Writing My Own Story

In this playlist, you will learn about the genre of autobiography and use online tools to write your own autobiography.

1. Autobiography Poem:

Write your own autobiography poem by filling in the text boxes.
The first example is for boys to complete, the second example is for girls to complete.
When you are finished, click “Create My Portrait Poem Now!"

2. A Steel Worker’s Story (tv411): Watch this video.

3. Autobiography Timeline (ReadWriteThink):

After you put your name on the main page of the Autobiography Time, click “NEXT”.
On the second page, you will add an event from your life in the first bubble and click “OK”.
For each additional event click “ADD ITEM”.
When you are done with your list, you can renumber them to put them in the correct order.
Finally, click “FINISH” and print your timeline.

4. Write Your Autobiography (tv411):

Follow directions to answer the questions for the first 3 activities.
The final activity asks you to type your answers to personal questions in order to help create an autobiography.
You cannot save information on this site unless you are logged in, so print the page for your teacher or copy the information into a word document.