The document provides guidance on writing an autobiography, including brainstorming major life events in chronological order and describing them in paragraphs with details about feelings, impacts, and lessons learned. It emphasizes choosing interesting, character-building events and maintaining a positive tone. The introduction should grab attention and the conclusion should reinforce the thesis. The autobiography should demonstrate the subject is adaptable, dependable, and kind, with dreams and goals, to be considered for opportunities.

1. The Descriptive Essay
• An Autobiography
• describe your life
• You can use this for your
classes, applications to
colleges, or just
describing your life.

2. The Autobiography:
Make a Brain storm
How to make a short
autobiography
Just some ideas

3. Autobiography :
Make a Brain storm
• Think about the major events
in your life
• Try and quickly write down
anything in your life that
might have been important
for you.
• Try and put then in order by
time (chronologically)

4. Autobiography :
Make a Brain storm
• For example:
• Family moved to Australia
• Moved to a new area of the city
• Started learning Kung Fu
• Joined a sports (Rugby) club and played
many games
• Father and I used to hunt together
• Moved to another area of the city
• Entered high school

5. Autobiography :
Make a Brain storm
• Began studying subjects that I love very
much: History, English literature,
Japanese
• Passed the 5th grade test
• Got my first part-time job
• Went tramping with my class mates in
the mountains
• Passed the 6th Grade examinations
• Final year of High school I became
close to many teachers
• Passed the final year examinations

6. Autobiography :
Make a Brain storm
• Write down five important
events in your life
• 1.________________
• 2.________________
• 3.________________
• 4.________________
• 5.________________

7. Which events will be best for the
Autobiography?
1. Something interesting
• Something that shows
personal development
• Something that shows a
good character
• Something that shows you
have an interest in hard
work and study

8. What is best?
• The first day I ate Chou Dou fu
• The day first won an online game
• When I meet my new History teacher at
high school who showed me how
interesting history can be
• When I had my examinations and I
learned to work as hard as I could
• When I started working at a part-time
job and I learnt to make my own money.
When I learnt that to make money one
has to work hard.

9. Autobiography :
Make a Brain storm
1. Why was this event important?
2. How did you feel about these
event?
3. How did this event change you?
4. What did you learn from this
event?

10. Autobiography :
Make a Brain storm
• List some ideas next to each
event/experience you listed
• For example:
• Family moved to Australia
• When I was 6 years old my whole
family moved to Australia.

11. Why was this an important event?
• This was such an important
event in my life, at the time,
because everything in my life
changed so much.
• This was an important event in my
life because I had to make a new
life, new friends, new school and
new environment.

12. 2. How did you feel about these events
• I felt like my world had
changed
• I felt excited about moving to
this new and large country
• At first I felt afraid and it was
hard to make friends. But
after a while I slowly made
new friends and felt at home.

13. 3. How did each event/experience
change you?
• I must say that the years I spent
in Australia changed me a lot. I
became a much more out
going and social person.
• I became I person able to live
an adapt to new situations and
places.

14. 4.What did you learn from these
events/experiences?
• I also learned that people are the
same everywhere and
everywhere in the world there
are kind people. For example, I
easily made many new friends in
Australia. Most people there
were kind and friendly.

15. Continue…
• As I was in a new country, I
learned that I had to change
myself and that I had to learn
to make friends with all kinds
of people. This I think made
me a much more open and
kinder person.

16. Describe your family
• Remember, try to be interesting?
• Talk about what kinds of things
your parents taught you. For
example, how your father taught
you to be strong and patient.
• How your mother taught you to be
kind to all people, especially
people not so fortunate (lucky) as
you.

17. Describe the atmosphere in your
family
• Describe the atmosphere in your
family (what is your family like)
• For example: My parents are very
strict to us all. They try to teach us
to be honest, to work hard and
respect all people.
• My family is very kind and caring
family. We love to laugh together
and enjoy life together. For
example: _________________

18. Brothers and sisters
• Talk about what your
brothers and sisters are
doing at the moment.
• Just write a few sentences
about this.
• If you have a close
relationship to your brother or
sister that may show good
character, then maybe
describe it.

19. In the final paragraph
• Write about your hopes and dreams for
the future.
• For example:
• I hope to make my family proud of me
and enter into a good university. I also
wish to work hard and prove to myself
that I am capable of so much. I would
love to study Zoology (Biology) as I
believe I have a natural relationship with
animals. And after university I can go on
working with animals in Taiwan.
Something I believe I was born to do.

20. Structure of Autobiography:
The introduction:
Throughout my life I have learned to
Make a first be adaptable, dependable and
sentence that is kind to others.
really interesting My mother, father and life
experiences have taught me
Then write some these valuable lessons.
background
information
I hope to show that I am a person
worthy of consideration
(for_______ University/ this job)
as I am person with the qualities
to do my best at _________
Write a thesis (University/ this job) and show
statement (the success.
main idea of the
autobiography)

21. Body paragraph
• For example:
When I was 6 years old my whole family moved to
Australia. This was such an important event in my
life, at the time, because everything in my life
changed so much. At first I felt afraid and it was
hard to make friends. But after a while I slowly made
new friends and felt at home. I must say that the
years I spent in Australia changed me a lot. I
became an out going and social person. I also
learned that people are the same everywhere and
everywhere in the world there are kind people. For
example, I easily made many new friends in
Australia. Most people there were kind and friendly.

22. How many paragraphs do I need
• You need to show many
points about your past that
show you are a person ready
for _____________.
• One major event in your life
should be an entire
paragraph.
• How many sentences in a
paragraph? At least 5

23. The conclusion:
The final paragraph
• To sum up,
• To conclude,
• By way of conclusion
• In short,
• Basically,

24. The key to speaking about one’s life
• Confident
• Happy
• Express that you really want
to do in your life
• Show no doubt
• Smile a lot
• Always say “yes” with a smile

25. The key to speaking about one’s life
• Express why you will do well
at university
• Express a real interest.
• Show your good character
• Show want you have learnt in
life
• Explain your dreams and
plans for the future

26. Your spirit, hopes and dreams
• You can explain your dreams and
plans for the future
• This is the most important
• Your past does not always matter;
there is no need to dwell on a not
so fortunate past.
• It is about what you want for your
future

27. Importance of making a clear goal
• Everybody needs a goal.
• This is the key to success.
• So find one.
• It does not have to be prefect
• People like interesting people.
Interesting and worth while people
will not judge you. If some people
do, then they are not worth
worrying about.