Telling My Story

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• The Autobiography of Anything - Everything has a story! Everything comes, in its elemental origin, from the Earth. Students collect common everyday things and weave a story around their past.
• The Story of Our Lives- This series of lessons are in two parts. In part one students are introduced to autobiographies with opportunities to select and read autobiographies of their choice and to talk and write about their own experiences. In part two students discuss, read and write a biography.
• All About Me - A lesson plan in which students practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography.
• Autobiography, Biography, Personal Narratives, and Memoir Writing - from the Web English Teacher comes this excellent set of Internet lesson plan links
• TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF! - Students read, list the components, critique, and research various autobiographies. Students then write their own autobiography to share orally with the class and to post on the internet. NOTE: Teacher must be cognizant of regulations regarding posting personal information and/or photos on the Internet. See Internet Acceptable Use Procedures form.
• Graphic Life Map - This is a prewriting activity for personal memoir or autobiographical writing. Students brainstorm for important memories, create graphics or symbols for their most important memories, and construct a life map on tag board or construction paper, connecting drawings and captions of high and low points with a highway.

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