Biographical/Autobiographical Selections
Journal Entries
You will read 3 selections of your choice from the attached list. You will complete the following journal entry for each story that you read:
1. A short summary
2. What events are happening in the world or the country during the person’s life?
3. Why is the person memorable? Check the biography in the book if you are not sure).
4. What is the “focus” of the selection? (A focus is the period of time in the person’s life or one or two world events that made an impact on the person).
5. Consider “showing” and “telling.” Where is real footage used in the selection?
Stories to Choose from:
Prentice Hall Literature: Platinum Level
A Child’s Christmas in Wales Dylan Thomas 694
Marian Anderson Langston Hughes 702
Prentice Hall Literature: World Literature
The Final Assault Edmund Hillary 142
The Dream Comes True Tenzing Norgay 154
From Speak, Memory Vladimir Nabokov 437
World Literature
From Kaffir Boy Mark Mathabane 1363
By Any Other Name Santha Rama Rau 1387
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