Biography Project Assigned 4/18 due 5/12
Name _______________
You are a biographer. Your job is to make your person come to life for us.
Here you will find the checklists and rubrics to successfully complete your
Biography Project. This project will count for multiple grades, so please extend
your best efforts.
____ Read a biography or autobiography about your person that is at or above
grade level. This should be a large part of your reading and needs to be at least
150 to 200 pages in length.
____ Find and read other sources on your person as well. See if you can find one
website, one magazine or newspaper article, and a smaller book about your
person.
____ Create a MLA bibliography of your sources using Noodletools.com.
____ See Mrs. Fisher with a printed version of your Bibliography by May 1st.
___________________________________________________________________
____ Write and type a 3 to 4 page paper about your person. The font should be
Times New Roman 12pt. font. Your paper should include a chronology of your
person’s life, an explanation of his or hers significance, and lesser known
information (information most people do not know) about your person. Warning:
copying and pasting writing into your paper will be considered plagiarism and
will result in a zero for this portion of the project. There will be no
opportunities to redo this if you make this decision.
____ Create a cover sheet for your paper.
____ Attach your bibliography to the back of your paper.
____ Bring your paper to Mrs. Fisher by May 8th.
___________________________________________________________________
____ Create a power point to present for the class. (3 to 5 minutes in length)
____ Place your power point on a flash drive, so your presentation can be shared.
____ Be prepared to present your person to the class the week of May 12th.
____ You will be graded on your familiarity and comfort level with your person.
Reading the power point to the class will result in a reduced grade. Content,
voice quality, eye contact, and interest level will be part of your grade.
____ Be prepared to answer questions about your person.
Bibliography Rubric
Name __________________
All sources are
excellent and scholarly
3 of the 4 sources are
scholarly
2 of the 4 sources are
scholarly
1 of the 4 sources are
scholarly
Quantity of Sources
25
Four or More sources
20
Three sources
15
Two sources
10
Only one source
MLA format
25
Perfect formatting
20
One or two mistakes
on format
20
3 of the 4 types of
sources used
20
15
Three to six mistakes
on format
15
2 of the 4 types of
sources used
15
10
Seven or more
mistakes. MLA
formatting not used 10
Only one book or one
source
10
Quality of Sources
(Avoid Wikipedia
and dot coms)
Variety of Sources
25
One Main book,
website, article,
smaller book
25
Biography Paper
Cover sheet &
font
Times New Roman 12pt
font double spaced
Content of paper
Length
Mechanics &
Conventions
MLA
Bibliography
Power Point Presentation
Name ____________________
Extremely Neat and
professional cover
sheet 12pt Times New
Roman followed 10
Cover sheet is present
Times New Roman
12pt followed
8
Cover sheet is present,
but larger font or
another font
6
No cover sheet and
incorrect font
4
Fantastic Job bringing
this person to life!
Nice job describing this
person’s life
40
4 or more pages
double spaced
10
No mistakes found
20
35
3 pages
double spaced 8
1 or 2 mistakes found
15
Minimal job describing
this person’s life. No
new information here.
30
2 pages
double spaced 6
3 to 6 mistakes found
10
Proper format of four
or more sources
20
Three sources with
proper formatting
15
Two sources or
improper MLA
formatting
10
Seriously lacking
content about this
person’s life.
25
1 page
double/ single spaced4
7 or more mistakes
found
5
Only one source with
or without proper
formatting
5
Extremely problematic
technology with no
extra features. Has
seven or more typos10
Not enough
2 minutes or less
10
No attention to details
bare bone 10
Has little or no familiarity
w/ topic, cannot hear the
speaker and reads from
the slides exclusively 10
Name _____________________
Technology
Execution
Flawless use of
technology Excellent use
of transitions, photos, no
typos 25
Content
Wow, I never knew that!
Five minutes plus 25
Nice use of technology
with expected features
one or two typos
20
All relevant info
provided 4 minutes 20
Visual Appeal
Spectacular attention to
details 25
Above average quality
20
Somewhat
problematic use of
technology
three to six typos 15
Minimal information
presented 3 minutes
15
About average
15
Presentation
Voice quality is excellent,
very comfortable with
your topic. Superior eye
contact. Confident 25
Expected voice quality w/
some eye contact. A little
reading from the slides.
slightly shy 20
Poor voice quality , seems
unsure about the
content, avoid eye
contact 15