1. How to write a
Biography

2. What is a biography?
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3. What is a biography?
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4. bio= “life” graph= “writing” autograph, photograph
What is a biography?
bio= “life”
graph= “writing”
autograph, photograph

5. A biography is writing that is about someone’s life.
What is a biography?
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A biography is writing that is about someone’s life.

6. What does a person do that makes him/her well known?
Leadership
Science/Inventions
The Arts
Sports
New Ideas
Being First
Courage

7. Who should I choose for my biography
Who should I choose for my biography? Where do I get information for my biography?
Library books: “Taste testing”
(read several books for 2 minutes at a time to get a taste of the book)
PebbleGo: online database

8. How to use PebbleGo: Go to the Internet using Internet Explorer
From the Grand Island web site, select Library Media Center
Select Elementary Libraries
Select Research Databases
Select PebbleGo
Username= Kaegebein, Password= school
Select Biographies

9. Next step: collect information
Read over PebbleGo and read your biography book, looking for what are important events in this person’s life.
Look for important things that this person did.

10. Write it down!
Select ‘Print Activity’ so that you can write about the person you selected. (Share What You Know)
and/or
Picture Sequence: draw 3-4 events in this person’s life in order

11. Sharing Time!
Please share what you found out about the person you studied.
Why was this person so well known?