Biographies

Today students finalized who they are writing his/her Biography on.  We signed out the Chromebooks and students began to research the person they chose.  They need to submit a "Writing a Biography" (planner) before their actual biographical writing can take place.  Please AYC (ask your child) how they did on this step of the writing process.  Today was for making point form notes and on Friday students will start writing their biographies.

The biography is to be (approximately) 500 words (which, in size 12 point font and double spaced, takes up two pages).


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