Goal: Students will create a well developed autobiographical essay focusing primarily on their education and not only how it has shaped their past, but will influence their futures as well.
Today we will begin constructing an autobiographical essay. This essay will focus primarily on education. We will be using a five paragraph structure for this essay. The following is the formatting that you should use for each paragraph:
Paragraph 1: Introduction- Describe who you are and how the three elements that will follow have influenced your life thus far.
Paragraph 2: Describe your life and background, explaining how your education has helped shape who you are.
Paragraph 3: Explain how your education is helping to build your future in general.
Paragraph 4: What are your hopes and dreams for the future? How does your education play into those hopes and dreams?
Paragraph 5: Conclusion- Tie all of your ideas together. How has your life and schooling up to this point helped to contribute towards your goals for the future? What specific steps do you still need to take in order to accomplish your goals?
You cannot use 2nd person in this essay.
You cannot use contractions in this essay.
Be sure to keep an eye open for fragments and run on sentences.
Remember to think carefully before using any of the words we have covered in our confused homophones lessons.
Academic Content Standards:
1.5.11A- Write with a distinctive focus.
1.5.11B- Write using well-developed content appropriate for the topic.
1.5.11C- Write with controlled organization
1.5.11D- Write with a command of the stylistic aspects of composition
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