JK Rowling

JK Rowling

By: Bennet

JK Rowling is an amazing person. This will tell you about her life story, how she wrote many books, had a very sad and interesting background, and will tell you how she became a multi-millionaire in 5 years. So sit down, grab some popcorn and relax.

In July 31, 1965, a baby was born, her name was Joanne Rowling. Joanne's parents met at Kings Cross where Harry Potter gets on the bus to Hogwarts. Anyway skip ahead a few years and here she is in her small house with three children named Jessica, Mackenzie, and David.

Joanne was very poor at this time. She was unemployed, until she picked up a pencil and started writing. When she was on a train she wrote her initial ideas about Harry Potter on a napkin and filled five notebook pages with Q words until she came up with Quidditch. By the time Joanne got back home she started writing. When she was done Joanne went to twelve publishers, until she finally got accepted.

Joanne later changed her name to JK because it was shorter and she liked it more. JK's parents never gave Joanne a middle name so she took her grandmothers name Kathleen, which the K stands for. JK must really like her grandmother.

JK Rowling was later awarded an Order Of The British Empire in 2001. JK also shares the same birthday as Harry Potter, hmm I think she did that on purpose. To this day JK is still writing books, and will be for a very long time.

I think JK is an incredible person she's hardworking, creative, and determined. I hope you think JK Rowling is amazing too. Her story is inspiring and I hope you enjoyed it.

J.K. Rowling." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 03 May 2017.

J.K. Rowling." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 03 May 2017.

"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 May 2017. Web. 03 May 2017
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Presentation Notes:

"Hello I just flew in from England to go to this 5 star restaurant and after this i am going to a book signing."

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

Hi, my name is Wyatt Earp. I was born March 19, 1848. Not much happened when I was only a baby, but my life got a whole lot more interesting, just listen to my story, and trust me. Fast forward about a decade, it was 1861, and I was 13 years old when the Civil war broke out. I wasn't quite old enough to go to war, but what did I care? Unlike you probably, I wanted to fight. My older brothers Virgil and James, and my half-brother Newton had gone to fight in the war. You could probably guess what I did, tried to join them on the battlefield, right? Correct. My family moved a lot in hopes of striking it rich, so one time when we moved I tried to join them in battle. I had gotten a couple miles away before my dad caught me. What would your dad do if he caught you going to war at 13? I think you can be spared of the details of what mine did. Needless to say it wasn't a happy house that night.

Later Virgil and I went back home to Illinois, only to discover our father had moved again to Lamar. Without us. I said he moved a lot, but not without us! I went to Lamar and there became a law officer. My unemployed dad ran for constable, and won! I married in Lamar, and seemed to have a quiet life ahead of me. Then of course my wife died of typhoid, and then I wandered into Native territory, and there was soon a warrant on me for stealing horses. I then fled to the Kansas prairies, and fell in with the bison hunters. I got my education in the buffalo camps. I moved in and out of that profession because it was profitable, and it kept me going.

Then it became obvious to me that buffalo hunting offered a limited future because the number of buffalo was dropping rapidly, so then I turned to the cattle towns. The end of the civil war marked the beginning of industrial revolution. In 1875 I moved to Wichita, Kansas, there I was appointed city policeman. I worked both sides of the law. I was a good policeman, but ran afoul of town politics. I got involved in a fistfight with the opponent of my boss, making the town council oppose my tenure. I then became the owner of a bar but never let liquor touch my lips. I had a crazy love for ice cream, and every day in Tombstone I would stop into the ice cream parlor for a scoop of ice cream.

Now let me tell you about the Earp brothers, and friends. I have 4 brothers, Virgil, James, Morgan, and Warren. I was 33 when I got involved in the gunfight at the O.K. corral. My friend Doc Holliday, my 3 brothers and I defeated the 3 outlaws that were opposing us in less than 30 seconds. Something interesting about me is that both Doc Holliday and my brothers got hit in gunfights that they were a part of, but I never ever got shot in a gunfight I was a part of. One time my gun fell out of my coat and hit the ground, it then shot through my coat, then the ceiling.

Last, but not least, people always said that wherever the Earp brothers went that law and order was established. I guess that was true. After my first wife died I had three more wives before I died, you want to hear how I died? I died of chronic cystitis. Chronic cystitis is a bladder disease. You would think that people threatened me, and you would be right, I was threatened by three outlaws that finally killed my mom Virginia, and my brother Morgan. Those were the same outlaws that we killed in the O.K. corral gunfight. I guess you could say I had an interesting life. I would have to agree. According to my wife my last words were "Suppose, suppose..." No one knows what I was going to say.

Sources: Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Apr. 2017. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

Love, Evans. "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: A Brief History." O.K. Corral Gunfight Site, Tombstone, AZ. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2017.
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Presentation Notes:

"Hi, I just came from the Lamar town constable election, were you there? It was very interesting, and I'm not just saying that because it was my brother Morgan versus my dad Nicholas. My dad ended up winning, although I wanted Morgan to. He's played a bigger role in my life than my dad ever did."

Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan; Modern Dancer

Biography By: Téa

I am researching Isadora Duncan who is a Modern Dancer. She is the Mother of Modern Dance. A fun fact is her dancers were called Isadorables. Then when they got older they wanted to change their name to Isadora Duncan's Dancers. I am super excited for you to read my essay on Isadora Duncan.

Isadora was born on May, 27 1877 in San Francisco. Her first memory was of a fire, when she was 2 or 3. The Duncan's father surprised the Duncan's by giving them a mansion in San. Francisco.

Isadora Duncan's father was a banker. Sadly he lost his money very quickly. When Isadora was 5 months old Joseph (Isadora's Dad) went bankrupt. Isadora's dad left them so the cops would about money. The Duncan's father surprised the Duncan's by giving them a mansion in San. Francisco.

She rejected ballet classes almost immediately when she began them. Isadora Duncan agreed to adopt some kids because they wanted to learn how to dance Isadoras's way. When she had to leave them she either left them in a boarding school or with her siblings. She wanted to create her own type of dance. She never extended her leg fully always just a little.

She wanted to take a ride a car she liked so when the car arrived; She threw on her shall and jumped in the car then when the car started to move the shall(which was around her shoulder), got stuck in the tire and got tighter and tighter around her neck after a few seconds she passed away.

Isadora Duncan's life had a few bumps in the road but she is a great person and she had a great life. I think she is amazing because she preserved for what she really wanted to do.

Citations:

O'Connor, Barbara. Barefoot Dancer: The Story of Isadora Duncan. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 2001. Print

"My Life." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.
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Presentation Notes:

"Hi! Its so nice to meet you! I am so happy because I just got to teach a dance class, my way. I am going out with a dance teacher to talk about the way I teach my students. I am very glad that you came to the Isadora meet-n-greet. So do you have any questions for me?"

Gabby Douglas

Gabby Douglas: The Amazing Athlete

Biography By: Camille

Did you know that Gabby Douglas was the first African American to win the individual, all-around gold medal in the London Olympics in 2012? She was only sixteen when she did it! Gabby has gotten a lot of shiny awesome gold medals! Her personal life was also was also very interesting!

Gabby's full name is Gabrielle Cristina Victoria Douglas. Her nickname is "The Flying Squirrel." I think that's an AWESOME nickname! A legendary coach named Martha Karoli gave her the nickname. Gabby was born on December 31, 1995 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Gabby's parents are Timothy Douglas and Natalie Hawkins Douglas. Now she's 21. Gabby has three siblings; Arielle, Joyelle, and John. Did you know Gabby started gymnastics when she was only six?

In October 2002, She began training at Gym Strada when her sister, Arielle, convinced her mom to have Gabby take formal gymnastics classes. Her sister quit gymnastics so Gabby could do it because it was too expensive. Gabby was poor in her childhood. Her family almost had to get on food stamps. (Were the government helps pay for your food.) When Gabby was fourteen, she moved to West Des Maines, Iowa to train with Liang Chow. (A LEGENDARY coach.) Her host family was Travis and Missy Parton, who had four other daughters. One of them was a student of Chow. Gabby has said many interesting quotes, too.

Once she said, "I just want people to know it took a lot. It took a lot of hard days in the gym, determination, passion, and drive. Gold metals are made out of sweat, blood, tears, effort in the gym, and sacrificing a lot." She also said, "I'm not ready for a relationship. My boyfriend's name is Jim... Nastics!" Another thing she said is, "When I leave the gym and spend time with my family, I'm just a normal teenager." As you just heard, Gabby has said many interesting quotes.

I think Gabrielle Douglas is an amazing person. She is ambitious and very cheerful! I look up to Gabby. Over all, she is AWESOME!!!

Sources:

"Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Apr. 2017. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

Gabby Douglas. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.
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Presentation Notes:

"Hi! It's so nice to meet you! I'm super excited because I just got back from one of my competitions! I won a medal! after this I'm going back to my hometown, Virginia, to meet up with my family for dinner! I haven't seen them in awhile because I've been busy with gymnastics. So do you have any questions?"

Irena Sendlerowa

Unstoppable!

By, Solveig

Good afternoon, everyone! A lot of very well-known people are here at the Biography Bistro including Ben Franklin, Helen Keller, and Gabby Douglas. My character is not as popular as all of them. But, I did discover MUCH more than meets the eye -- if you count saving 2,500 lives as something.

On February 15, 1910, a baby girl is born. Her name is Irena Krzyzanowska, that's me. When I was a young girl my father, a hard-working doctor, fell ill with typhus, which he had been treating in others. Before my father passed away, he told me, "Irena, if someone drowning, you must jump in and try to save them."

Now, I'm known as Irena Sendlerowa, or in some cases, Irena Sendler. I was married Mieczyslaw Sendlerowa, but, in 1931 (after the war) we got divorced. Soon, I married a fellow activist Stephen Zgrzembski and had two children, a son and daughter.

