Lesson Plan
My Life Story
Everyone has a story to tell. Give your young writers a chance to tell the stories of their lives with this immersive lesson on biographies and autobiographies.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to distinguish between biographies and autobiographies. They will also be able to write their own biographies and autobiographies.
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Introduce the term "biography." Ask the students what they think that word means.
- Ask the students what is usually included in a biography. Tell students that a biography is often found on the flap of a book or at the very end of the book.
- Have students each sit with a partner. Have each partner tell the other as much about herself as possible in one minute, then switch.
- Encourage students to begin with when and where they were born.
- Ask the students if the stories they shared are fiction or non-fiction.
- Ask: What makes these stories interesting?