New Unit of Study: Everybody Has a Story to Tell:
Biography
Guiding Questions:
How can we view our own lives?
Why are life stories important?
Task 1:
a) In your group, for each guiding question come up with other
questions that you might ask to help you answer them. Here are
some examples:
How can we view our own lives?
What are the important parts of my life?
Who know the most about me?
Why are life stories important?
Whose life stories do we read?
What parts of other people’s lives do we find interesting?
Task 2:
Create and complete the following table showing the similarities and
differences between a biography and an autobiography. You should
think about the following points:
The perspective of the writer How we get information to write
about
Facts and Opinions The type of writing
Who you write for What you write about
Biography Autobiography