Biography+Project

**//__Strand: Writing__//** **//__Topic: Text Types and Purposes__//**

**Hello Students!**

** You have learned all about biographies and even read one on our current president, Barack Obama. You have also chosen an influential leader to write a biographical essay about. Along with your essays, you will complete the following activities as part of your biography project. **

**Step 1: WordCloud** In this activity, you will create a word cloud about the influential leader you selected. Your word cloud should include at least 10 words which describe your leader. You will use **__ @https://tagul.com/ __** to complete this activity.

**__See my example which is embedded below.__**

**Step 2: Virtual Tour** In this activity, you will create a virtual tour of the significant places that your influential leader is associated with. You will use Google Earth Tour Builder at **__ @https://tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/ __** to complete this activity.

**__ Click here for my example. __**

**Step 3: Animations** In this activity, you will create an animation of an actual memorable event in this person's life. You will use __**http://goanimate.com/**__

__** Click here for my example. **__

**Step 4: Podcast** In this activity, you will create a brief podcast using __** @https://voicethread.com/ .**__ In your voicethread include at least one image, and at least a 30 second voicethread about the person whom you wrote you biography on.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #5199a8; font-family: 'Open sans',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">__**Click here for my example.**__

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3a96b8; font-family: 'Open sans',sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">**Step 5: Publish you work on** ** __http://kajalbrazwell.blogspot.com/__ **


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