Autobiography

For English this week you will be a writing a paragraph that is an autobiography. Remember an autobiography is the story of your life. Since you will only be writing one paragraph, you will need to focus on only the important things about you. You may want to make a list of ideas or create a web to help you plan your thoughts. A timeline might also be helpful. Feel free to use the back of this sheet to make your plans.
These autobiographies will serve as introductions to the boys and girls participating in our internet projects. Please save them for you will be required to key them into the computer at a later date.

REMEMBER:
_____ 1. Name on your paper and heading correct?
_____ 2. Did you use correct paragraph format?
_____ 3. Did you work on getting everything spelled and punctuated correctly?
_____ 4. Did you focus on the five areas of GOOD WRITING especially PURPOSE?
_____ 5. Use 5-8 sentences (including topic and concluding sentence)
_____ 6. Signature of person who checked your rough draft.
_____ 7. Is your final written neatly in ink?
_____ 8. Did you staple all three of your papers together with your final on top?

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