#131, Biographer
A biography spans the lifetime of a subject's existence. It combines disparate threads of their life meaningfully to create a coherent whole. A biography is also inherently biased as it is written by a human. A biographer cannot possibly include every single event of a person's life, so they must carefully decide what to include. Also, we all interpret events differently which colors the way we write stories.
biographer n. a person who writes an account of someone else's life
This week in class, we conducted peer interviews. You were tasked to dig deeply about one of your peer's lives. As a biographer, one of your responsibilities is to connect these events so that the story flows naturally.
To complete this week's Journal response, complete the following tasks,
- Write a biography of one of your peers. For this piece,
- Use your interview notes (direct source) and the subject's previous Journal responses (indirect source)
- Write with the third person point-of-view (e.g., Marle lived...)
- Organize the story chronologically and use time order signals to strengthen the coherence of your writing
- Comment on your biographer's response. You may also comment on other peers' responses.
-Brenden Lee Teacher
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