3-D Book Report Biography in a Box

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1 3-D Book Report Biography in a Box DUE DATE: May 10,2018 Late book reports will result in a letter grade deduction for every late day. Please do not be late! Directions: First, select a famous person that you are interested in learning more about. Biography books can be checked-out from our classroom library or from our school library. Selected books are to be approved by me prior to reading. Students are to select a biography that they have not read before.your actual book report will be creatively displayed in pizza box, which will be provided by your teacher. What to do: First make the pizza box, folding the sides up to create your When decorating your box, please be sure to cover up the pizza box in its entirety. You should not be able to know that this was a pizza box from Pizza Hut. Some students have opted to paint the box first which helps to maintain a clean, polished look. The top of the box must have the biography person s name and some kind of decoration. The base of the box: The three sides around the base of the box are for a time-line with at least 7-10 events from the person s life. This can be placed on the inside of the base of the box or on the outside of the base of the The inside top cover will be facts or trivia about the person along with photos or mementos (a reminder, a souvenir). It should be covered so that no pizza wording remains. The example below shows facts about Clara Barton with typed facts about her life. The inside box [where the pizza would be] is where a 3-D representation of this person s life goes. It needs to be something that from seeing the other parts of the box, a reader would be able to connect to this person s life. It holds the most point value of the project. The rubric which tells you how you will be graded on your project is below. Use the rubric to guide you as you complete your project. Here are some examples of 3-D pizza boxes Clara Barton Jane Goodall Sacagawea ea

2 Graphic Organizer The graphic organizer is to be used as a guide. The information recorded here can be typed or neatly written out and applied directly to your You can cut the information out from your graphic organizer if you would like and apply it directly to your Biography Person s Name Author of the Book Important Character Traits (Use your Powerful Adjectives to describe your person) Most important contributions (what did they do): 3.

3 Time Line (record the important dates and events of this person s life(7-10 facts) Experiences that made this person important:

4 Grading: Students will receive two grades for their book report: 1 ) 3-D Biography Box Book Report and 2 ) Oral Presentation. Biography 3-D Box Book Report Rubric Category 100 Outstanding 90 Proficient 80 Satisfactory 60 Unsatisfactory Required Elements (These elements are from your graphic organizer) Title, Author s Name, Timeline, Quotation, and any Picture Captions 3-D Graphics (Base of the box) Attractiveness Grammar The box includes all required elements as well as additional information. All written work is in the student s very best writing, bold, and large enough to be read. All graphics are related to the topic and very easy to understand. Several of the graphics selected are 3-D and exceptionally organized. All space is utilized and well there are no empty spaces. The box is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness. The pizza box is completely covered. There are no grammatical/ mistakes on the All required elements are included on the Most written work is neat, bold, and large enough to be read. All graphics are related to the topic and are easy to understand. Some of the graphics selected are 3-D and are well thought out and organized. Most of the space is utilized, few bare spaces. The box is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness. Pizza box is not completely covered. There are few grammatical/ mistakes on the Most of the required elements are included on the There are a lot of erased words which make it difficult to read. The writing is bold, and large enough to be read. All graphics relate to the topic, some of the graphics are difficult to understand. Few of the graphics selected are 3-D. Not all space is utilized to the fullest, there are empty spaces. The box could be neater and better organized. Pizza box wording shows. There are several grammatical/ mistakes on the Several required elements were missing. Written work is too small or difficult to be read. Graphics do not relate to the topic and do not reflect the biography. Very little graphics have been applied. Too much space throughout the The box is unacceptably messy. The grammatical/ mistakes make the box difficult to understand.

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6 Biography Book Report Oral Presentation-Rubric You will be graded on How well you know your researched subject. Students are expected to be able to speak about their researched subject from memory and not read information verbatim from their Students may use 3 x 5 cards during their presentation to help guide their presentation. 3 x 5 cards are not to be used to read like a book. Please read rubric below to gain an understanding of how you will be graded. You can do it! Category Exceptional Satisfactory Needs Improvement (100 points) (70 points) ( 60 points) Audibility All parts of the audience can easily hear the presentation Speaker cannot clearly be heard by all of the audience. Speaker looked down at times to read their box vs. looking at the audience which affected audibility Audience showed difficulty hearing the report. Speakers voice was projected down or covered by reading the box which affected audibility. Speaker Enthusiasm Speaker enthusiasm highly visible Speaker moderately enthused No display of enthusiasm by speaker Speaker Mannerisms Speaker displays no distracting mannerisms. Speaker was not distracted from reading from his/her Speaker displayed confidence in presenting their Speaker displays some distracting mannerisms. Speaker occasionally was distracted. Audience was totally distracted by the speakers mannerisms. Eye Contact Speaker displays eye contact with all sections of the audience. Speaker did not look down and read their book report from their Maintained eye contact with the audience. Speaker displays some eye contact with the audience. Speaker looked at box to read part of their box to deliver oral presentation. Speaker displays no eye contact with the audience. Read from their box completely.

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