Stage 5 - T1W7L4 - Autobiography

The 15th of October, Friday

​Term 1 Week 7 Lesson 4

​To do list

• ​Review the features of biography on the quiz

• ​Introduce the success criteria

• ​Discuss the meaning of autobiography

• ​Study the features of autobiography

• ​Work on the quiz

• ​Read an autobiography of Rosa Parks

• ​Homework

• ​Self - Assessment

Multiple Choice

Which tense do you use to write a Biography ?

• Present tense  

• Past tense 

• Future tense 

Multiple Choice

Which person do you use to write a Biography?

• first person

• Second person

• Third person

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence True or False?

In biography, there isn't any dates/timelines linked to the specific events or facts.

• True 

• False 

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence True or False?

In biography, events are written in chronological order.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Choose 3 Features of Biography. 

• Written in Present tense 

• Written in Past tense 

• Written in first person 

• Written in Chronological order 

• Written in third person

​Success criteria

• ​I can Identify the features of autobiography.

• I can name the features of autobiography.

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​Autobiography

​What does AUTO mean?

Auto = Self ​

What does BIO mean? ​

Bio = Life ​

What does Graphy mean? ​

Graphy = Written/Typed ​

What is an  autobiography? ​

​

An autobiography is the true story of your own life.

​Purpose of Autobiography

The purpose of autobiography is to tell the story of one's own life. ​

​Features of Autobiography

​What do you think about the features of AUTOBIOGRAPHY?

​Features of Autobiography

• ​Tense - Written in the Past tense.

• ​Events are written in chronological order.

• ​Written in the first person - I, we, me, my , our etc.,

• ​Dates linked to specific events.

• ​Events are anecdotal in style (rather than list of facts) and engage the reader.

  ​Include feelings.

• ​Use adverbs and adverbial phrases – when, where or how the action   takes place

• Use time connectives to link sentences and paragraphs – then, after that, firstly, before that, etc.

Multiple Choice

Which tense do you use to write an autobiography ?

• Past tense 

• Present tense 

• Future tense 

Multiple Choice

Which person do you use to write an autobiography ?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence true or false ?

In autobiography, there are some dates /timelines linked to the specific events.

• True 

• False 

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence true or false?

In autobiography, events are not written in chronological order. 

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Is the following sentence true or false?

In aubiography, we use time connective to link sentences and paragraphs. 

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Choose 3 features of autobiography 

• Written in Past tense 

• Written in Second person (you)

• Written in First person (I, WE)

• Written in the Present tense 

• Written in chronological order

​Let's read the autobiography of Rosa Parks. 

​Chapter 1

​How it all started

​One evening in early December 1955 I was sitting in the front seat of the colored section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The white people were sitting in the white section. More white people got on, and they filled up all the seats in the white section. When that happened, we black people were supposed to give up our seats to the whites. But I didn't move.

​ The white driver said, "Let me have those front seats." I didn't get up. I was tired of giving in to white people.

​"I'm going to have you arrested," the driver said.

​"You may do that," I answered.

​Two white policemen came. I asked one of them, "Why do you all push us around?"

​He answered, " I don't know, but the law is the law and you're under arrest."

​Rosa Parks

​Homework: Identify the features in the Rosa Park's autobiography

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1. ​Write 3 sentences that used past tense.

2. ​Write 3 sentences that used first person.

3. ​Find at least 3 adverbial phrase.

4. ​Find at least 3 connectives

​Write your answer in your notebook and upload in our Google classroom.

Poll

SELF ASSESSMENT - Assess your understanding of Biography.

if you can identify all 5-6 features, you can choose 80-100 points .

If you can identify 3-4 features, you can choose 60-79 points.

If you can identify 1-2 features, you can choose 50 points.

Do not forget to be honest to yourself.

• 80-100 points 

• 60-79 points

• 50 points