Autobiography Checklist

Title Creative (catchy) Appropriate (reflective of the content) Introduction Catchy opening; good lead sentence Introduce some qualities of the person Set forth a theme of the paper Body Paragraphs (Events) #1 #2 #3 Success Criteria Catchy opening; good lead sentence Orientation (setting the stage) who, what, where, when, why? Events are stated in chronological order (what happened, in time order) Consider all five senses (see, smell, hear, touch, taste); make the reader feel like they are there! Include the emotions and the thoughts of the character to help the reader get to know the character Use adjectives, interesting words, similes and metaphors Closing Statement brings the writing to a satisfactory conclusion Conclusion Brings writing to a close Final thoughts, feelings of character Relate back to theme of paper No new ideas that would leave the reader wondering Language Features Written in past tense Written in first person Time connectives (first, next, then, finally) are used to connect chronological structure Spelling, punctuation, and grammar is completed effectively New idea = new paragraph