Autobiography

Assignment: Write an autobiography – an account of your life written by you.

Goals:

1.    to develop your ability to express yourself in written form

2.    to write an autobiography as a baseline for your English portfolio

3.    to learn and practice the correct form of a sentence and a paragraph in your writing skills

4.    to learn the use of a rating scale to self-assess your writing

5.    to develop your ability to work with technology

Due date: Rough draft September 23, 2008

        Good copy September 26, 2008

Procedure:

Write a 5 paragraph autobiography to tell your story. Each paragraph must contain

·        topic sentence

·        minimum of 4-5 detail sentences

·        conclusion sentence

Checklist

Paragraph 1 Personal information

Ex. your background and personal information

Paragraph 2 Important people

Ex. People who matter to you and have had an influence on your life

Paragraph 3 favourite interests

Ex. Your hobbies

Paragraph 4 Philosophy of Life

Ex. What you believe

Paragraph 5 Future plans

Ex. What are your goals