Biography Pre-Outline
for example, Abraham Lincoln

Directions: Don't forget to fill in this outline as you read the book-not after! Remember to change the outline to fit your book.

Title and Author:


Name of Person: (Abraham Lincoln, for example)

Dates:
(When did the person live?)


Where:
(In what place(s) does the biography take place?)


Description of the Person:


Person's Childhood:


Person's Adult Life:


End of Person's Life:


Problems Faced:


How were the problems solved?


Achievement 1:
(What did the person do that is important?)

Achievement 2:
(Add additional achievements)


An interesting sentence the author wrote about the person:
(Make sure to include the page number of the sentence in case you want to check it and also because your teacher will probably want you to put the page number in parenthesis after the quote in the final copy of your report).


Why is the person important?


What I Thought of the Book:
(My evaluation and recommendations)

 

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