Now, we are going take a step back into the 1900's

It is a very dark, bad time in World War II. Many of these people around us are too afraid to be upstanders and choose to be bystanders instead. I have not been tricked into that one!

As the Jews are being persecuted by the Nazis in World War II, I am working on helping Jewish families and saving their children by giving them Christian names and having Christian families adopt them. I wrote their real names and their new names on slips of paper, put them in

marmalade jars, and buried them under a big tree in my friend's garden. After the war, I would reunite many children with their families. Sadly many did not.

The Warsaw Ghetto is a part of town built by Adolf Hitler's Nazis, If you don't know. They're herding 500,000 of the Polish Jews behind its walls to await liquidation. That's when I was able to smuggle 2,500 children out (if anyone was caught doing this they would be severely punished or killed, but I managed to escape!)

Sometimes the smaller children would cry when I took them from their families. So to cover up the noise, I trained a dog to bark. I have been able to hide the children in sacks, bags of clothes, boxes -- even in coffins! I saved them all in three months.

And now, I've became pretty famous! A movie and a play were made about me. The movie is titled "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler," and the play is called "Life in a Jar." The play was written by a group of Kansas schoolgirls (Elizabeth Cambers, Megan Stewart, Sabrina Coons, and Janice Underwood), along with their teacher Norman Conard.

I lived a very fulfilled life that I hope will never be forgotten. Are you all ready to continue fighting for this cause?

Thank you all so much for listening, I hope you learned something new! Enjoy the Biography Bistro! If you would like to learn more here are my sources:

"What Is History's Heroes?" History's HEROES. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

Jewish Virtual Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

"The Definitive Internet Reference Source for Urban Legends, Folklore, Myths, Rumors, and Misinformation." Snopes.com. N.p., 23 Apr. 2017. Web. 24 Apr.

"The Courageous Story of Irena Sendler." Life in a Jar. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017

Cavallo, Francesca. "Irena Sendlerowa." Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. By Elena Favilli. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
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Presentation Notes:

"Oh, hello! How are you all doing? I am so glad to be in Helena on this beautiful afternoon! I am a lady from Poland, as you may know, and I have come to tell you all about some issuesyou may not be aware of but should deeply consider.
I have had a big part in helping out in Warsaw, I actually have just arrived from helping an adorable young lady find her way back home. Now, I have done this many, many times considering I have saved 2,500 from the Ghetto. I am so very excited you are all interested in this cause as well and I can see you all doing fabulous things about it in the near future!"

Lis Hartel

Lis Hartel: Horse hero

By Icelynn

Do you know who recovered from polio? Also was riding in the Olympics paralyzed from the knee down?! ALSO was the first woman to ride in the Olympics? Well I'll tell you... Lis Hartel is that woman and I'm going to tell you about her. Lis Hartel was born on March 14 1921 in Herlap Denmark. She was just a normal horse loving girl who grew up riding alongside her sister and under her mother's watchful eye. She began in dressage (fancy horse competing) her first and last love but as a teenager also competed in show jumping. (A competition where they go over jumps.) She married at 20 to a fellow horse lover and was pregnant with her second child at 23, when tragedy struck in the insidious form of polio....

Initially she was almost entirely paralyzed but with the help of her mother and husband she decided to immediately begin her rehabilitation process to ride again! After delivering a healthy baby she started learning to lift her arms again, learned to crawl, and finally walk with the help of arm crutches.

Determined to get back to competive dressage riding, Lis decided to pick up where she left of and rebliitated on her Olympic prospect and longtime family mare jubilee, a throurbred oldberg cross. She suffered several dramatic falls even at the walk and trot![ the walk and trot are slow moving gaits for a horse] as she learned to balance and cue with little or no muscle control. Only three years after her initial sickness Lis competed at the Scandinavian riding champion ships in 1974 and finished in second place, at the time no one on the international scene was aware of Lis's condition and it was jubilee's first foreign test.

While her scores would have qualified her to compete in the Olympics it was not the disability nor the skill that prevented her from competing but woman were still not allowed it would be another four years before the gender bar was lifted and Lis would represent the Denmark in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

While Lis was not able to mount and dismount jubilee without the aid of her husband she managed to clinch the Olympic silver medal the first woman to ever do so and in the first year woman were allowed, in one of the sports finest hours the gold medal winner Henry saint Cyr of Sweden carried Lis from her horse to the Olympic podium and it was said to be one of the most emotional moments in Olympic history.

Lis passed away in 2009 at the age of 87 after 75 years of riding and coaching Lis fought innumerable odds to ride again and to create new Olympics and truly it is stories like hers that make the Olympics an insatiable. element of our collective humane experience. I think Lis is an excellent horse rider and a horse hero to all horseback riding woman.

"Horsing around the World." HORSE NATION. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017. "Main Page." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Apr. 2017. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.
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Presentation Notes:

"hi! i just got back from a competition it really tired me out. i got a silver medal though its no gold medal but still really good! im super glad my husband and mom helped me recover from polio otherwise i would not have done this i have to go soon to visit my sister but do u have any questions for me?"

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