Introduction
Introduction
Click on the picture to see the introduction.
Task
You will see some famous people and search information about them to complete the chart.
Then you will write a biography of the person you chose.
After that, you are going to write a letter to this person and prepare questions you wish to ask.
Process
Research by following the links next to each famous person to find out who they are and what they have done that has made them famous.
You are allowed to work as a team.
| Famous Person | Who am I? What famous person am I? | Websites to find out why they are famous |
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Click on the picture and answer the following ten questions about the third famous person above and print out, then submit it. Deadline is 1 April. That is individual work.
Task 3
Now complete the worksheet before writing biography. Then using the rubric, write a bography and share the file with your teacher (bpuujee@gmail.com). Use the tool of the spell-checker.
team work is allowed here. (max 3 students)
Click here to get to worksheet.
Task 4
In this part you will create 3D book choosing one of the famous people you like or admire. you can join someone with your classmates.
Click here to download Ispring suite6 to create 3D book
Task 5
If you had a chance to meet with a famous person that you admire, what three questions would you ask? And what one thing you would probably do together and explain why?
Task 6
Create Power Point Presentation about one famous person you like. in this PPP, you have to include what he/she did, invented, why he/she is famous, what made him/her famous, biography etc.
that is team work.
Evaluation
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Excellent* 3 pts |
Good job 2 pts |
Fair 1 pt. |
Incomplete 0 pt. |
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Cover Slide Includes your name, title of slide show, picture of author/person |
Exciting first slide, includes all parts, no misspellings, really grabs your audiences attention! |
Nice first slide, includes all the parts, well designed and easy to read. |
Slide has some missing parts, a few misspellings |
Missing or incomplete |
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Biography Facts Slide This slide teaches the audience about who the author/person is - where born, how old, awards the author/person might have won, etc. |
Includes all parts, appealing presentation |
Includes basic information |
Missing important details about the author |
Missing or incomplete |
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Presentation |
An exciting presentation, easy to hear and understand |
Spoke loudly and clearly. |
Hard to hear and understand |
Missing or incomplete |
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Focus on the Task |
Always focuses on task. Completes work in the amount of time given |
Usually focuses on task and focuses on what needs to be done |
Sometimes focuses on task, lets others do the work
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Rarely focuses on task, lets others do the work
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3D book |
Includes all necessary information |
Includes basic information |
Missing important details about the author |
Missing or incomplete |
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Conclusion
Hey, you did it!! Awesome work everybody!! All that hard work has paid off, not only do you know lots of new things to share with all your friends but you also learned about the importance of working together as a team. Compromise and mutual satisfaction for all team members will always put the best work forward! Let's review some of the things we've discovered. we learned a lot about famous people all around the world and how they influenced on our life. While we were having all this fun, you also learned how to "surf the net" to find information on all your favorite things. The internet is useful in so many ways, you can search for songs you would like to listen to, cool computer games to play, and yes, you can even have fun doing your homework! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did and maybe we will meet again on the next great adventure!! Bye for now!
"Congratulations on completing the Biography Adventure!"
If you would like to know more about FAMOUS PEOPLE, try exploring one of the following links:
most famous people awards 2013-2014
Credits
In addition to the weblinks provided in this WebQuest, you may also wish to use some of the following resources:
Teacher Page
This WebQuest is designed to be used in an
intermediate adult ESL/EFL class. It is designed to be assigned to students working as partners,
but it could also be used by individuals. To use the site as presented, you will need to create 3D book in ISpring Suite 6 (ISpring.com),