Each student will choose a person to read and research about them. Expository Writing “Mini Pace”

Requirements:  Research (Information Cards and Source Cards) using a minimum of 2 sources (1 Book and 1 Internet)  Outline  Rough Draft (Including Works Cited and Title Page)  A Final Draft Essay, typed in 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, Double Spaced (Including Works Cited and Title Page)  A Visual Aid (Poster or Timeline) to use during presentation  Presentation to Peers

Research Steps 1.Choose Person—Biography or Autobiography --- Needs to be done by 11/1/13 2.Research Person  Complete Information Cards and Source (Works Cited) Cards ---Needs to be done by 12/4/13 3.Put all information in an Outline ---Needs to be done by 12/11/13 4.Write Rough Draft of Essay (Including Works Cited and Title Page) ---Needs to be done by 12/18/13 5.Go through Revision/Editing  Self, Peer, Parent ---Needs to be done by 1/6/14 6.Type Final Essay (Including Works Cited and Title Page) ---Needs to be done by 1/9/14 7.Work on Speech (Note) Cards/Visual Aid  What are the important things you want to share about your person and visual aid? ---Needs to be done by 1/15/14 8. Present to your Peers ---Week of 1/21/14-1/23/14 10.PARTY!!!! (For those who complete all assignments) ---1/24/14

Items that will be graded: ** Please see due dates to know when the grade will be taken. **due dates  Information Cards and Source Cards  Rough Draft  Revision/Editing  Final Essay  Visual Aid  Speech (Note) Cards  Presentation

Example of a Information Card  Introduction Paragraph  Who is the person?  What are they known for?  What are the things that they are involved in?  Is there a special quote that they are known for?   Source Card # _________________________________________________________________   Book/ Web Site: ___­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________   Information: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________   Source Card # _________________________________________________________________   Book/ Web Site: ___­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________   Information: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________   Source Card # _________________________________________________________________   Book/ Web Site: ___­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________   Information: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________  You will need to use all both sources for each paragraph: IE– you will research the introduction paragraph in the book and on the internet

Outline  The purpose of the outline is to arrange the information so that the actual Essay is easier to write.

Topics to Cover  Introduction paragraph will include ○ (Topic Sentence) o What the person in known for  Body paragraphs will include ○ (Transition Words) o History of the person: o Birth date, Childhood, Death Date  if applicable o Struggles/Problems: o What did this person struggle with? Learning problems, death, bullying, Physical problems? o Accomplishments: o What success has this person had in their lifetime? o Have they won awards? Medals? Prizes?  Conclusion paragraph will include: o (Restated Topic Sentence) o Your personal opinion of the person.

Essay Requirements  5 paragraph Informative/Explanatory Essay (Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion)  Rough Draft-At least 3 hand-written pages in length  Typed in 12 pt. font  Times New Roman  Double Spaced  A Title Page  A Works Cited Page

Example of Title Page The Wonderful Place Called Russia Student A Teacher Name Period 4 9 January 2014  Creative title to the paper  Name (First and Last)  Teacher Last Name  Period  Date

Example of Works Cited Page Works Cited Torchinsky,Oleg, and Angela Black. Cultures of the World. New York: Marshall Cavendish Publishing, Grolier, Sam. “Russia” World Book Q/R Wikipedia. March

Visual Aid Choices:  Poster Poster  Timeline Banner Timeline Banner

Timeline  Must include a minimum of 10 significant events in the person’s life (should be mentioned in your presentation)  Each date must have a relevant picture

Speech (Note) Cards  Students are required to write and use speech (note) cards during your presentations.  This should be information about your person and visual aid.

Presentations  Presentations will be about 3 minutes in length.  The visual aid and the speech (note) cards are the only things that will be available you during presentations.