Define phase autobiography

Phase Autobiography

and Digital Storytelling

What is a Phase Autobiography?

A phase autobiography is a narrative essay about an extended period in your life. An effective phase autobiography shows how the period of time changed your life or taught you a lesson.

Sample

Prewrite the Phase Autobiography

• Think about several important times in your life.
• Choose one main time to share with the reader/viewer.
• Identify the key events related to this time.
• Organize your ideas chronologically.
• Gather specific details and feelings.
• Consider using dialogue.
• Think of tone and connotation.

Prewrite the Phase Autobiography

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• Create a life list.
• Choose one event that is dramatic or tells an interesting story.
• Create a strong focus for the event.
• Freewrite
• Gather details

Write the Phase Autobiography

• Beginning Paragraph
• Grab the reader’s/viewer’s attention
• Include necessary background information
• State the topic or phase you will write about/talk about.
• Introduce the characters using strong characterization
• Middle Section
• Use sensory details to add interest
• Use specific nouns, adjectives, and verbs
• Choose words with feelings to help create an appropriate tone.
• Use some dialogue.
• Ending
• Come full circle.
• Identify the key idea in the ending.
• Explain your change.

Make the Phase Autobiography Interesting

• Is there a plot to the story?
• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Conclusion
• Did you use sensory details?
• Sights
• Sounds
• Smells
• Feels
• Tase

Make the Phase Autobiography Interesting

• Did you use transitions to connect your ideas?
• as soon as
• recently
• this time
• Etc.

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