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English 7 Public

To teach students about personal narratives, autobiographies, and memoirs. Students will identify the difference between these genres and autobiographies.

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What is a genre in literature?

A genre is a category of literature.

What is one example of a genre in literature?

Biography Autobiography Poetry Personal Narrative Memoir

What is a biography?

A story written about someones life, written by someone other than the person's whose life is being described.

A...tends to focus on one or more personal experiences and events. Rather than ones entire life.

Personal Narrative

A...is similar to an autobiography, but the author tends to focus on the meaning of their life.

Memoir

What is an autobiography?

Similar to a biography except the author writes about herself or himself.

What is the #1 Rule in the Classroom?

BE KIND