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Alpha biography read write think poetry

          In this lesson plan, the traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies—recording an event, person, object.!

          You will be basing your biography on words starting with each of the letters of the alphabet.

        1. Katherine enjoys many hobbies and activities including photography, cooking, ice skating, cake decorating, and traveling.
        2. In this lesson plan, the traditional autobiography writing project is given a twist as students write alphabiographies—recording an event, person, object.
        3. Vesta is a virgin goddess, but she is 'mom' to the rest of the gods.
        4. The aim of Read Write Think is to provide free quality resources to literacy educators, including parents and after school support organizations.

          5. Here is my demo from GNOWP 2007.

          Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions!

          Dawn

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          Alphabiography: A Stepping Stone to Writing Memoir

          “Why do I write?

          Perhaps in order not to go mad. Or, on the contrary, to touch the bottom of madness. Having survived by chance, I am duty-bound to give meaning to my survival.”

          ~Elie Wiesel

          “Memoirs are the genre of our decade.”

          ~Lucy Calkins

          “A memoir is not what happens, but the person to whom things happen.”

          ~Virginia Woolf

          Rationale:

          Children write best when they write what they know.

          Alpha Autobiographies is a great activity that has your students think of something for each letter of the alphabet that represents something about them.

          They know themselves the best of all. So, when we ask children to write, we should ask them to write about what is comfortable, themselves and their lives. The alphabiography format gives them a tool to focus their writing in a way that gives them some freedom to explore their lives through “life lesson