The document provides an overview of biographies and autobiographies, noting that a biography focuses on someone else's life while an autobiography centers on the author's own life. It discusses some key aspects of writing autobiographies, including using literary devices to make one's life story interesting and exercising discernment in choosing memorable details to share with readers. Students are then instructed to recall and note episodes from their childhood and teenage years that could be included in a potential autobiography.
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Lesson 1 - Autobiography
The document provides an overview of biographies and autobiographies, noting that a biography focuses on someone else's life while an autobiography centers on the author's own life. It discusses some key aspects of writing autobiographies, including using literary devices to make one's life story interesting and exercising discernment in choosing memorable details to share with readers. Students are then instructed to recall and note episodes from their childhood and teenage years that could be included in a potential autobiography.
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Lesson 1:
The Biography and
Autobiography OBJECTIVE I can describe biography and autobiography as a type of creative non-fiction What do you know about autobiographies? Whose autobiographies have you read and found interesting? “Autobiography is usually honest but it’s never truthful.” - Robert Heine A biography is a kind of narrative that deals with the life of a person. Classical biographies are about the lives of popular figures like national heroes or celebrities. Autobiography An autobiography is a kind of biography that centers on the life of the narrator himself/herself.
Etymology: Greek word
autos (“self”) , bios (“life”) and graphein (“to write”) An autobiography does not simply list down or relate events chronologically. It borrows some of the literary strategies and devices of fiction, such as characterization and plot, in order to make one’s life story interesting. In writing autobiography, one should also exercise discernment in choosing the details that a writer wishes to include, particularly details that are not only memorable but are also worth sharing with the readers. The autobiography shares certain characteristics with other types of creative nonfiction, primarily its being in the first person. But unlike the personal narrative, which usually focuses on a single event or episode, the autobiography deals with a chain of events and covers a longer period of time. Activity In a ½ yellow paper. Try to recall episodes from your childhood and teenage life that are worth sharing and which you may include in a possible autobiography. Indicate dates, places, and other details. The incomplete table below serves as your example and guide. Date Place Event
June 1998 Manila Birth
2012 Bagumbong High First year in
School school, belong to the Special Science Class Writing a Biography • Analyse and interpret the events of the life of the person • Commonly written in chronological order • Can focus on specific topics or person’s accomplishments • Uses third person point of view • Features the personality of the subject Sources 1. Primary Source -Diary -Letter 2. Family members 3. The person Interview Asking personally It should include the following 1. Family 2. Early Life 3. Education 4. Skills or talent 5. Accomplishments 6. Adjectives to describe the person 7. What examples from their life illustrates those qualities? 8. What makes this person special to you 9. Did he/she overcome the obstacles in life? If so, How? 10. Source of Inspiration of the Person Format: 1st paragraph: Birth, Early life, Family 2nd paragraph: Education, Skills and talent, Accomplishments 3rd paragraph: Adjective to describe the person, examples to illustrate it, What makes the person, Special to you, Overcoming obstacles, Source of inspiration of the person. WW#1 Creating Biography Using the facts written on the ½ sheet of yellow paper of your classmate. Write a biography of the student in a paragraph form.
Format: Short Bond Paper, Cambria, 12
Minimum of 300 words.
Rubric: Correctness and Reliability 20: Grammar and Creativity: 15 Indention, Spacing, Margin:5 Neatness:3 Timeliness:2 Total: 45points