Wax Museum Note Card (tips)

Wax Museum Note Cards

First Draft due Friday, February 21^st!

A few guidelines for working on your note cards this weekend and next week:

·      Use index cards. It’s helpful to keep them together on a metal ring, with a binder clip, or in a small plastic bag.  Index cards are available in the classroom for your use!

·      Double space your writing. It will be easier to read.

·      Use outline or bullet form instead of complete sentences.

·      You may write in either first person (I was born…) or third person (Eleanor Roosevelt was born…).

·      Remember to list your information in chronological order. Begin when the person was born and end when they died (or today, if they are still living). 

·      You don’t have to include every detail! Pick the most exciting things that happened to them, or most important things they did.

·      You should have not less than six cards and probably no more than twelve.   

·      You should include a bibliography card at the end listing all of your resources (see sheet in your Wax Museum Pack).   

·      This is your first draft. You do not have to have everything perfect by the 21st.  On Friday, the 21st, bring in whatever you have completed (even if it’s only a few cards) and show them to me. I need to see that you are working on the assignment. You will have almost another week to complete and proofread your work. Final note cards are not due until Feb. 28th.  If you forget your cards on either of these dates, you will lose points!

·      As always, do your best work and have fun!