The Autobiography

Review your paragraphs. What overall theme emerges? In three words, how would you describe your life?

• Life is good
• Life’s not fair
• Life is messy.
• Enjoying every minute
• Waiting for independence
• Finding my path
• Finding my calling
• Living it up
• Busy, but enjoyable
• Happy, but stressful
• Still awaiting lift-off
• Roller coaster ride
• Looking to improve
• Filled with drama
• Family, friends, fun
• Simple, difficult, amusing
• Active, academic, hopeful
• Messy, beautiful, challenging
• Unpredictable, awful, wonderful

Use your three words to write your hook. Search for a quote. Create an analogy.

Possible analogies: Life is like …

Paragraph One: Paragraph Two: Paragraph Three: Paragraph Four: Paragraph Five: Paragraph Six: Paragraph Seven: Paragraph Eight:

Introduction Personality Characteristics Personal Interests School Life Personal Concerns Favourite Holiday My Future Conclusion

Now write the conclusion.

REVISION and SUBMISSION

• drafts of all paragraphs
• all word-processed
• all revised for
  • sentence variety: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
  • transitions
  • diction
• Run your story through Paperrater.com
• Set-up or format in MLA style

Leave comments on your drafts to show me where you have made writing revisions.

 

Read literature circle book #2. 

Complete close reading page: Notice and Note

Work on Reader’s Notes

 

The Autobiography

Paragraph One: Paragraph Two: Paragraph Three: Paragraph Four: Paragraph Five: Paragraph Six: Paragraph Seven: Paragraph Eight:

Introduction Personality Characteristics Personal Interests School Life Personal Concerns Favourite Holiday My Future Conclusion

Paragraph 6: Favourite Holiday

In this paragraph describe the best holiday you have ever had. If you have not really had a holiday, describe how you imagine the perfect holiday.

Hints: This paragraph is very general and doesn’t give you specific subtopics. You can choose any three areas you want to explore. So if you went on a great holiday maybe your three subtopics would be: the location, the activities there, the sightseeing that you did. If you are creating an imaginary perfect holiday you might choose: the location, what you would do there and who you would bring with you. Again, you want to try to focus on three subtopics.

Paragraph 7: My Future

Imaging yourself 10 years in the future. What type of job would you like to have? Where will you be living? Would you like to have a family of your own or still be single? What will you do in your spare time?

Hints: This question is asking you four specific questions. You should answer all of them. Can you connect to some investigation on life after high school that you did in Careers class?

Now revise paragraphs one to five and add paragraphs six and seven. Submit all of your paragraphs to your teacher. You should have seven paragraphs in total. Also, you should make all of the changes that your teacher suggested to you. Your teacher will make suggestions for revision one final time and return these to you. In the next activity, you will submit your entire autobiography essay for final evaluation.

REVISION and SUBMISSION

• drafts for paragraph 2-7
• all word processed
• all revised for 
  • sentence variety: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
  • transitions
  • diction
• Run your story through Paperrater.com
• Set-up or format in MLA style

Leave comments on your drafts to show me where you have made writing revisions. 

NEXT STEPS:

Tuesday: Literature Circle discussion: Author-Story connection

Wednesday: Introduction and Conclusion Lesson

Thursday: Polishing and assembling your autobiography.

Autobiography Due Thursday, March 29.