TeresaFerguson
DUEMONDAY,JUNE5th!!!!!!!
Grade 4 Biography Essay Project
Ferguson/Anderson
SAMPLE
Dear 4th Grader!
Congratulations on all of your hard work on your 4th Grade
Biography Project so far. We hope you enjoyed researching
about your “Game Changer”, learned a lot, and had some
fun in the process!
Please use this resource and the following pages as a template
and guide for the final draft of the Biography Essay Project.
Your final paper should have all of the included parts/pages
and be formatted in a similar way.
Also Remember:
o Your essay should be typed in size 14-16 font
o ** If you are hand writing your essay, please skip lines
and write in your neatest handwriting on white-lined
paper
o Your essay should be 1.5 – double spaced
o Font choices should have both capital and lower case
letters and be easily read
o Examples: arial, times new roman, century gothic
o All pages should be numbered
o Your essay should have a cover page
o Name of your “Game Changer” – Bio Topic
o Image/photograph/drawing of your person or
something he/she is known for
o YOUR name
o Date
o Teacher/Classroom Name
Grade 4 Biography Essay Project
Ferguson/Anderson
SAMPLE
Introducing the “Game Changer”….
Tom Brady
Teresa Ferguson
June 2017
Ferguson/Anderson
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Grade 4 Biography Essay Project
Ferguson/Anderson
SAMPLE
Teresa Ferguson
June 2017
Ferguson/Anderson
Game Changer Biography
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr.
Aka: Tom Brady #12
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“If you don’t believe in yourself, why is anyone else going to
believe in you?” - Tom Brady
Introduction and Early Years
Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977 in San Mateo,
Section1–Intro&EarlyYears
California. He was the only boy in a family of four children, with
three older sisters. His father is of Irish decent, while his mother is
Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. As a child, Tom learned to throw
a football from camp counselor and future NFL/AFL quarterback
Tom Graziani. Brady went to Junipero Serra High School in San
Mateo and graduated in 1995. In High School, Tom played
football, basketball, and baseball. Tom was actually known more
as a baseball player in high school and was drafted in the 18th
round of the 1995 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos. Brady was
determined to play football though, and instead chose to attend
the University of Michigan to play football as quarterback. After
graduation, Tom Brady was selected as the 199th overall pick in the
2000 NFL Draft to the New England Patriots.
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Section2–ImportantEvents
Important Events
One important event in the life of Tom Brady was when he
attended the 1981 NFC Championship game between the San
Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. Tom Brady often
attended 49ers games as a child and was a huge fan of
quarterback Joe Montana. It was at this Championship game,
however, that Joe Montana threw “the catch” to Dwight Clark and
Tom decided that he too wanted to be a champion quarterback.
Section3–Obstacles
An additional important event in Tom’s Brady’s life….
Obstacles
Although Tom Brady has had a lot of success, he has also
faced obstacles in his life. One obstacle that Tom Brady has faced
was….
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Bibliography
Tile of the Article/Book
Author
Copywrite Date
Tom Brady: The Inspiring
Story of One of Football’s
Greatest Quarterbacks
Clayton Jeffreys
2010
Moving the Chains: Tom
Brady and the Pursuit of
Everything
Charles Pierce
2015
Remember that you should have at least 5 resources and that you
should include as much info as you could find for each source. (it
may be hard to find and author for website – do the best you
can!)
You may make a chart like I did, or just a list. Either is fine! J
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