Information on Autobiographies
What does achievements mean?
Goals or things you have successfully finished
How many sentences in a paragraph?
5-7 sentences (Intro and Conclusion can sometimes have 3)
What type of text feature starts at the beginning and tells what that section will be about?
Title
Name three things you should write in the introduction.
Your name, family names, when you were born, where you were born, skill or interest, why you should read this story
Where was Kelly from?
Florida
What does autobiography mean?
A story that you write about yourself
auto=self, bio=life, graphy=write
What should every sentence start and end with?
A capital letter
. ? !
What type of text feature shows things that happen in order by year?
Timeline
What information is after the introduction paragraph?
The Events
Where did Kelly meet her husband?
At college
What are the two purposes of writing an autobiography?
Inform and Inspire
How do you separate paragraphs?
Enter and Indent
What type of text feature shows an example of what the text is talking about?
Pictures
How many events should you have?
3
What game did Kelly like to play in her childhood?
Teacher
What are Famous Contributions?
Important things you have done or given.
How many paragraphs in our autobiographies?
5
What type of text feature tells extra information to the side of the main text?
Sidebars
What order should you put the events in?
Chronological Order (By time or age)
What was her mom's name?
Betsy
Is an autobiography Fiction or Non-fiction?
What types of words (pronouns) do you use when writing an autobiography?
I, me, my and mine
List the four main text features.
Title, Sidebars, Pictures, Timelines
What information is in the conclusion? Give an example.
Your feeling(opinion) about yourself.
What you want other people's feelings to be.
Ex: I am proud of the work I have done.
Give three facts about Kelly's family.
Family names
Husband is deaf
Daughter is adopted from China
Kelly has three sons
Kelly has a younger sister