Autobiographical Writing
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Creative writing lesson on autobiographical writing. Features a variety of interactive elements - mind map/word cloud, open questions, drag and drop, plus quiz questions.
Instructions
There is an optional extension task here.
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Slide 1 - Diapositive
Welcome to this lesson on autobiographical writing! I hope you and your learners find it useful!
Image from Freepik
Link the authors to their autobiographies!
Never
Diary of a Young Girl
Unleashed
Becoming
Spare
The Long Walk to Freedom
Slide 2 - Question de remorquage
Just a fun drag and drop starter. You can generate some discussion here though about different types of writing, e.g. diaries, political memoirs, texts intended for private use or publication, celebrity autobiographies, ghost writers.....
What is autobiographical writing?
What is autobiographical writing?
Slide 3 - Question ouverte
Open question, low stakes activity, can link to last slide.
Slide 4 - Diapositive
The aims here are simple as the lesson is designed as a springboard into creative writing. Modify as you need!
Whose autobiographies you have read?
Autobiographies you've read
Slide 5 - Carte mentale
Depending on your learners this may be a very empty or very full slide! They often surprise me though so it's worth a go. You could always alter the question to being on 'whose would you like to read?'
What kind of linguistic and literary techniques do you expect to see in autobiographical writing?
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How does a review influence you?
Slide 6 - Carte mentale
Draw on existing knowledge - your learners may have already looked at autobiographical writing in the past.
What is the purpose of autobiographical writing?
What is the purpose of autobiographical writing?
Slide 7 - Question ouverte
This is designed to give the opportunity to get into more specific answers than the usual 'inform'. You can also pivot into a discussion here about target audience.
Slide 8 - Diapositive
This text is out of copyright plus it's a really good text. The language is of course from the 19th century so you could replace the extract with another of your choice.
Slide 9 - Diapositive
I imagined this would be shared on student screens to make it easier to read. It would of course work as a handout too.
Slide 10 - Diapositive
This is a setup slide for the next activity.
Slide 11 - Carte mentale
This is a different kind of mindmap. The idea is your learners can fire up ideas and if you want they can be placed next to the appropriate section of the text. The extract can be made to appear and disappear with the hotspot button if you want to run it more conventionally.
'fetters', 'kidnapped', 'robbed of liberty'
'But'
...my money and free papers were also gone!
'I' 'my'
Semantic field of imprisonment
Fronted conjunction
Exclamatory sentence
First person pronoun and determiner
Slide 12 - Question de remorquage
Drag and drop activity that covers some terminology. It's not the focus of this lesson so I didn't want too much coverage. The main aim is to get your learners to 'spice up' their writing with techniques and their personalities.
How does Northup appeal to emotions in his autobiographical writing? Write a PEEL sentence!
How does Northup appeal to emotions in his autobiographical writing? Write a PEEL sentence!
Slide 13 - Question ouverte
This is a more focused consideration of terms in a low stakes framing.
Slide 14 - Diapositive
Timed writing exercise - either for word processor or handwriting.
Slide 15 - Diapositive
Encouraging peer review and feedback. Reflecting on creative writing is always a good idea!
You could ask them to find something that needs improving but this would depend on the group.
Write or take a picture of your best bit of your autobiographical writing and why it is effective
Write or take a picture of your best bit of your autobiographical writing and why it is effective
Slide 16 - Question ouverte
This is deigned to be flexible to your learning environment or student preference.
Which of the following is autobiographical writing written in?
Autobiographical writing is written in....?
A
First person
B
Second person
C
Third person
D
Third person limited
Slide 17 - Quiz
Quiz slides - an opportunity to go into more detail about these if your learners need a refresher.
Autobiographical writing is going be based on real experiences
Autobiographical writing is based on real experiences
A
True
B
False
Slide 18 - Quiz
I have this here because I always have someone who makes things up!
Which of the following is not a typical feature of autobiographical writing?
Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of autobiographical writing?
A
Emotive language
B
Rhyme
C
subjective opinion
D
First person
Slide 19 - Quiz
Again an opportunity to discuss these in more detail with this quiz question.
What are the three most important qualities of autobiographical writing?
What are the three most important qualities of autobiographical writing?
Slide 20 - Question ouverte
This is to prepare for the optional assignment.
Ask about something you want to know more about
Ask one question about something you want to know more about
Slide 21 - Question ouverte
Low stakes opportunity for learners to find out anything they're unsure of.
Slide 22 - Diapositive
Optional extension work - modify however you think it works for your learners.
How confident do you feel about writing an autobiographical piece?
How confident do you feel about writing an autobiographical piece?
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Slide 23 - Sondage
A poll exit ticket to round off the lesson.
