Your project has two parts:
*Your young expert’s research
paper
*Your Power Point
Presentation
Lesson Descriptors
 Grade Level: 3rd
 Content Areas: Writing, Reading, Social
Studies
 Topic Areas: Famous Persons
 Technology Resources: Internet,
Microsoft Word, Power Point, Encarta
Objectives
 Students will write a famous person reports
containing the three parts of the hamburger
model.
 Students will use the internet, books,
Microsoft word, and PowerPoint.
Bibliography= The Bib
 List at least three resources-book, internet,
movies…
 At least one resource must be a printed source
such as a book, biography, magazine, hard cover
encyclopedia
Include:
 Title of book
 Names of the authors
 Dates resources were published
CONCLUSION
Why your famous person should be remembered.
Write three paragraphs in between your top bun
and your bottom bun. You will have 5
paragraphs total in your conclusion.
*Each paragraph in between your buns
explains ONE reason why your person should
be remembered. There should be at least four
sentences of supporting details explaining each
reason.
Example of a conclusion:

I think Ms. Spooner should be remembered
because she loved chocolate, she had a very
wicked sense of humor, and she taught the
students at Burroughs Community School for
many years.

Ms. Spooner loved chocolate. It was not
uncommon for her students to bring her gifts of
chocolate. She enjoyed all kinds from dark to
milk. She would sometimes share, but not too
often. Other teachers often came to her room to
enjoy chocolate after a long exhausting day.

Ms. Spooner had a wicked sense of humor. She often
laughed louder than anyone. She enjoyed torturing children,
making them color and do quality work. She thought it was
funny when children whined and complained.

Ms. Spooner taught many years at Burroughs. She
enjoyed working with students from 3-5 grades. Most of her
time at Burroughs was spent teaching 3rd grade. She knew
many families from school and loved watching small children
become big kids.

Ms. Spooner spent her last many years of teaching at
Burroughs Community School. There are many photos of her
near the office. Students for generations remember her
chocolate loving, evil, torturing ways. Some students even
allowed their own children to enjoy the wicked sense of
humor Ms. Spooner exhibited by having them attend her
classes. Her evilness was loved by all.
PATTIES/MEATBALLS =
FOCUS POINTS and EXTRAS
Main body of your paper = 3 or more stories/events of
your famous person’s life (choose stories from their
childhood AND adulthood)
 Use stories to prove your conclusion about your person.
Details, dates, and your own words will prove that s/he
was brave, kind, bright or those other words you used in
your conclusion.
Meatball/Patty #1 = first story
Meatball/Patty #2 = second story
Meatball/Patty #3 = third story
 Make sure focus points are not too similar to each other.
PATTIES = EXTRAS
Extras are: Supporting ideas
Build a SUPER BURGER
 Add mayonnaise,
ketchup, mustard,
etc.=good vocabulary
and details.
 Each patty does not
require the same number
of extras.
Setting: Where and when did
your person come from?
 Be a History detective!
 Tell where and when your famous person was
born, lived, and died.
 Be SPECIFIC!
TOP BUN = INTRODUCTION
The introduction includes the main ideas
covered in your paper.
 Use complete sentences.
FISH HOOK/LEAD
 4 or more sentences that GRAB your
readers and draws them in for more.
 This is an introductory paragraph for your
paper meant to hook your audience and get
them interested in your person.
 Curious questions, cliffhangers and small
mysteries may be used here.
VOCABULARY WORDS
 List and define at least 7 important words
that you used in your report.
 Write each vocabulary word and a
definition in your own words.
 This will help us understand your report
better.
Quiz Questions and Answers
 Write at LEAST three quiz questions with the
answers listed.
 This means your fish hook, setting, meatballs or
conclusion should include information your
listeners can learn from.
 Be careful to use facts when writing questions. If
you use opinions, there will be many correct
answers.
 Make one tough question for us!
STUDENT RESOURCES
 Internet
 Books
 Movies on your famous person