Your Past Is Your Key to Your Present

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Your Past Is Your Key to Your Present

• Unlocking Your Past
• Reasons for Writing Your Autobiography

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You know the subject well.

• Writing about what you know makes the writing
  easy.
• You can explain, describe, tell, and persuade
  with a minimum of outside research.

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Reasons to write your story

• Write as a permanent way to record stories.
• Record your history for yourself and for your
  future family.

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Research can be rewarding.

• Transcribe and archive old letters.
• Archive photos, receipts, memorabilia.
• Trace your genealogy.

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Your older relatives will not always be available
to give you information.

• Ask and listen.
• Record their stories
• Relate their lives to yours.

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Requirements

• Your autobiography will include the following
  features
• Fifteen chapters
• Pertinent information
• A short biography of a friend
• A durable, creative cover,

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Fifteen Chapters

• Two pages of text
• At least three pictures
• Pictures should be scanned.
• Drawings or tables are acceptable.

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Chapter Types

• Narrative
• Expository
• Persuasive
• Descriptive
• Personal Letter
• Other by choice

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Pertinent Information

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• About the Author
• Your book jacket information
• A current picture

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A Creative Durable Cover

• See Lesson 10

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Deadline Considerations

• Weekly chapter deadlines will be announced.
• The final project is due ten days before the end
  of the semester to receive full credit.

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Evaluation

• Each chapter scored
• 6-trait writing rubric
• Final project scored using rubric