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Reflections of My Life--Student Autobiographies

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Sixth graders 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.

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6th
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English Language Arts
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