I. After reading your biography / autobiography, create a dialogue between yourself as a newspaper reporter and the person whom you have read about in your book. As the reporter, you will come up with 10 good and probing questions to ask this person. After writing a question for your person, you will assume the role of that person and answer the question you created using information from your biography book. Avoid questions that can be answered with simple one-word answers!
QUESTION AND ANSWER EXAMPLE:
Title and Author of the book: Benjamin Franklin, by Edmund S. Morgan.
BEN FRANKLIN – A MAN OF MANY TALENTS!
QUESTION 1: Mr. Franklin, can you tell me what your first job was?
ANSWER 1: I began life as a printer, first as an apprentice to my brother,
James, who ran a newspaper in Boston, and then on my own in Philadelphia.
There I filled my newspaper with many of my own writings. Every year I published an almanac (Poor Richard’s Almanac) which I enlivened with homespun proverbs. (NOTE THE CONVERSATIONAL STYLE)
QUESTION 2: I understand, Mr. Franklin, that you were very athletic when you were young. What sorts of activities did you enjoy?
ANSWER 2: Oh, I always enjoyed physical activities. In the London print shop I kept in shape by carrying a double weight of type forms up and down stairs. In my leisure time I loved to swim and spent many hours swimming in the Thames River. Hiking was something I did too when I was in the countryside. Now I eat too much and don’t exercise enough, and I am plump!
….AND SO ON… (10 QUESTIONS & 10 ANSWERS).
II. When you have finished all ten of the questions and answers, as a reporter for a major newspaper, you will write a brief article about your person for the paper. This article should be 5-7 paragraphs.
You should turn in both the Questions & Answers and the Article. You should include a properly formatted citation.

Grading on this exercise includes the following criteria:
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The completion of 10 interview questions using complete sentences and detailed information from the book you have read. It should be obvious you fully read and understood the book!
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The completion of 10 answers to those question, also using complete sentences, information from your book and a “conversational” style.
 The completing of a written article, 5 to 78 paragraphs in length, as an article for a newspaper. It should cover information from your book and use many of the answers from your interview questions.
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Your article will have a headline (title).
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Your report will be typed or neatly hand written in readable cursive and neatly presented.
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A picture of your person can be included, but is not required.
 The normal 100 points can be awarded for this project with points taken off for incomplete reports, not following this rubric, incorrect grammar, spelling mistakes, and incorrect punctuation.
 A citation should be included for your biography book.
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Late assignments will necessitate a 10-point grade reduction for each day the report is late.
 Plagiarism (non-attributed copying or borrowing) will result in a
“zero” grade.
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