Students worked hard all week? Do they deserve a special reward for a job well done? This activity will offer
students a nice break from structured learning. Adapt it to fit your needs. Have some Friday Fun!
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This idea might be used as a simple one-day activity, or students might create actual autobiography books over a series of Friday afternoons.
Teacher Leah Bivins offers this idea in which students create their autobiographies. The activity is a nice self-esteem builder, she says. It's also a good getting-to-know-you activity for the start of the school year.
Have students write the 26 letters of the alphabet down the left-hand side of a sheet of writing paper. Then have them think of a word or phrase for each letter that expresses something important in their lives -- an event, a person, a skill, a favorite something, a word that describes them...
You might create your own "alphabetical autobiography" as a tool for demonstrating this project to students.
If you turn this activity into a several-week project, you might
have students design original cover pages for their books.
have students come up with titles for their books.
videotape students' oral presentations of their books and create a CD of the best book pages.
For additional ideas for adapting this activity for use with younger and older students, click the link below.
My Alphabetical Autobiography
