Alphabiography

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An alphabiography is an autobiography, often set as an English studies project for high school or college students, consisting of a set of twenty-six short stories or chapters about the writer's life. [1] Each story or chapter has a title starting with a different letter of the alphabet, for example: "Apple growing", "Baseball", "Cynthia" etc. At the end a summation is undertaken.

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The book Totally Joe by James Howe is about Joe Bunch who is given an assignment to write his alphabiography although he thinks it will be boring, it turns out to be the gateway for him to learn much about his own identity as a gay young adult. [2]

ReadWriteThink.org, a website sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association, includes a lesson plan for an alphabiography project. [3]

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References

  1. Hoerr, Thomas R.; Sally Boggeman; Christine Wallach (2010). Celebrating Every Learner: Activities and Strategies for Creating a Multiple Intelligences Classroom. John Wiley and Sons. p. 269. ISBN   978-0-470-56386-1 . Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. SimonSays - Totally Joe by James Howe
  3. Read Write Think - alphabiography project