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Welcome to the Year 5 Significant Australians Wiki for Term 4, 2009.
This term you are going to research a famous Australian, create a scaffold, then use your scaffold to write a biography.

STEP 1: Research your person using the websites provided and complete the scaffold. Check the [|SCAFFOLD RUBRIC.doc] so that you know how it will be marked. DUE FRIDAY WEEK 2.

STEP 2: Use your scaffold to write a biographical recount of your person. Draft to be completed at school in Week 3.Check the [|BIOGRAPHY RUBRIC.doc] to see how you will be marked. You should suggest posible motivations for their efforts to make a difference to their lives and the lives of others. In the biography you should summarise the values that you admire in the famous Australian.

STEP 3: Publish your Biography at home in Week 4, including borders, pictures, captions and [|Bibliography Year 5.doc] STEP 4: Create three [|Comprehension questions.doc] about your Australian - a literal, inferential and creative/critical one. You will use the questions to find out about other Australians that your peers are researching. Questions due in Week 4.

STEP 5: Morning Tea. You will invited to an Australian morning tea where you will come dressed as your famous Australian. You will be interviewed and filmed in character as part of talking and listening. More details to come about this exciting event............