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Description
Looking for a simple activity for back to school? The Back to School Autobiography Activity is a great first-week activity to get to know your students. Use the editable activity and rubric to help your students create a peaks and valleys scene. This will engage students and create a beautiful activity for your bulletin board display to kick off the school year.
The activity asks students to share about their foundation, high points and disappointments, and hopes and dreams. It also asks students to write about the illustration. This is a great way to get a baseline on your student’s writing strengths and areas for growth.
Back to School Autobiography Activity Includes:
Student instructions - editable (clipart is not editable)
Rubric to evaluate student work - editable (clipart is not editable)
Example of finished product illustration
You have access to:
PPT version - EDITABLE (some elements are not editable due to terms-of-use)
PDF version - not editable
Standards:
W.6.2b-f
W.7.2b-f
W.8.2b-f
Free font used: Verdana
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Teacher reviews
“This is one of my favorite back to school activities where the students use this to decorate their portfolios for the year. I love giving them back to them at the end of the year so they can see how they have either stayed the same or changed over the course.”
“I look forward to using this at the beginning of the year.”
Reviews
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For Ship of Life Identity Project | SEL Writing Activity | Grades 6-8
September 22, 2026great back to school getting to know you activity that's a little different than the typical activities
Krystal S.
Grades taught: 11th, 12th, 9th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
September 9, 2026This is an excellent resource for teaching narrative writing! The activities are well organized and provide students with clear, structured practice as they develop their narrative writing skills. I especially appreciate how the resource breaks the writing process into manageable steps, making it easier for students to understand and apply the skills.
Corina Q.
Grades taught: 5th, 4th
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For Ship of Life Identity Project | SEL Writing Activity | Grades 6-8
August 17, 2026It seems like it will connect to Growth Mindset and keep students mindful of their strengths and weaknesses.
Robyn G.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Ship of Life Identity Project | SEL Writing Activity | Grades 6-8
July 26, 2026This introduces metaphor in a non-threatening way. Looking forward to reading students' ideas.
Kayte R.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
July 15, 2026This resource provides an in depth exploration for these standards. I highly recommend it! Students find it highly engaging and it very effectively helps students to better understand these standards. This standard can be a struggle for students and this definitely helps!
Julie R.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
July 7, 2026This is great resource that helped my students think about and analyze poetry. Thanks!
Janet B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Trace an Argument Middle School
July 2, 2026Middle school students always struggle with argument writing (and essays in general), and this resource was another great practice for them.
Melissa L.
Grades taught: 7th
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March 26, 2026
My Students thought this was fun and challenging. They enjoyed completing the activity and sharing answers with their peers.
Susan W.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
December 2, 2025This is a fantastic outline for an argument that is very easy for students to follow along with.
Tiffanie S.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
December 2, 2025This has everything you need to teach a narrative writing unit. It's great!
Tiffanie S.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
December 2, 2025This is a perfect way to really analyze and review poetry.
Tiffanie S.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Get to Know You Back to School Nameplate
August 26, 2025This is the perfect intro activity, so I am able not only to get to know my students but also see what the beginnings/baseline of their writing is like to be able to distinguish the difference between them and possible AI.
Jenarosa A.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
August 2, 2025This was a great resource. It really made the students flesh out their arguments. Thanks.
In M.
Grades taught: 6th, 5th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
July 28, 2025I used this to supplement to help teach standards.
Sarah S.
Grades taught: 3rd
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
June 27, 2025Awesome for all academics! It's practical and great to use for early finishers or your main lesson!
happy O.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
June 25, 2025The resource is easy to implement, use, and maintain.
Christina W.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Trace an Argument Middle School
June 11, 2025Very engaging way to supplement existing curriculum.
Lisa K.
Grades taught: 7th
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June 4, 2025
Such a helpful and well-crafted resource! Everything was clearly laid out and simple to implement. It fit seamlessly into my lessons and kept my students interested and on task. I really value how thoughtfully this was put together. I’ll be returning to this seller for more materials in the future!
Michelle P.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
June 4, 2025This resource made teaching argument writing so much easier! It was clear, organized, and helped my students build strong claims and support them with evidence. A great time-saver and very effective!
Michelle P.
Grades taught: 7th
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Rachel R.
Grades taught: 6th
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