Famous Person Report Check-Off

Famous Person Report Check-Off

Check off	Components	Points	Make sure to include the following in each section…
_	Title page	10	Name of famous person, time period they were alive, your name, due date
_	Contents Page	5	Labeled Contents, lists sections and the page numbers they begin Ex. I am poem........................p. 3 Essay …..….....................p. 4 Photograph of__..............p. 6 Drawing of Invention…..p. 7 Extra credit …....…….....p. 8 Bibliography …………...p. 9
_	I am Poem	15	Thoughtful, creative, informative, accurate, correct spelling, neatness
_ _ _	Essay __Introduction (This grabs the readers attention and tells them who you are writing about) __Body Paragraphs (Paragraph 1 about the person’s childhood, interests and experiences growing up, family, when/where they group up. Paragraph 2 about the person’s talents and accomplishments. What was important about their life? What goals has this person achieved? What problems did they overcome? Why, how, when and where did they become famous? Other Paragraphs may give more details about the life/work of your person. Interesting information? How this person is remembered and/or they are important. How did this person impact the lives of others? What can we learn from them? What should we know about their death, tributes, legacies?) __Concluding Paragraph (This should retouch upon the life’s accomplishments of your famous person and why they are important to learn about. How can learning about their life/work inspire or encourage others and make a positive difference.)	35	Informative, accurate, strong vocabulary, variety of sentences used, the reading flows, it’s organized, neat, and uses correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar.
_	Visuals	10	All visuals are labeled, They are relevant and meaningful, They enhance understanding of the person, their life and/or their accomplishments.
_	Bibliography	10	Labeled Bibliography, Listed in alphabetical order by authors’ last names (when possible) or by article title (if no author stated).
_	Presentation/ Artistic Demonstration	15	Shows effort, reflects knowledge about the person, their life and accomplishments, well prepared
_	Extra Credit		Extra visuals that are labeled and enhance the understanding of your person/their life/their accomplishments
_ _ _ _	I checked my writing for misspelled words. I checked my writing for errors in punctuation. My paper is neat. I checked that my writing makes sense.