February 18, 2000
Famous Person Report
Famous (fay-muhss) adjective - If you are a famous person, you are well known to many people.

Harriet Tubman

Bill and Hilary Clinton

Henry Ford

      Students will research, using at least three sources, the life of a famous person. They will become experts as they discover information about their person's childhood, family, and education. Students will also include the achievements made by their famous person and how they made a difference in the world. Finally, students should include a personal connection such as an example of something they can relate to with their famous person. At least three photos and a time line about their famous person should be included in this report. The Famous Person report will be connected to each student's personal web page as well as handed in in a report cover.

Students will rewrite all their researched information into well written paragraphs. This project will help us continue to develop our expository writing skills, which is the ability to explain. Students will grade themselves and each other in the following writing traits: Famous Person Report Check List

Concept and Design (topic and organization):
Clear Topic and three or more sentences that stay focused on the topic.
The use of transition words to connect ideas (first, next, also...)
Have a beginning, middle and end
organized ideas into paragraphs
Closing sentence that states the topic in a different ways
writing that clearly addresses the writing task and form

As we continue to prepare for the WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning), students are given more and more information about the test. Information, practice and confidence will almost guarantee each child's success on the test.

The Famous Person Report will give us practice at school and home writing paragraphs that cover the"Writing Traits" . As well as writing practice, students will also learn about a variety of famous people!

Students will use a check list to make sure that all areas of their report are complete. The date indicated in each box is the date that the first draft should be completed and with the student on that day.

It is important that all time used in class is productive and that no student say that "their writing and information is at home". Much of the work on this report will be completed at school.

Students should keep all research information, prewriting and rough copies and check list in their writing folder. This folder should go home everyday and returned the next day. Final copies should not completed until all pieces (paragraphs) have been revised and edited by the student, peer, parent and Mr. Riley.

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