Bruno a Former Street Child
An Autobiography - literacy resource
What is an Autobiography?
What is an Autobiography?
It is an account of someone’s life, from their own point
of view. It should:
• be in the past tense
• be in the first person
• be in chronological order
• include key incidents or events
• What else could you add to this list?
Your Task
• Just as you described an event in your life for ‘Your Life
Story’, you are now going to describe some events in
Bruno’s life.
• You are going to write his autobiography. You have read
the interview with him and have found out about his life
whilst living on the street. Your task is to write an
autobiography about Bruno’s life, using your knowledge of
his life.
• Before you start you will need to work on:
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Punctuation
Description
Figures of speech
Beginnings and endings
4 easy steps to improve your writing?
Make sure you include:
1. Description - what does it look like? How does it
feel? Paint a picture for your reader.
2. Punctuation - have you used commas? What about
a new paragraph for each new topic?
3. Figure of speech –have you used a simile or a
metaphor?
4. Start and finish - capture your reader’s interest at
the start and reflect at the ending
Task 8:How to Start
• How will you grab your reader’s attention
from the start?
• Choose one of these phrases to weave into
your opening paragraph:
– There’s one part of my childhood that I’ll never
forget….
– It’s a good to have difficulties during your life time
because…
– Never have I been so cold, tired and hungry as…
Task 9: How to finish
• Think about how Bruno’s story ends. How
could you turn it into a reflection?
• Choose one of these phrases to weave into
your final paragraph:
– I often think about that special day
– I often wonder if things would have been different
if…
– It’s a memory that will stay with me forever
Send a Cow
Send a Cow works with many families who live
in poverty and works to give them the hope and
the means to secure their own futures from the
land.
To find out more about our work please visit:
www.sendacow.org.uk
To find more lesson resources please visit:
www.sendacow.org.uk/lessonsfromafrica
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