Autobiographical Letter

Use this sheet to work out your OUTLINE of ideas to discuss. After you have answered the questions on this form, write out a 3-5 paragraph Autobiography using the answers from these questions to tell your story about yourself.

From the answers below, you will write an autobiographical letter. Write NEATLY with correct grammar/spelling. Must be at least one page.

Describe:

(1) Yourself

(2) Your family

(3) Your friends

(4) Your school life.
a) Share what grade you are in and what activities you have already or will participate in, and how High School has been so far. If you are a 9th Grader, what is like to be arriving so far? Etc.


b) What are you looking forward to in and/or out of school? Etc.



(5) Your interests & hobbies


(6) How do you see yourself in relation to all of the above? (in relation to your friends, family and school)?


(7) Describe any unusual events in your past.


(8) What are your goals in life? And what responsibilities do you feel you have to yourself, family and others?


(9) Where (position, location, career, etc.) would you like to see yourself in the next 10-15 years (ie. by age 30)?


(10) How has imagery affected you specifically in your life...shaped who you are, etc.?

After you have completed your rough draft, you will then type it into the computer.

We will then format, insert your picture and prep for printing.

Prepping and printing your Autobiography

Check list of items to check for before getting an ok to print:

• Bold your name that appears in the body of your autobiography
• Underline the sentence referring to your birthday and/or year of birth
• Include a proper Header (Alt, V, H) (Roll # in upper left, name and period in upper right)
• Set the font to Times New Roman
• Set the Style to "Word 2003" (and then "Set to Default")
• Justify the margins of the main body (Do a Ctrl + A, then Ctrl + J)
• Center Justify the title of the paper (Ctrl + E)
• Drag your picture in from your Class Folder.
• Crop your picture for a more pleasing appearance.
• Place a border that compliments a color in your shirt or a predominate color on your page. Make it thicker, like 2-1/4, or even better use the 4-1/2 double set line that looks like a picture frame. Avoid using different types and/or colors for the boarders. (Desktop Publishing 101 - Don't nauseate your readers. Just because you can fonts doesn't mean you should.)
• Portrait Picture size should be exactly 1.5" tall (the width will vary) and should be in the upper right corner (assuming you were looking to the right when I took your picture (most of you were).
• Format the margins (Alt, P, M) to either 0.5" or 1" depending on the amount of text. i.e. small margins for lots of text. Large margins for little bit of text. We want it to fit on one page.
• Place another image of your choice (you can go to Face Book or some other online site) to support your Autobio...and copy and paste at the bottom of the page. Format the Text Wrapping to be a Square Graphic and put a border around it as well. Three pictures is plenty. This includes 1 portrait at the top and two candids.
• Arrange the pictures and the over size of things to get rid of orphans and widows and to best maximize your page with out going to two pages.
• Set font size from 10-13 (Ctrl + Shift + , or .) depending on the amount of text (see concept as the margins)

• NOTE: ALL pictures should be aligned to the edge of the text UNLIKE the picture of me below that hangs outside of the edge of the margins.

Alternatives to using FaceBook for pictures:

• Use your parents Facebook account.
• Email a photo to yourself from your camera phone. (borrow your parents phone if you don't have a camera phone)

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