Stimulate Interest With an Autobiography Assignment  (Bos & Vaughn, 2002)

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Assigning the class to write their own autobiographies can motivate hard-to-reach students who seem uninterested in most writing assignments.

Have students read a series of autobiographies of people who interest them. Discuss these biographies with the class. Then assign students to write their own autobiographies. (With the class, create a short questionnaire that students can use to interview their parents and other family members to collect information about their past.) Allow students to read their finished autobiographies for the class.

References

Bos, C.S. & Vaughn, S. (2002). Strategies for teaching students with learning and behavior problems. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

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