Name: ________________
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Biography Book Project
Due Friday, January 31st
Directions: Students will read a non-fiction biography and make a
timeline about the person’s life
1) Read a non-fiction biography. Bring in the book to share with the
class (if you can).
2) Choose at least five important events about the person’s life and
create a timeline of his or her life
3) Be sure to include what the person is most famous for in your
events.
4) The timeline must be neat and go in order of when the events
happened in the person’s life. Use a ruler, crayons, colored
pencils, pencils, pens or markers. You can also use construction
paper, white paper or a sentence strip to create your timeline (no
loose leaf paper please)
5) Draw a picture of the person the biography was about on your
timeline.
6) Make sure you write neatly. Use capitals, periods, and check
your spelling.
7) Be prepared to share why you chose this person’s biography to
read for your book project.
Use the Rubric on the back of this page to check your project.
Timeline Rubric
Score
Appropriate
Book Selection
Appropriate
Materials
Details in
Writing
Grammar in Writing
The book selected is
a non-fiction
biography on or a
little above the
student’s reading
level.
Student neatly
used the
appropriate
materials listed in
the directions, and
drew a neat picture
of their subject.
The student uses
appropriate grammar,
has capitals and
appropriate punctuation
marks on all sentences,
and all 3rd grade words
are spelled correctly.
3
The book selected
was a non-fiction
biography book that
was a bit easy for
the student.
Student uses the
appropriate
materials listed in
the directions, but
the project or
picture is not very
neat.
2
The book was a nonfiction biography
that was way too
easy for the
student.
Student uses the
appropriate
materials listed in
the directions, but
both the project
and picture is
messy.
1
The book was not a
non-fiction
biography
Appropriate
materials were not
used.
There are at least
five events on the
timeline that give
a clear picture of
the beginning
middle and end of
the person’s life.
The events show
why the person is
famous.
There are only
four events on the
timeline or the
events miss one
important event
from the person’s
life. The events
show why the
person is famous.
There are only 3
events on the
timeline and /or
the events miss
more than one
important event
from the person’s
life. The events
show why the
person is famous
Missing many
events and don’t
show why the
person is famous.
4
Student may have
3-5 grammatical errors
including capitals,
punctuation, and
spelling.
Student has 4
grammatical errors.
Student has more than
5 grammatical errors.