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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a timeline and questions to be used in the living history book. They write their autobiographies to be included in the book as well. They work together as a class to develop questions they want to ask the senior citizens they visit at the retirement home. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students read various autobiographies, and list the components of an autobiography. They critique an autobiography, and compose their own. They share their story with the class, and post it on the Internet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students create a timeline of their own lives and use it to write an autobiography. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students examine the genre of autobiographies. They read Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and then create their own autobiography. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research a number of autobiographies, list the components, and critique them. They write their own autobiography to post on the Internet and share with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students use their Life Map to write a strong introduction for an autobiography. They apply the Life Map to a written sequence, use guided imagery to visualize the writing process and experience peer editing. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students, who are beginning ESL students, examine the process of writing a five paragraph autobiography. They word process their final written piece after working through the editing process. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. For each author, they research their life and works and discuss why it reflects different time periods of African-Americans. In groups, they brainstorm characteristics of a character and setting they are going to use in writing thier fictional autobiography. To end the lesson, they share their writings with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students identify the 5th step of the writing process and apply the 5th step of the writing process to student autobiographies. While in the computer lab, they continue to type their autobiographies as well as create covers for their autobiographies. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students identify key components of an autobiography. They plan and draft an outline of a summer school mini-autobiography and employ peer evaluation in revision step of writing process. They explain difference between revision and editing step of writing process. Full Review »