15 Peer Review and Biography Works Cited Page // Due the week of January 7, 2016

Hi Everyone!

Enjoy your break! (But you do have homework :D :D :D)

WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY:

• Complete the peer reviews for the final people in the class's biographies. This means about one handwritten page for each of the two people we have left to review; I will be checking to see that it's written down beforehand :D. Consider:
• What information would you like to know more about?
• What information seems irrelevant or uninteresting?
• Is the organization easy to understand?
• How's the flow?
• Is the introduction attention-grabbing?
• Etc

THURSDAY:

You have a fair amount of homework… but… homework is amazing, so it's great!

1. Make sure you have the last two girls' book/movie reviews are peer reviewed for the peer review we will be having next class period.
2. Biography Prep:
1. Pick a person who interests you!
2. Make a works cited page of 5 good sources about that person
1. Use easybib.com for the citations
2. Make sure each provides good information
3. Make at least 10 notecards of information about your person
1. Nothing boring to you—everything interesting! If it doesn't interest you or seem important to their life, leave it out!
2. One piece of information or story per card
3. Revise your book/movie reviews if you've already been peer reviewed. Make sure to really go through and make the changes that were suggested to you—I will be looking for big differences!

Email me if you have questions!

14 Peer Review and Biography Rough Draft // Due the week of Dec. 17, 2015

Hi Everyone!

WEDNESDAY:

1. Revise your Book/Movie Review rough drafts using the tips you received from the peer review.
2. Write your biography rough drafts using the information from your 10+ notecards and 5+ sources from your works cited page. It should be 2-3 pages and must have an introduction and a conclusion. The body may discuss the person's life in categories (i.e.: their modeling career, their acting career, and their doctoring) or chronologically (by time). Just be sure to include the things that interest you about the person!

THURSDAY:

• Peer review the final two people's papers for next week. Make sure you're actually writing down your comments and bringing them to class.

FRIDAY:

• Write your biography rough drafts using the information from your 10+ notecards and 5+ sources from your works cited page. It should be 2-3 pages and must have an introduction and a conclusion. The body may discuss the person's life in categories (i.e.: their modeling career, their acting career, and their doctoring) or chronologically (by time). Just be sure to include the things that interest you about the person!

13 Peer Review and Biography // Due the week of December 8, 2015

Hi Everyone!

WEDNESDAY HOMEWORK:

• Complete peer reviews for the final two papers, as we skipped peer review this week, and be ready to discuss in class next week.
• Begin the process for writing the biography paper:

Select a person that truly interests you. Check out the following website for a list of very interesting people! (You can pick someone not on the list if you want.) http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html Find out the basic facts of the person's life. Start with the encyclopedia and almanac. While these should not be the main focus of a biography, they can be nice information for the introduction. Think about the following questions: What makes this person special or interesting? What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people? What are the adjectives you would most use to describe the person? What examples from their life illustrate those qualities? What events shaped or changed this person's life? Did he or she overcome obstacles? Take risks? Get lucky? Would the world be better or worse if this person hadn't lived? How and why? Find at least 5 different sources that talk about the person. 5. Write a Works Cited Page of those sources. Check previous blogposts if your forget how to write a works cited page. 6. Make at least 10 notecards with one relevant fact/story on each. If you don't have notecards, feel free to cut up paper. Be sure to note on the card where the info came from (which source). THURSDAY HOMEWORK: Peer review the book/movie reviews of the remaining three boys of the class that we did not peer review this week. That means at least one good comment per paragraph. Consider: Is the synopsis well-explained, but short (max 3 sentences)? Is it well-organized? Are there good examples and evidence from the movie/book? Flow? Etc FRIDAY HOMEWORK: Revise your rough drafts into final drafts Begin the process for writing the biography paper: Select a person that truly interests you. Check out the following website for a list of very interesting people! (You can pick someone not on the list if you want.) http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous-100.html Find out the basic facts of the person's life. Start with the encyclopedia and almanac. While these should not be the main focus of a biography, they can be nice information for the introduction. Think about the following questions: What makes this person special or interesting? What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? other people? What are the adjectives you would most use to describe the person? What examples from their life illustrate those qualities? What events shaped or changed this person's life? Did he or she overcome obstacles? Take risks? Get lucky? Would the world be better or worse if this person hadn't lived? How and why? Find at least 5 different sources that talk about the person. 5. Write a Works Cited Page of those sources. Check previous blogposts if your forget how to write a works cited page. 6. Make at least 10 notecards with one relevant fact/story on each. If you don't have notecards, feel free to cut up paper. Be sure to note on the card where the info came from (which source).