English I The Biography

1. Create a list of SIX questions which you could ask someone. The questions will be skillfully phrased so that the person will tell you everything important and interesting about himself or herself when answering.

2. A good copy of the questions needs to be turned in with your name on it.

3. You will be assigned someone to interview.

4. Each person in a pair will interview the other person asking ONLY the SIX questions that you devised and write down all the answers your partner gives you.

5. Your assignment will be to write a biography of the person that you interviewed. Your biography will need a title and you can write it in any one of several styles, such as:

A short story

A newspaper report

A magazine story

The story or the article will be at least 250 words. (Roughly one typed page or two handwritten pages.)

6. You will also need to create a cover and the artwork for a book or magazine article based upon your interview. Your title and picture should reflect something distinctive about your subject.

7. You will receive a grade for a copy of your six questions, The Biography of your partner, and the Cover and Artwork for the biography. (3 separate grades)