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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Fairy Tale Autobiographies

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson which requires students to analyze fairy tales for literary elements such as characters, setting, conflict, and theme. Students work in groups and write about, edit, and illustrate their fairy tales.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: All About Me Story

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This series of lessons engages students in autobiographical writing. Students will participate in pre-writing, drafting, and publishing stories about their lives.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: A Book About Me

For Teachers K
This lesson engages students in using a template to help them with personal writing. Students will gain exposure to several autobiographies and then will write their own autobiographical pieces.
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Franklin and Marshall College

Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary: The Autobiography Project

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of a project that culminated in 2006, this site contains great supports for those who are attempting to write about their own lives. Getting started, writing drafts, revising and other topics are all addressed.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Autobiographical Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
As part of a revision and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents a one-page synopsis of autobiographical writing. The site examines an extract from an autobiography, then examines key features located within the extract.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Autobiographies

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
This site is a writing workshop from Scholastic Inc. on writing autobiographies.
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C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: The Autobiography of Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief summary of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Also includes an on-line sample of the work as well as links to other informational websites.
Primary
University of Virginia

Uva Libraries: Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

For Students 9th - 10th
The life of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826 CE) is given here in his own words. Includes a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
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EL Education

El Education: What Matters to Me

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
An online book entitled What Matters To Me: On the Minds and Through the Eyes of Middle School Students by sixth grade students at Duggan Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The book contains personal essays and self-portraits...
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Benjamin Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Groningen provides Benjamin Franklin's complete autobiography 1706-1757.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: This Is My Life!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This assignment requires you to write about your own life, your family, and the things that are influencing you so far in your personal journey. The result will be a short autobiography of your own and hopefully a little more...
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize Revision: Personal Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
As part of a revision and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents information on personal writing with six key features listed. The information is included as part of a brief series on the autobiography.
Website
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Autobiography, Letters, and Other Writings of Benjamin Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography online, along with other writings.
eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an online version of a 1909 Harvard Classics edition of "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," including the front matter, illustrations, and an introductory note.
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Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 3 Word Lesson Plan (Me, Myself and I)

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this lesson, students write their life story. Reflecting on a series of key questions, students will tell the tale of who they really are. Contains links to step sheets for creating a new document in Word, creating Word Art, and...
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Other

Impassioned: Journals, Diaries and Notebooks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes examples of diaries, journals, and notebooks in the Collection at Richard Hugo House and The Diary Library of Corralitos, California. Focuses upon the genre of diaries and journals within the practice of writing....
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Childhood Artifacts to Inspire a Narrative

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This site contains a book review of Knots in My Yo-yo String: the Autobiography of a Kid, which is a memoir by Jerry Spinelli. A suggested activity is included that asks students to bring in important mementos that the students will...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Digital Autobiography

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital slideshow...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature Course Overview: Mla Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the MLA formatting guidelines. It offers a MLA format video presentation followed by a self-quiz on the information. It provides links to the MLA website and Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab: MLA Formatting and Style...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: The Frederick Douglass Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Walk into the life of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, through his autobiography found here. Discover a time line of Douglass's life, papers he'd written, as well as his family tree.
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University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides extensive excerpts from "The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass." This is a lot of information about the great abolitionist and orator written by himself.
Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Theodore Roosevelt: The Big Stick and the Square Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text from Roosevelt's autobiography, in which he writes candidly of the Big Stick Policy and the Square Deal.
Primary
University of North Carolina

"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass": Text

For Students 9th - 10th
HTML full text of the "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," the autobiography of the 19th century African American abolitionist (1818-1895).
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Zora Neale Hurston is featured in this biography highlighting her literary contributions which focused on African Americans as whole people, celebrating their heritage, in an era when black authors tended to write about their...

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