How to write a Biography

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A biography is writing that is about someone’s life. What is a biography? bio= “life” graph= “writing” A biography is writing that is about someone’s life.

What does a person do that makes him/her well known? Leadership Science/Inventions The Arts Sports New Ideas Being First Courage

Who should I choose for my biography Who should I choose for my biography? Where do I get information for my biography? Library books: “Taste testing” (read several books for 2 minutes at a time to get a taste of the book) PebbleGo: online database

How to use PebbleGo: Go to the Internet using Internet Explorer From the Grand Island web site, select Library Media Center Select Elementary Libraries Select Research Databases Select PebbleGo Username= Kaegebein, Password= school Select Biographies

Next step: collect information Read over PebbleGo and read your biography book, looking for what are important events in this person’s life. Look for important things that this person did.

Write it down! Select ‘Print Activity’ so that you can write about the person you selected. (Share What You Know) and/or Picture Sequence: draw 3-4 events in this person’s life in order

Sharing Time! Please share what you found out about the person you studied. Why was this person so well known?