Due September 18 (Author Bio, vocabulary, poem)

Recap of class:

• Part of speech -warm up
• Review vocabulary
• Review  formatting 
• Formatting Q&A
• Review banned words 
• Review due dates for poem recitation and book completion

• Author Bio details
• Read essays to class
• Listen for Dress-Ups

Due September 18 
--> POEM RECITATION DAY

--> WEEKLY VOCABULARY TEST
--> AUTOR BIOGRAPHY ESSAY (3-paragraphs)
All Dress-Ups IN EACH PARAGRAPH
Openers (2, 3, 6) IN EACH PARAGRAPH
List sources at the end of your essay

Answer these questions to gain insight into your author.

 a Early life 

1 Who is the famous person? 

2  When were they born? 

3 Where were they born?
4 CONNECT TO HISTORY: Add a brief description of what what was happening during these years in history.

5 What did their parents do? 

6 What else do you know about their parents? 

b Childhood 

1 What kind of childhood did they have? 

2 Where did they live as a child? 

3 Where did they go to school? 

c Adulthood 

1 Did they have any further education? 

2 What was their first job? 

3 What other jobs did they do? 

4 Did they marry? If so, who did they marry? 

5 Did they have any children? How many? 

6 Where did they live? 

d Hometown/Country 

1 What was life in their hometown or country like at this time? 

2 How did they feel about life in their hometown or country? 

3 Did they travel (mention if it is important)

 e Becoming famous 

1 Why is this person famous? e.g. politics, music, film etc. 

2 How did they first become interested/involved in this area? 

3 When did they first become well known? 

4 What were the most important events during the time they were famous? 

5 What were the most difficult times? 

6 What were the most exciting times? 

7 Did they travel to other countries? 

8 Did they meet any very interesting people? 

9 Did they receive any awards for their work/achievements? 

f Life at the moment (if the person is still alive) 

1 Where is the person living now? 

2 How old are they now? 

3 What is their life like now? 

4 Have they had any important events in their life recently? 

5 Have they got any important events coming up in the near future?

g Later life (if the person is no longer living) 

1 Where was the person living at the end of their life? 

2 What was their life like at this time? 

3 What other things did they do in their life? 

4 When did they die? 

5 Where did they die? 

6 Where are they buried? 

7 How are they remembered today? 

h Your feelings about the person 

1 What are your feelings about the person? e.g. do you admire them, feel sorry for them, find them interesting/funny etc. 

2 Why do you feel this way about them? 

3 What do you feel were the most important things they did?

Now that you have worked through all of these questions . . . The answers will help you organize your thoughts and ensure important topics are covered in your biography essay.
Use this list as a guideline to create your KWO of facts.  Notice that some of these prompts ask the same question in a slightly different way. This is done on purpose to help you really dive into your biography AND help you think of different ways to word your sentences.

If you feel you do not have enough information for a three paragraph essay, try using these questions to help you discover more about your author: • Date and place of birth?
• Where did they grow up?  
• What was the early life of your character like? 
• Education?
• Family?
• Jobs, hobbies,talents  and/or interests?
• Describe the work your character did.  
• Why the work was important? 
•Did your character know what he or she wanted to become in the future? 
• Why his or her contribution was important? 
• Did he or she invent something or teach others? 
• How did he or she change the world? 
• What lasting effects did your character have on the lives of others?
• Tell about what kind of person he or she was. 
• What was it about your character that helped him or her to succeed? 
• How did your character prepare for his or her future?
• What should we all know about your character? 
• How do we benefit today from him or her? 
• What do you think was the most impressive thing about your character?

Author list:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

C.S. Lewis

E.B. White  

Madeleine L'Engle 

Sheila Burnford 

Katie Davis 

Lynne Reid Banks 

Jean Craighead George 

Alice Dagliesh 

Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth 

Fred Gipson   

Norton Juster    

Patricia MacLachlan

L.M. Montgomery 

Wilson Rawls    

George Selden

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Laura Ingalls Wilder 

J.R.R.Tolkien  

Eric Carle