Autobiography lesson plan

This is lesson plan is about writing an autobiography. Students will work individually in pairs, in a group and as a whole class. They provide ideas, write first draft, edit and type the final draft in the computer lab.

The activity

• Teacher elicits a definition of autobiography. You may use a short autobiographical story.
• Brainstorm ideas about information they could include in autobiographies.
• Write all ideas mentioned by the students on the board.
• Students in groups organize the information into categories. You may use a graphic organizer.
• They write a rough draft using the information in their graphic organizers.
• Then students work in pairs to edit the autobiographies. Provide a checklist for students to use for editing.
• Optional. Tell students to provide photos to use as illustrations.
• Students use the computer lab to type their autobiographies.

Follow up

Students exchange autobiographies. As a homework they read each others autobiographies and find similarities and differences between their own autobiographies and their classmates. A class discussion can be scheduled for the next session.