This document provides instructions for students to complete lessons 3 and 4 of an autobiographical writing assignment. It outlines that students should: 1) Complete a story map in class for 5 points that can be used to draft their autobiographical incident essay. They should include their name and can copy ideas from their student pages. 2) Use the completed story map to write a rough draft of their autobiographical incident essay that describes one important personal experience with dialogue and vivid details. 3) The rough draft will be due the following Friday and students will participate in peer review workshops the following Monday to discuss their drafts.

1. Composition Unit 2
Lessons 3 and 4
Autobiographical Incident

2. --to make some decisions about your story
--to complete a story map worth 5 points

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--You can work at your own pace without having to tell
me to speed up or slow down
--You can stop, pause, rewind, and fast forward material
so that you can examine things in your own way
--It frees up class time to actually DO things as opposed
to just sitting and listening
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4. Student Pages
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5. How can I tell if my
students are doing their
work the way I want them
to?
Work in class!!!
Are they REALLY
learning anything?

6. • Today, you will be placed in your own BO
room.
• Inside, you should see a blank story/essay
map.
• Using the whiteboard typing tool, complete
the essay map. If you wrote out your ideas in
your student pages, great! Copy them. (Why
not even revise them now??)
• Make sure you put your name at the top of
the page.
• If you have questions, raise your hand.
• Doing your work in class is worth 5 points
today.

8. --tomorrow is Friday. You should use your
completed story map to write a rough draft of
your autobiographical incident.
--it must have dialogue (people talking) and
a lot of vivid description.
--should be about ONE important incident.
--WOW me with your writing. SHOW me;
don’t TELL me.
--Tomorrow, mark off lessons 3 and 4. 
We will discuss your drafts on MONDAY and
will meet in small groups for PEER REVIEW.

9. Due on Friday, Nov. 15th
Write it down!