Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Biographies

The students have been working hard at reading different biographies and completing the necessary tasks with them.  During the next two days they will start to work on a small writing assignment to go along with their past readings.   Below is the work completed so far by Allie and Josephe.


Read a book written by someone else about another person’s life.
Autobiography = a book written by someone about their                       own life.

1. Read a biography
2.Write the name of your famous person.  Jackie Robinson.
3.Write down what your person accomplished during his/her life.  Being on a baseball team that was played with only white people.
4.Make a timeline and add at least five events from your person’s life. Wrote timeline on peace of paper.
5.Write down the most important inside trait that you feel your  person has or had.  Use at least two examples from their life that prove they possessed this trait. Brave. Jackie Robinson was brave, because he was the first African American to play in a baseball league. He was brave to go on the baseball team, because people cursed and called him names.
6.Write down two other important facts from your person’s life that you feel are important for people to know about him or her.  Explain why you chose these two facts.He fought for the army.He was bothered in the army because he couldn’t do stuff because of his skin color.He quit college early so he could help his family to get money.
7.Find at least two words from your story that you needed to or need to find the meaning of.  Use context clues and figure out their meanings.  
    
Words
Clues from story
Definition
Honolulu
1. Honolulu bears

arrogant
1. he was


   8. Choose another book and complete the same steps for this new person’s life.


1. Read a biography
2.Write the name of your famous person. Cleopatra
3.Write down what your person accomplished during his/her life.  She accomplished being a famous queen.
4. Make a timeline and add at least five events from your person’s life.







5.Write down the most important inside trait that you feel your  person has or had.  Use at least two examples from their life that prove they possessed this trait.  Never gave up.  Cleopatra never stopped trying to become queen of Egypt.  Cleopatra never stopped trying to get a husband.  

6.Write down two other important facts from your person’s life that you feel are important for people to know about him or her.  Explain why you chose these two facts.  Cleopatra died from a asp snake bite because that was part of her life.She married Antony because Anthony's dad died.








7.Find at least two words from your story that you needed to or need to find the meaning of.  Use context clues and      figure out their meanings.  


words
clues from story
definition
E
lections
Had regular elections
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
rome
1.They could not 2.rule rome together
the ancient Italian kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.
                         

  1. Read a biography
  2. Write the name of your famous person.  Galileo
  3.Write down what your person accomplished during his/her life.  Becoming a famous scientist
   4.Make a timeline and add at least five events from your person’s life.


 5.Write down the most important inside trait that you feel your  person has or had.  Use at least two examples from their life that prove they possessed this trait.  Smart. Smart because he is a scientists.  He improved telescopes.
6. Write down two other important facts from your person’s life that you feel are important for people to know about him or her.  Explain why you chose these two facts.He wore a white robe to say he was sorry for saying the earth orbits the sun.He said that both metal balls will land at the same time but other people said that the bigger one will land first.
7. Find at least two words from your story that you needed to or need to find the meaning of.  Use context clues and figure out their meanings.  
Words
Clues from story
Definition
influential
1.many 2.people







Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play on an all white baseball team, so the African Americans could play baseball in the Major Leagues.
Cleopatra died, because she was bit by a snake.
Galileo had to wear a white robe, because he said that the Earth went around the sun.





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