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 **AlphaBiography Guidelines **

The AlphaBiography end of the quarter project will showcase your best writing from the "Who Am I?" unit, as well as, demonstrate your understanding of the personal narrative. The only way to fail this assignment is //not// to turn one in at all. This project is an authentic assessment of a **nine week** //process//; therefore, it will count **three test grades.** Please review the grading rubric below so that you will understand how this project will be graded.

**Grading Rubric: ** _ More than 20 letters of the alphabet 90 - 100 _ More than 15–19 letters of the alphabet 80 - 89 _ More than 10–14 letters of the alphabet 70 - 79 _ Fewer than 10 letters of the alphabet F

**The AlphaBiography should ****include: ** -Twenty six alphabets. Each entry (alphabet) should be clearly linked to some aspect of your life. (You may use your Life Map artifact and/or alphabet graphic organizer for life event ideas to include.)

-The //**required**// entries (**assigned writing during the unit**) should be included: **D** is for Digital Native **W** is Where I’m From <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">**M** is for Family Metaphor <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">**P** is for Family Proverb <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">**S** is for Special Person
 * N** is for Name

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">_ A cover page with a design, my name, and date is included. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">_ A //Dear Reader// letter is included to introduce my AlphaBiography. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">_ A copyright page is included. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">_ The grammar in the entries is correct. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">_ The spelling and mechanics of my writing has been edited. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">_ The final product is organized in alphabetical order.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Due Date ___ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">No Late Projects Accepted