pts.)

Answer the four statements/questions below. Be sure to number your paper appropriately. Answer
#1-3 in a 7-10 c.s. paragraph using paragraph form. Do you have a topic sentence and ending
opinion? Interesting facts for #4 will be listed separately, not in paragraph form. Conventions
will be graded on your project, so have someone proofread your notes for your mistakes and sign
above. Staple your answers behind this sheet. You may handwrite or type these notes. Have your
book for presentation day. Good luck!
(20 pts. each)

1.

Describe this persons childhood. Use name of person in topic sentence.

2.

What made this person famous? Use name of person in topic sentence.

3.

Discuss two personality traits that helped this person achieve his or her goal(s). Use name of person
in topic sentence.

4.

Make a list of five interesting facts about this person. Each sentence should have at least ten
individual words. This is a list, not a paragraph. These facts should not be a part of any answers
above and should not be copied word-for-word from the book. Please paraphrase your facts. Be sure
to use the persons name in each fact. At the end of each paraphrased fact, put in parentheses the page
number where the original fact was found in the book. Skip a line before writing the next fact.
Bullet your facts.

Please see your project rubric for other information needed for Keynote project, such as
pictures of your person, etc.
You will need to record the bibliography information for your book at the bottom of this
page. This is worth 10 pts. You will need to include this information in your project.
See example below for guidance! Pay attention to punctuation!
Plyes, Thomas. The Origins and Development of the English Language. Atlanta: Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 2008.

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