Lizzie in Ma
03-28-2008, 01:33 PM
We use IEW and my dd is in 11 and in 6th grade, would you mind reading her biography assignment? TIA! (It formatted strangely when I cut and pasted and the numbers are IEW stuff.)
Annie Oakley
“Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, nor the second and maybe not the third, but keep on aiming and keep on shooting. Finally you’ll hit the bulls-eye of success.” Annie had always believed that you should keep on trying no mater how hard the challenge and her life reflected this belief.
(1) Annie, the renowned markswoman, was born in a log cabin on August 13, 1860. Her real name was Phoebe Ann Moses but her sisters preferred to call her Annie. She lived in Darke County, Ohio and was the fifth of seven children. (5) When her father Jacob, who had fought in the War of 1812, died in 1866, her mother Susan remarried and had an eighth child. Later Annie’s mom was widowed again. (2) By this time, life was hard and there was not enough food. One day Annie and her younger brother Johnny were walking through a cornfield and were startled when suddenly a flock of quail flew out of the stubble. (4) Recalling the delicious taste of quail for dinner, Annie had an idea. (6) She would catch one! (3) Contentedly Annie and her brother spent all afternoon stacking, tying and setting a trap made of cornstalks. Four days later, there were three birds in the trap and the family ate well that night.
(2) Despite the fact that Annie’s family was poor, they always had food on their table thanks to Annie. (1) Annie went on happily trapping until she was ten years old. (4) Following that birthday, she was given her fathers old gun. (5) When she set out hunting, shooting and trapping she ventured farther and farther into the forest each time. (3) Cheerfully selling the skins and birds to local stores she managed to pay off her mother’s mortgage!
(1) Annie had never gone to school. Her mother, who was going away for a while, decided that Annie, Johnny and their little sister Hulda were leaving to stay with her friends and go to school. Annie had fun there. She mostly enjoyed school even though she was upset when two girls made fun of her name Moses. One day a man came by who wanted to hire a maid. Annie hurriedly accepted the job on the condition that they send her pay to her mother. The people were cruel and rebuked her harshly. They never sent her mom a single, solitary, shiny penny. (2) After two years, Annie ran away and returned home. (5) When she arrived she asked her mother where her three older sisters were. Her mother told her they had all married and that she had sent letters to her to tell her. The man had never given Annie the letters. (3) Shortly after Annie’s fifteenth birthday Lydia, Annie’s oldest sister, sent her a letter asking if she would like to visit. (6) So she left. (4) Arriving by train, Annie came to the station in Cincinnati, Ohio. And that is where the real story begins.
(5) When Annie arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lydia and her husband Joe were happily waiting for her at the station. (2) Since it was the biggest city she had ever seen, Annie was a little frightened. Lydia’s house was on a hill so when she wanted, Annie could get an awesome view of the town of Oakley. (1) Lydia and Joe who had told Annie about the great Frank Butler had an idea. (3)Merrily, Joe told Annie that she should have a shooting match with Frank and see who was the real champion. Annie just couldn’t turn it down. (4)(6)Thrilled, she accepted. Frank Butler was expecting a full-grown man. When he saw Annie he was stunned! He thought it was a joke. Despite what he thought, it could not change the fact that she was a girl or her astounding skill bestowed on her by God. The directions were explained and Frank shot first. Annie and Frank both hit every target until Frank missed the last clay plate and Annie hit it. Annie won that day but she had won more than a shooting match. Throughout her life Annie would say “I won a shooting match that day but I also won a husband.” Recalling that day, Frank would happily reply, “I lost a match that day but I also lost my heart.”
(2) Before a year had passed, Frank and Annie were married. (1)Frank had to be at the theater every night for his shooting act with his partner Billy Graham. They had a poodle named George. For a closing act Billy would place an apple on the dog’s head. Frank, who was a better shot then Billy, aimed and shot the apple off the dog’s head with ease. This always brought the loudest applause. (6) Annie watched every show. One night, Billy became sick. (5) Unless Frank had a partner the show could not go on. Frank told Annie she would have to be his partner. Annie had never been on stage before but from watching Frank and Billy she knew the act by heart. Annie did all the trick shooting Billy had done. When it was time to shoot the apple off the dog’s head, Frank made Annie attempt it. She raised her gun, aimed carefully and pulled the trigger. The apple burst into many small pieces. As George rapidly ate the small bits of scattered apple the crowd burst into applause, laughter and guffaw. Annie was now Frank’s partner on stage as well as at home. Her stage name became Annie Oakley. (3) Sadly, one day Frank just could not seem to blow up any targets. He was perturbed. Annie lovingly asked him to let her try. She hit the target the first time. Later Frank told Annie that she was a better shot then he could ever be. (4) Ending his stage life Frank became Annie’s manager and took care of her business matters. And that is how the fame of Annie Oakley came about.
When William S. Cody, AKA Buffalo Bill, returned from fighting the Indians he founded the Wild West Show. (2) In it he had Indians, cowboys, elk, buffalo, deer and bears. (4) Meeting Annie in Kentucky, he did not believe she could shoot she was so small. But when Annie demonstrated to him how well she could shoot, he asked her to be in his show. (3) Happily she accepted. Since Annie joined the Wild West show, Frank had work to do as her manager. On a snowy -white horse Annie rode into the arena. She wore a uniform of buckskin clothing and a cowboy hat under which her chestnut colored hair gleamed. (1) Frank hastily threw glass balls in the air. Annie, who was still on horseback, aimed, shot and broke each ball before it hit the ground. Then she got off her horse and walked over to the wall across from Frank. (5) While Frank held a coin between his fingers, (6) Annie shot it out. She could even shoot the spots out of a playing card!
(1) Sitting Bull, the great Sioux chief had joined the Wild West Show. Some people were not pleased he had joined for he had fought against them in the war. However Annie thought it was nice that he had joined. (5) Because Annie reminded him of his dead daughter, he made Annie an honored member of the Sioux tribe. He made her his adopted daughter. He nicknamed her “Little Sureshot”. Annie traveled to many cities with the Wild West Show. They even went to England to perform for the King and Queen and Prince and Princess of England of Wales. She did many tricks for them. (4) Leaving England, they went on to France. Then they went to Germany, the Kaiser was too sick to come. (2) (2) Despite the quiet sadness because the Kaiser could not come, she made the massive crowd roar with applause, delight and awe when she shot the ashes off the prince’s cigarette. Many men asked her to marry them. They did not know she was married because she used her stage name Oakley. (3) Oddly, Annie was sent a picture of a man. She thought it was funny, shot some holes through his head and sent it back. She told Frank, who laughingly exclaimed, “That will teach him to leave my Annie alone!” As Annie walked through Vienna, a baroness recognized her and asked her to put on a benefit show to raise money for orphans. Annie fondly remembered the orphans from her mother’s friend’s house. (6) She quickly agreed. Annie melted her trophies and made coins to give to the orphans. The world may not remember her as Phoebe Ann Moses Butler but we will certainly remember her as Annie Oakley.
Bibliography for Research Paper
Graves, Charles, P.. A Discovery Biography, Annie Oakley, The Shooting Star. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991.
Krensky, Stephen. Shooting for the Moon. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2001.
Lake, A.I.. "Women of the West." The Wild West in American History. 'Ed'. Arlene C. Rourke. Vero Beach: Rourke Publications, 1990.
Wilson, Ellen. "Annie Oakley, Young Markswoman." Childhood of Famous Americans. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1989
Women in History. Living vignettes of notable women from U.S. history. Ohio 1991
http://www,lkwdpl.org/wiohio/oakl-ann.htm
Annie Get Your Gun. Dir. George Sidney. Perf. Betty Hutton, Howard Keel. DVD. Warner Home Video, 2000.
Annie Oakley
“Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, nor the second and maybe not the third, but keep on aiming and keep on shooting. Finally you’ll hit the bulls-eye of success.” Annie had always believed that you should keep on trying no mater how hard the challenge and her life reflected this belief.
(1) Annie, the renowned markswoman, was born in a log cabin on August 13, 1860. Her real name was Phoebe Ann Moses but her sisters preferred to call her Annie. She lived in Darke County, Ohio and was the fifth of seven children. (5) When her father Jacob, who had fought in the War of 1812, died in 1866, her mother Susan remarried and had an eighth child. Later Annie’s mom was widowed again. (2) By this time, life was hard and there was not enough food. One day Annie and her younger brother Johnny were walking through a cornfield and were startled when suddenly a flock of quail flew out of the stubble. (4) Recalling the delicious taste of quail for dinner, Annie had an idea. (6) She would catch one! (3) Contentedly Annie and her brother spent all afternoon stacking, tying and setting a trap made of cornstalks. Four days later, there were three birds in the trap and the family ate well that night.
(2) Despite the fact that Annie’s family was poor, they always had food on their table thanks to Annie. (1) Annie went on happily trapping until she was ten years old. (4) Following that birthday, she was given her fathers old gun. (5) When she set out hunting, shooting and trapping she ventured farther and farther into the forest each time. (3) Cheerfully selling the skins and birds to local stores she managed to pay off her mother’s mortgage!
(1) Annie had never gone to school. Her mother, who was going away for a while, decided that Annie, Johnny and their little sister Hulda were leaving to stay with her friends and go to school. Annie had fun there. She mostly enjoyed school even though she was upset when two girls made fun of her name Moses. One day a man came by who wanted to hire a maid. Annie hurriedly accepted the job on the condition that they send her pay to her mother. The people were cruel and rebuked her harshly. They never sent her mom a single, solitary, shiny penny. (2) After two years, Annie ran away and returned home. (5) When she arrived she asked her mother where her three older sisters were. Her mother told her they had all married and that she had sent letters to her to tell her. The man had never given Annie the letters. (3) Shortly after Annie’s fifteenth birthday Lydia, Annie’s oldest sister, sent her a letter asking if she would like to visit. (6) So she left. (4) Arriving by train, Annie came to the station in Cincinnati, Ohio. And that is where the real story begins.
(5) When Annie arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lydia and her husband Joe were happily waiting for her at the station. (2) Since it was the biggest city she had ever seen, Annie was a little frightened. Lydia’s house was on a hill so when she wanted, Annie could get an awesome view of the town of Oakley. (1) Lydia and Joe who had told Annie about the great Frank Butler had an idea. (3)Merrily, Joe told Annie that she should have a shooting match with Frank and see who was the real champion. Annie just couldn’t turn it down. (4)(6)Thrilled, she accepted. Frank Butler was expecting a full-grown man. When he saw Annie he was stunned! He thought it was a joke. Despite what he thought, it could not change the fact that she was a girl or her astounding skill bestowed on her by God. The directions were explained and Frank shot first. Annie and Frank both hit every target until Frank missed the last clay plate and Annie hit it. Annie won that day but she had won more than a shooting match. Throughout her life Annie would say “I won a shooting match that day but I also won a husband.” Recalling that day, Frank would happily reply, “I lost a match that day but I also lost my heart.”
(2) Before a year had passed, Frank and Annie were married. (1)Frank had to be at the theater every night for his shooting act with his partner Billy Graham. They had a poodle named George. For a closing act Billy would place an apple on the dog’s head. Frank, who was a better shot then Billy, aimed and shot the apple off the dog’s head with ease. This always brought the loudest applause. (6) Annie watched every show. One night, Billy became sick. (5) Unless Frank had a partner the show could not go on. Frank told Annie she would have to be his partner. Annie had never been on stage before but from watching Frank and Billy she knew the act by heart. Annie did all the trick shooting Billy had done. When it was time to shoot the apple off the dog’s head, Frank made Annie attempt it. She raised her gun, aimed carefully and pulled the trigger. The apple burst into many small pieces. As George rapidly ate the small bits of scattered apple the crowd burst into applause, laughter and guffaw. Annie was now Frank’s partner on stage as well as at home. Her stage name became Annie Oakley. (3) Sadly, one day Frank just could not seem to blow up any targets. He was perturbed. Annie lovingly asked him to let her try. She hit the target the first time. Later Frank told Annie that she was a better shot then he could ever be. (4) Ending his stage life Frank became Annie’s manager and took care of her business matters. And that is how the fame of Annie Oakley came about.
When William S. Cody, AKA Buffalo Bill, returned from fighting the Indians he founded the Wild West Show. (2) In it he had Indians, cowboys, elk, buffalo, deer and bears. (4) Meeting Annie in Kentucky, he did not believe she could shoot she was so small. But when Annie demonstrated to him how well she could shoot, he asked her to be in his show. (3) Happily she accepted. Since Annie joined the Wild West show, Frank had work to do as her manager. On a snowy -white horse Annie rode into the arena. She wore a uniform of buckskin clothing and a cowboy hat under which her chestnut colored hair gleamed. (1) Frank hastily threw glass balls in the air. Annie, who was still on horseback, aimed, shot and broke each ball before it hit the ground. Then she got off her horse and walked over to the wall across from Frank. (5) While Frank held a coin between his fingers, (6) Annie shot it out. She could even shoot the spots out of a playing card!
(1) Sitting Bull, the great Sioux chief had joined the Wild West Show. Some people were not pleased he had joined for he had fought against them in the war. However Annie thought it was nice that he had joined. (5) Because Annie reminded him of his dead daughter, he made Annie an honored member of the Sioux tribe. He made her his adopted daughter. He nicknamed her “Little Sureshot”. Annie traveled to many cities with the Wild West Show. They even went to England to perform for the King and Queen and Prince and Princess of England of Wales. She did many tricks for them. (4) Leaving England, they went on to France. Then they went to Germany, the Kaiser was too sick to come. (2) (2) Despite the quiet sadness because the Kaiser could not come, she made the massive crowd roar with applause, delight and awe when she shot the ashes off the prince’s cigarette. Many men asked her to marry them. They did not know she was married because she used her stage name Oakley. (3) Oddly, Annie was sent a picture of a man. She thought it was funny, shot some holes through his head and sent it back. She told Frank, who laughingly exclaimed, “That will teach him to leave my Annie alone!” As Annie walked through Vienna, a baroness recognized her and asked her to put on a benefit show to raise money for orphans. Annie fondly remembered the orphans from her mother’s friend’s house. (6) She quickly agreed. Annie melted her trophies and made coins to give to the orphans. The world may not remember her as Phoebe Ann Moses Butler but we will certainly remember her as Annie Oakley.
Bibliography for Research Paper
Graves, Charles, P.. A Discovery Biography, Annie Oakley, The Shooting Star. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991.
Krensky, Stephen. Shooting for the Moon. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2001.
Lake, A.I.. "Women of the West." The Wild West in American History. 'Ed'. Arlene C. Rourke. Vero Beach: Rourke Publications, 1990.
Wilson, Ellen. "Annie Oakley, Young Markswoman." Childhood of Famous Americans. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1989
Women in History. Living vignettes of notable women from U.S. history. Ohio 1991
http://www,lkwdpl.org/wiohio/oakl-ann.htm
Annie Get Your Gun. Dir. George Sidney. Perf. Betty Hutton, Howard Keel. DVD. Warner Home Video, 2000.