Writing Strategies: Autobiographies and Memoirs

Ellen WarrenRachel Sims

Stephanie Jordan

SS GPS Standard SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of

Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.a.Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass

(civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).

b.Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them.

SS EQ’s and LO’s

EQ.A: Why is it important to know about different people that impacted American history? LO.A: Students will be able to identify key

figures in American history that expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy.

EQ.B: Why did these barriers need to be addressed? LO.B: Students will be able to identify

different social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles they faced in their particular areas.

ELA GPS Standard ELA3W2 The student writes in a

variety of genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature. The student produces informational writing (e.g., procedures, report, and correspondence) that:h. May include prewriting

ELA EQ and LO

EQ: What do you know about prewriting during the process of an autobiography and/or memoir? LO: Students will be able to

pre-write and autobiography and/or memoir.

What is the difference between an autobiography

and memoir?

Autobiography- an account of a person's life written by that person

Memoir- a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge

What is prewriting? Prewriting is the first stage of the

writing process.

One way you can prewrite is to use a graphic organizer to organize your thoughts.

On a graphic organizer you should have: The topic Main ideas/ points Theme Setting

Born in Hyde Park, New York

Ran for Vice President in 1920

Diagnose with Polio

Served as presidents for 4 terms

Married Eleanor Roosevelt

One of the world’s greatest presidents

Memoir of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Assessment

Autobiography Organize your graphic

organizer about your life.Reference back to the

graphic organizer of Franklin D. Roosevelt.