Title Slide.

You should introduce the person you're

writing your biography about. You must type
his/her name in the text box at the top of
the screen, and add a picture of the person.
You will want to keep the title slide simple.
At the bottom, write your name, ESL -
Period 1/2 and the date in the center.
 Introduction Slide

This should be a general overview of the

person's life:

- date of birth
- place of birth
- interesting facts on his/her early life
- educational background
- death (if applicable)
 Timeline Slide
Your timeline must include
1901
FIVE significant
accomplishments, awards,
and/or special recognition. 1904

1917

1929

1939
 Slides that Highlight Specific
Accomplishments

Create THREE slides drawing from your

timeline where you explain the person's
major accomplishments, awards, and
special recognition.
 Character Traits

What TWO qualities or traits does the person

possess?
Provide EVIDENCE from his life
 Conclusion Slide

This slide will sum up the person's impact on

the world and the people around him or
leave the audience with a quote from the
person that symbolizes their overall
persona.
 Life Lesson

Your last slide must be a “Life Lesson” you

could learn from your person.

Is there a “quality” this person possesses

you could learn from?

Is there a specific experience in this

person’s life you could learn from?
Create a references slide. This slide includes
all the resources you quoted or used for the
project. This adds credibility to the things
you said during the presentation. See
resources below for guidelines in a few of
the major citation formats.
Make the final slide your works cited page. Cite 5
sources you used; one of the 5 is your book.
 Guidelines
 Presentation must be 4-8 minutes
 You can use 6 notecards for your presentation
 You must have 20 or fewer words per notecard
◦ Questions to answer:
 Why did you select this person?
 Explain 5 life changing events in this person’s life.
?
 PowerPoint
 You need at least 8 slides (not counting your title
slide)
 You must have 20 or fewer words per slide. The
words on your slides should be key words.You
want your audience to listen to you, not read
your PowerPoint.
 Your slides should be used more as a visual.
Pictures should be relevant to what you are
talking about in your presentation.
 Presentation Guidelines

 Attention Getter – create an introduction

in a creative way to gain attention of
audience. (interesting fact, statistic, quote,
question, etc)
 Speak in good volume, showing enthusiasm,
and interest
 Make good eye contact with your audience.

 Do NOT read off your PowerPoint! Always

face your audience.
 Presentation
You should practice. Be confident in
yourself!

Provide information you think will be

interesting to your audience. You want to
thoroughly teach your audience about your
person.

Lasting Impression – Leave your audience

thinking about your topic. This could be an
interesting fact, statistic, quote, question,
etc. (this should happen after your “Life
Lesson” slide)
 Presentation

Extra Credit: You can dress-up as the

person you are presenting for extra credit.

Be creative!

Have fun with the presentation!