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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 »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students apply technical skills to take photos and enhance their picture, which they include in an original word processing autobiography. They share their project with the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students create an autobiography on the computer. They write, design and illustrate using word processing and graphic tools on the computer. 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
- 7th - 8th
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Students write an autobiography of the their school years. 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 »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students provide a writing experience based on their own lives. The components of the writing process will be emphasized as well as narrative writing experiences. They then will publish their autobiography on the computer and use the scanner to add photographs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students interview their parents and grandparents to research their life stories. Using the information they collect, they write a first draft, revise, edit and write a final draft of their autobiography. They share their stories with the class and collect all papers into a class book. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss the novel, The World According to Garp by John Irving. They complete a post-reading final project in which they write their own autobiography, write a poem about themselves, and create a photo essay of their lives. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students brainstorm and outline ideas for their autobiography. They begin composition of it as well. Students create a timeline of important events to help them get started and discuss the elements of a what makes a good story. Full Review »

