All About Me Autobiography
Writing to Inform (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 2: Consolidation / FluencyStage 3: Literacy for Growth
Ages:
7-10
Grade Range:
2nd 3rd 4thFood Groups:
Primary:
Text Structures & Genres
Transcript
We are all Writing Wizards in my grade two class. We spend lots of time writing all different kinds of forms. Sometimes we write poetry, sometimes we write a procedure of how we made cookies, another day we might do a recount of a class trip. Sometimes we might even write about facts about different parts of the world that connect to our science and social studies units. But one of the things I wanted to focus on was the children, because in this book, they are the authors. So we talked about how to do an autobiography. We made points about key things that we should include, like information about our family, or where we live, our interests and our hobbies and so when we have our final product together, everyone can be an author just like the ones we read about every single day.
Activity Objective
The goal of All About Me Autobiography: Writing to Inform (Virtual Tour) is to help students understand the structural features of an autobiography and the purpose of informative writing.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Creating an autobiography anchor chart that lists key points about how to write an autobiography provides students with a reference tool to which they can refer during writing.
- Promote the idea that each student is an author, just like the ones they read about every day. Have students share their writing during an author's chair.
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