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American Author Research Project – Directions:

Below is a list of American authors. Some have written novels, some short stories, some poetry, and some historical documents. After reading the list, choose one on whom you would like to research and report:

• Louisa May Alcott

• William Bradford

• Frederick Douglass

• Emily Dickinson

• Jack London

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Henry David Thoreau

• Mark Twain

• Walt Whitman

• Robert Frost

• Alexander Hamilton

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Paine

• Gertrude Stein

• John Steinbeck

• Booker T. Washington

Complete the blank chart, using the filled out chart as a guide, for the author you have chosen. Your work must be neat and legible to receive credit. Make sure that your name is on the back of the blank chart. If you do not write your name on your paper, you will not receive credit.

This extra credit assignment is worth 10 points on a test grade, and is due no later than Tuesday, December 15, 2015.

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Name of your person here

(dates of birth and death)

“Put here your own choice of one of the best things that author ever said.”

- Author’s Name

photo here

What influenced this author to write what he/she did?

What inventions/events were happening in the U.S. during this author’s childhood?

Interesting biographical data here.

❖ Sequence of significant, bizarre, or otherwise interesting life events

Three best-known works:

• Title and date published

(brief description: 1-2 sentences)

• Title and date published

(brief description: 1-2 sentences)

• Title and date published

(brief description: 1-2 sentences)

What is this author known for? (Pioneering what? Contributing what? Mastering what? Being the first to do what?)

Place here your choice of graphic which could symbolize this author’s work

Did you know? (Write three “did you know” questions here; this is a great place for interesting trivia about your author.)

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