Autobiography worksheet Date:April 27th, 2022 Name _____ Mark _____/16 1. Brainstorm your stories (make a list of possible events, people, and things that might appear in your autobiography; you may start with stories of your Chinese/English name). (1) My English name Tim is actually came from a British teacher who taught my the Cambridge kids English. At the first class, he asked me to choose a English name so that he didn’t need to remember our long Chinese name. That’s my English name came from. (2)I remembered that I have already got a lot of different categories testimonials about a lot of diverse activities. Most of them were very academic and valuable at that time. In order to achieve these awards, I paid a lot of tension to prepare and practice for it. Luckily, it worked. ...... _____ out of 4 points 2. Collect Family Stories (stories that get told again and again at holidays, weddings, reunions) (1)My parents always told me that there were full of grass and field in shanghai when they were a child. However, after many years, everything had changed and Shanghai became more and more prosperous. (2)When the QingMing comes, my parents will all go to their hometown to worship their family members. Even though the COVID-19 is so popular currently, they still do not stop that instead of using another way to do. ...... _____ out of 4 points 3. Gather artifacts from your life (objects that are filled with memories like a beloved doll, first ballet dress, a scrap from your baby blanket, a photograph of you as the ring bearer/flower girl at a wedding, old journals) (1)I think my gaming box might be the best choice. This gaming box have already accompanied with me for nearly 5 years, and I have used it to play a lot of different types of games. It’s very glad to meet this console and also very appreciate that my parents agreed to buy me that thing. (2)Another thing must be my smart watch which is just the second generation of Apple Watch. Currently it’s not a the latest version especially the crown is broken. However, the exercise function is still working well. So that I prefer to use it when I’m doing some fitness training everyday. ...... _____ out of 4 points 4. Sketch a map of your neighborhood or make a “heart map” Autobiography worksheet Date:April 27th, 2022 Name _____ Mark _____/16 The place you select to map out should be a place you know so well that you can picture it at night before you fall asleep – a neighborhood where you lived for several years, a relative’s house or apartment you often visited, a vacation home, a summer camp you return to every year. You can even try it with the neighborhood you live in now. There is no need to try to make it professional –just sketch what you remember, and make it as detailed as possible. As you do so, label your map to mark: Where something happened (you lost a tooth, found a pocket knife, or buried a beloved pet) A “power spot” (where all the neighborhood kids gathered) A “danger” spot (a place you had to avoid) A favorite place A secret place _____ out of 4 points