Biography

What is a biography?

• Realistic Fiction

• The author tells a story about another person's life or part of it.

• A fantasy story.

• The author writes a story about their own lives.

A Biography ALWAYS...

• is told like a story.

• includes quotes by the person.

• has fictional characters with funny names.

• includes the setting and and people who influenced the subject's life.

A biography OFTEN...

• includes additional information at the end of the book like an author's note.

• is written by young children.

• makes you sad.

• includes information about where the subject liked to go paint.

Biographies OFTEN include

• a memoir.

• information about the subject's children.

• the setting of the story.

• imagined scenes, but they are based on facts.

Who is one person who influenced Louis Braille's life?

• His mother.

• His sister.

• His father.

• HIs dog.

What is Louis Braille known for?

• Going to a school for the blind.

• Inventing Braille for blind people to read and write.

• Helping his father in his leather shop.

• Fighting for the army as a general.

What did Nek Chand create?

• A Secret Kingdom

• A beautiful painting

• A new religion.

• Braille.

Nek Chand wanted to keep...

• his new iPhone

• a vegetable garden

• his bicycle

• the stories from his village

Why did Mary Cassatt have a hard time becoming a painter in 1860?

• She didn't know how to paint.

• She was a woman, and in that time women were not supposed to be artists.

• She could not get into an art school.

• It was very easy for her. Society supported her dreams of becoming an artist.

Jackson Polluck was known for his

• Impressionist Art

• Musical Talent

• Abstract Art

• Pottery Skills