Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Autobiographical Essay

Goals:
Students will be given a PowerPoint presentation in order to learn the background information of the genre they will be writing in.
Students will determine a topic for their autobiographical essay and begin to draft it out.
Students will complete a timeline that will serve as a structure for their paper.
Plan:
1. PowerPoint presentation on autobiographical essays.
2. Determine topic
3. Draft thesis
4. Complete timeline.

Autobiographical Essay:
Autobiography-writing a story about your own life
Series of events where writer is main character
Conflict or event that changed writer’s viewpoint
Detailed
Insight gained based on events

(For specific detail, refer to pages 48-68 in the Writing and Grammar book)
1.4.11B Write complex informational pieces
1.5.11A Write with a sharp, distinct focus

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