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Biography Book Report

Student Name: ______________________________ Date: __________________________
Title: _____________________________________________________________________
Author: _________________________ Name of Person: ____________________________
This person lived from ________________________ to _____________________________
  1. Why was this person famous? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
  2. What characteristics helped to make this person important? ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________
  3. Do you think this book gave an honest account of a person's life? That is, did you feel the individual was a real person? Yes ______ No ______ Explain. _____________________ ____________________________________________________________________
  4. Did you learn some facts about history by reading this book? ______________ Explain. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
  5. Name three experiences that you think made this person great.
    1) _________________________________________________________________
    2) _________________________________________________________________
    3) _________________________________________________________________
  6. Do you feel differently about this person after reading the book? _______________ Explain. ____________________________________________________________________
  7. What part of this person's life did you admire most? Why? ________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
  8. Make a list of five things that you learned about this person.
    1) _________________________________________________________________
    2) _________________________________________________________________
    3) _________________________________________________________________
    4) _________________________________________________________________
    5) _________________________________________________________________
  9. New words extend your enjoyment of reading. Choose four words from the book that you would like to add to your vocabulary and write the definitions for them.
    1) _________________________________________________________________
    2) _________________________________________________________________
    3) _________________________________________________________________
    4) _________________________________________________________________
  10. For Mrs. Walker and Klauber only, draw a portrait of your subject (approximately 3 inches by 3 inches)

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