CSNB

WELCOME
TO OUR
CLASSROOM!
Dear Lord and Father
of all,
We thank you for gathering us. As we surrender

ourselves in adoration, we ask that You would

come by Your Holy Spirit and inspire our hearts

today. Fill our lives with Your endless love. Inspire

our conversations with Your truth. Fill our hearts

with Your presence. We ask this for Your glory and

praise.​
OPENING
Amen.
PRAYER
HOUSEKEEPING
RULES
 Creative Nonfiction
 Subject Description:

•  Focusing on formal elements and writing techniques, including

autobiography and blogging, among others, the subject introduces
the students to the reading and writing of Creative Nonfiction as a
literary form.
• The subject develops students skills in reading, and thinking
critically and creatively, that will help them to be imaginative
readers and writers.
 PERFORMANCE STANDARD
• The learner clearly andcoherently uses achosen
elementconventionallyidentified with a genrefor a written output
• The learner clearly andcoherently usesmultiple
elementsconventionallyidentified with a genrefor a written output
• The learnercompetently deliversan artistic presentationsummarizing
andanalyzing the form,theme and techniques of a chosen
creativenonfictional text
• The learner writes aclear and coherentcritique and aninteresting
andengaging creativenonfiction.
 Fact or Opinion
1. Girls are usually nicer than boys.
2. The classroom doesn’t contain enough chairs to seat all the students.
3. The award for the best actress was given to Halle Berry.
4. Your heart pumps blood through your body.
5. 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram.
6. Today seems hotter than yesterday
7. That was a good movie.
8. Some people keep dogs as pets.
9. 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram.
10.I prefer using Facebook to Twitter because Twitter has limited characters per caption.
• An autobiography is a first hand experiences of
the authors written by the authors, thus, making
them interesting to the readers and enabling them to
understand the “other,” unseen side of the
authors.
• Autobiographies are mainly written by famous
persons. They teach us different stories, the authors’
struggles in life, the emotions they went through,
making the autobiographers more human. Here are
15 of the best autobiographies in no qualitative
order.
Pre-instructional Planning
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
• Learn about the process of writing; brainstorm ideas, write draft, revise, edit,
finalize draft, and share work
• Be able to write effectively and with detail about their personal history
(family, friends, neighborhood), growth, and goals over time
• Read and critique published autobiographies to help understand effective
writing techniques used
• Read and respectfully critique the work of their peers
• Complete final product as a published piece
 MATERIALS
Selection of autobiographies for reference
• Selection of autobiographies for reference
• Birth Certificate Worksheet printable
• My Family Writing Prompt printable
• A Friend Writing Prompt printable
• The Folks in My Neighborhood Worksheet
printable
• Imagining Future Scenarios Worksheet
• My Favorite Daydream Writing Prompt
• Want Ads for the Future Worksheet
• Rules for Living Worksheet printable
• Things I Like to Do Worksheet printable
• Pencils or pens
• Notebook paper
• Optional: Timeline Graphic Organizer printable
• Optional: Supplies for scrapbooks
• Optional: Computers for student use, if you
want students to type their final autobiographies
 During Instruction
• SET UP
1.Review autobiographies that would be of interest to your students.
2.Make class sets of the following worksheets, which will help students generate ideas and support their writing:
3.Birth Certificate Worksheet
4.My Family Writing Prompt
5.A Friend Writing Prompt
6.The Folks in My Neighborhood Worksheet
7.Imagining Future Scenarios Worksheet
8.My Favorite Daydream Writing Prompt
9.Want Ads for the Future Worksheet
10.
Rules for Living Worksheet
11.
Things I Like to Do Worksheet
12.
Optional: If you want students to use the Timeline Graphic Organizer to outline their autobiography, make a class set of this printable as
well.