Biography (Cereal Box) Project
Due Date: February 13th, 2019
In this project, you will be creating a new cereal and decorating a cereal box. You will devote each side of the cereal box to one section of the project. The directions for each section follow:
Front of Box (15 pts):
- Use a piece of paper to cover the front of your cereal box
- Cereal’s Name-- create a title that describes your person.
Ex: Harriet Flakes, Conductor Graham’s
- Picture of famous figure
- Famous figure’s name
- Your name in the bottom right hand side
Side of Box (15 pts):
- Label Nutritional Facts
- Using bullets and complete sentences, explain
- Where and when they were born
- Where they lived most of their life
- When they died (if they are dead)
- Family, spouse, children, siblings
- Education
Side of Box (15 pts):
- Label Ingredients
- In paragraph form, write how you can relate to this person
- What do you think about them?
- Would you have done anything the same or different?
Back of Box (15 pts):
- In paragraph form:
- Paragraph 1: What did the famous figure do that made him/her famous?
- Paragraph 2: What will the famous figure be remembered by?
- 1-2 quotes by your famous figure
- Paragraphs must be organized and written clearly
- Writing needs to be in your own words
Overall (15pts):
- Neatness
- Creativity
- Lots of color- make it fun!
- Typed
Presentation (10pts):
- Be able to present your cereal box to the class
- Explain the importance of your famous figure
- Do not just read the information off of your box
Total 85 points
Name _________________ Date ________
Possible Points Your Points
Front of Box (15) _______
Nutritional Facts Side (15) _______
Ingredients Side (15) _______
Back Summary (15) _______
Product Overall (15) _______
Presentation (10) _______
Total (85) _______
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