Projects+for+Biography+or+Autobiography

A. Responses to Biography/Autobiography Respond to each question using details from the book. As you continue to read, you can go back and add to your answers. Save your work as a word document with the title “(yourlastnametitleofbook)” and send them to me when complete. All responses are due by March 15th. 1. What is known about the subject’s birth and/or early life? 2. What is reported about the subject’s family? 3. Who serves as guides/friends/mentors to the subject? 4. What is the subject’s main quest/goal/journey? 5. What geographic locations are important to the subject? 6. What are the most important obstacles or challenges that the subject must overcome? 7. How does the book end? 8. What opinion does the author have toward the subject? What details help you to know this? B. Share the story. Choose one of these projects to do related to your book. Projects are due on or before March 30th. You may email your project to me if appropriate. 1. Make a digital scrapbook using iphoto or another application. Use 10-15 significant photographs with captions to tell the subject’s story. 2. Create a playlist of 8-10 meaningful songs for the subject’s imaginary ipod. Use song titles and pieces of the lyrics for each song to explain why you think that person would have that song on his/her ipod. You do not have to provide copies of the songs themselves. 3. Write a 4-6 fictional letters from the subject to significant other people in his/her life. These letters should reflect words the author would use and make reference to specific events in the book. 4. Write a short fictional interview of 5-7 questions with the subject. Write the questions and answers in Q and A form. You may ask friends to help you videotape the interview if you want to.