Your project grade will be based on your PowerPoint Presentation and the WebQuest Worksheets. Review the rubrics below to see the requirements.

Your PowerPoint Slideshow will have six slides. See the criteria for each slide below.
 

PowerPoint Presentation Criteria

	Excellent*      3 pts	Good job       2 pts	Fair              1 pt.	Incomplete       0 pt.
Cover Slide Includes your name, title of slide show, picture of author/person	Exciting first slide, includes all parts, no misspellings, really grabs your audiences attention!	Nice first slide, includes all the parts, well designed and easy to read.	Slide has some missing parts, a few misspellings	Missing or incomplete
Biography Facts Slide This slide teaches the audience about who the author/person is - where born, how old, awards the author/person might have won, etc.	Includes all parts, appealing presentation	Includes basic information	Missing important details about the author	Missing or incomplete
Fun Facts Slide Share at least 3 interesting facts about your author/person	Includes interesting facts that no one else shared.	Shared interesting author facts	Had less than three interesting facts about your author.	Missing or incomplete
Summary of Book Slide Write a summary of the book that you read. It should include characters, setting, problem, and conclusion. What you learned from biography.	Includes all parts in an appealling way	Includes all parts	Missing some parts	Missing or incomplete
List of Other Books Slide List at least three other books the author/person has written or had written about them.	Includes more than three books in an appealing way	Includes 3 other books	Less than three books or misspelled words	Missing or incomplete
Promote Your biography Slide Describe why other students should read books by your author/person. This will be like an advertisement to read books by your author/person!	Made me want to run to the library to get a book by your author!	Good reasons for reading books by your author	Could have had better reasons for me to read a book by your author.	Missing or incomplete
Presentation	An exciting presentation, easy to hear and understand	Spoke loudly and clearly.	Hard to hear and understand	Missing or incomplete

* An Excellent Rating means the work far exceeded teacher's requirements.
 

WebQuest Worksheets

	Excellent*	Good job	Fair	Incomplete
Author Information Graphic  Researched author and gathered details	Gathered great and interesting facts. Went the extra step and gathered more info. than needed.	Gathered useful information.  Filled in most areas on worksheet.	Lots of missing information. Could have included more facts.	Missing or incomplete
Biography Bag worksheet	filled in neat and accuratley	all details included	missing some details	missing or incomplete
Cite your Sources	Cited sources correctly and accurately	sited sources a few errors	lots of errors citing sources	missing or incomplete

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Conclusion Now that you have become an expert on your author, think about the following: *  Would you like to be an author or someone famous? *  If you could meet the author or famous person you just researched, what would you ask him or her? *  Does this person remind you of anyone that you know? Why and how? *  Did the book that you read remind you of another book you have read before? Why?  *  Does writing seem like an easy or hard job to do what your person does?  Here are some extension activities you can try for fun: *  Plan a day that you would like to spend with your person *  Write a letter to your person  *  Read other books written by your author or famous person and compare and contrast the stories. *  Study another person and compare the two people. Are they alike in some ways?                   ,  "Congratulations on completing the Biography Adventure!" Home | Introduction | Task | Process |  Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion