Nils's+book+report+(March)

Name: Nils Veidis Date: 3-30-10 Reading Mr. Jacobson

=Biography of a Famous Woman=


 * Directions: Each section must be 1 paragraph!**

I chose to research Madame Curie, because my sister recommended it to me. She said that when she was in fifth grade she read it for a book report. I chose to listen to her recommendation because somehow she mostly always reads interesting books. However, I did not agree with her opinion this time. I didn't like it because the author, Alice Thorne, skipped through her life too fast. On one page she was in elementary school and the next page she was already in high school. This is the reason that I didn't enjoy this book.

Although I didn't enjoy this book in some ways, I did find some good in it. I liked how the illustrator, Federico Castellon, illustrated very detailed pictures. These pictures helped me form a better picture in my mind, but I have to say that there could have been less of them. It annoyed me to see a picture after every three pages.

__This famous women was born__ Marie Sklodowska, also known as Madame Curie, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. Madame Curie's mother was a secondary teacher. Madame Curie learned in local schoolhouses and learned some scientific things from her father. Madame Curie had a sister named Bronislawa Sklodowska, whom she nicknamed Bronya. She also had other brothers and sisters, Zosia, Jozef, and Helena. One day in Marie's childhood her two sisters, Bronya and Helena, stacked chairs in back of her as Marie was reading. This was meant to be a prank.

__Her early years were spent__ When Marie was only nine her mother died from a disease in 1878. Later, Marie Sklodowska and her siblings all graduated high school with the highest grades. Marie attended Sorbonne in Paris. Every night she worked hard until late at night. She became ill because she wasn't having her meals and sleeping enough. Eventually the illness passed and Marie was back to work. After a while she met a young physicist named Pierre Curie. They married and had two children named Irene, who was the oldest, and Eve. After the marriage Pierre and Marie dicovered Radium. Two scientists found a mysterious ray that could not be identified. Once Pierre and Marie found that it was an unknown substance they called it Radium.

__Her later years were spent__ April 19, 1906 Pierre Curie was killed on a street. He fell and a carriage accidentally ran over him. Marie decided to complete his work from where he left off. She wrote a 900 page book about Radium and a 600 page book on Pierre's work. Later on, she won the nobel prize for chemistry. World War I began in 1914. Marie helped x-ray injured patients. She saved lots of people. Marie healed people all throughout the war. The war ended in 1918. At the end of the war there were a huge parties in the streets. When Marie's black car drove through the crowd lots of the people got on the roof of her car in joy.

__Her accomplishments include__ Madame Curie's largest accomplishment was discovering Radium. Also she did well with radio-activity. Everyone was proud of Madame Curie because her discovery of Radium cured skin disease. You see, Radium can burn through stuff and doctors used it to burn through certain types of skin disease. These were Madame Curie's accomplishments that she achieved throughout her lifetime.