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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
- 9th
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Deaf students view segments about autobiographies. They are to answer questions about themselves and write their own 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 »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 12th
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Students write their own autobiography. They fill out a worksheet to help them organize their personal information. They create their own website displaying their information and share with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students read "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. In groups, they discuss the reasons why people would write an autobiography and identify their own identity crisis. After reading excerpts of other autobiographies, they attempt to write their own and if comfortable share it with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students observe and demonstrate steps of the writing process and write an autobiography. They read and discuss exaples of poetry, and write a letter to themselves. Students then read a passage from a memoir, create a friendship graffiti wall, and write about an adventure. 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
- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students create an autobiography and a family hisstory using an outline and interviews. Students present their family history and autobiography to the class. Students design and produce a symbolic representation of their family storyteller to be displayed in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students create autobiographical bookets using an already written rough draft. Using illustrations, scanned photos, and word processing software, they type and print their booklet to share with their class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students study the autobiography, "Creating Unbreakable Codes: My Life as a Cryptographer." They identify an important person in their lives and the causes and effects within their lives. After reading the story, they create a two-column chart to take notes of the people in the story. Full Review »

