ESCUELA SECUNDARIA GENERAL "IGNACIO ZARAGOZA"
An autobiography is the story of a person´s life, written by that person. It is sometimes related and even confused with a memoir, which is also an account by somebody, especially famous, about their life and experiences; nevertheless a memoir focuses in feeling and emotions rather than the life of the writer.
Some people say that autobiographies are subjective and sometimes authors change or recreate history.
Some people say that autobiographies are subjective and sometimes authors change or recreate history.
Everybody has a story to tell, in order to capture all the stories or your life and keep them intact, it is an excellent idea to write an autobiography. The most popular style to organize an autobiography is in chronological order and it could be easier if you make a timeline highlighting the most important experiences.
There are some different ways to use words inside a sentence whether you write in American English or British English. The two most important differences are: British use “and” to separate two activities, for example “come and see what I´ve found” whereas Americans omit it “Come see what I found” the other differences is the use of “Prepositions” before days in British English, for example “My mom went there on Tuesday” whereas Americans would say “My mom went there Tuesday”.
Activity 1: Autobiography
YOU CAN FOUND ALL THE INFORMATION TO DO YOUR ACTIVITY IN THE SECTION: MATERIAL
Process
You are going to work in group or individual, prepare the narration of an autobiography anecdote.
Step 1: Decide about autobiography or biography AND talk about some biography, anecdotes or autobiography you would like to shake.
Step 2. select one anecdote per student sentences to narrate the autobiographical anecdote, including information in simple and continuous past.
Step 3. Organize the sentences into a text.
Step 4. Narrate your autobiography anecdote.
