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X. BIOGRAPHY BY GOLLY© 2006 Nancy Polette
1. Warm Up Activity
2. What Makes a Good
Biography?
3. The Important Report
4. The If I were Pattern
5. We Remember
6. Resources
Here is My
The player gives the initials of a famous
person and must then pantomime an object connected with the person so that the
group can guess who the person is and what the object is. Example: J.H would be
writing with a pen. (John Hancock)
MAE JEMISON
by Nancy Polette . Children's Press, 2003.
A. It has a beginning that 'hooks' the
reader.
Would you like to be a star or travel to the stars? Mae Jemison did
both.
B. It tells WHO, WHEN and WHERE.
Mae grew up in Chicago, Illinois. When
she was thirteen she saw the first astronauts walk on the moon. She decided that
she would be an astronaut, too.
C It reveals the person by what others say.
Mae
knew she had a lot to learn. After high school she went to college. Her teachers
said there wasn't anything Mae couldn't learn! She learned to be a chemical
engineer. She went to medical school and became a doctor.
D. It shows
difficulties that were overcome.
She applied to NASA to join the astronaut
program. 2000 other people wanted to join the astronaut program, too. Only
fifteen would be chosen. Would Mae be one of the fifteen? YES! NASA said Mae
could train to be an astronaut
E It is filled with action, revealing the
character by WHAT the person does.
She learned to fly a jet. She learned to use
a parachute. She learned how to stay alive in wild places. She helped prepare
space shuttles for take-off.
F. It tells of the person's accomplishments.
On
September 12, 1992 when the space shuttle Endeavor blasted off, Mae was one of
the astronauts. She was a star! Mae did medical experiments while the space
shuttle went around the Earth 127 times in eight days.
G. It ends by referring
to the beginning and/or using a universal word.
When Mae looked at the Earth
from space what do you think she saw? She saw Chicago! The placewhere her dream
began. Mae Jemison showed everyone that dreams can come true if people work to
be the best that they can be.
Biography Reports: Primary
1. Sing to 'London
Bridge'
Mae Jemison was her name
Was her name, was her name
Travelling in space
was her game
She was an astronaut!
She learned to be a chemical engineer.
She learned to be a doctor.
She learned to fly a jet.
She learned to use a
parachute.
She learned how to stay alive in wild places.
She learned how to be
an astronaut.
But the important thing about Mae Jemison is she loved to learn.
I would learn all that I can
I would become an astronaut and do
experiments in space
And I'd work to make my dreams come true.
But I wouldn't do
barnstorming and give air shows
Because Bessie Coleman did that.
When (name) ________ was (age) ______
he/she liked to
________
(name) decided to_______________
So he/she________________________
One
problem he/she had was _______
But he/she________________________
We remember
________because he/she _______
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