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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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For Writing Prompts Bundle | Narrative, Informational, Argument
April 19, 2025This has been so helpful! I hate coming up with different writing prompts to help our students practice writing to the different genres.
Teach K.
Grades taught: 5th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
March 24, 2025This aligned great with my argumentative writing unit. Kept the students engaged with the lesson
Kenisha H.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
March 18, 2025A useful graphic organizer for all ages. My students enjoy working on these. Thank you!
Shellie P.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
February 21, 2025Thanks for creating the Poetry Analysis Stations Middle School. My students enjoy station work.
Mary G.
Grades taught: 7th, 6th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
February 5, 2025This was a great addition to our Argument essay writing this year.
Rachel R.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Opinion Argument Writing Prompts
February 5, 2025These opinion prompts were great for adding to our daily journal during our opinion unit.
Rachel R.
Grades taught: 6th
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Marjorie H.
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
November 11, 2024This unit is wonderful! Go ahead and get the bundle; you'll never need another resource for narrative writing. It contains every single element possible.
Middle T.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
September 22, 2024This resource was a great addition to my writing curriculum.
Kirsten W.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Back to School Illustrated Autobiography Activity
August 7, 2024This 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.
Jenarosa A.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
August 7, 2024This was a great resource. Thank you for all the hard work.
The C.
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
August 4, 2024This is a great resource which was just what I needed to improve my narrative writing unit. Thanks!
Janet B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Writing Prompts Bundle | Narrative, Informational, Argument
August 4, 2024This is a great resource with a super variety of writing prompts. Great for bellwork journaling. Thanks!
Janet B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
July 24, 2024Thanks so much for the resource. My student's enjoyed it!
TeachingMAC
Grades taught: 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
July 8, 2024This was very useful for teaching poetry elements.
Carly B.
Grades taught: 6th
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For ELA End of Year Stations & Activities | Low-Prep Middle School
July 8, 2024Fun for my students and allowed me to get all the end of year tasks done during school hours.
Carly B.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
July 2, 2024No more boring lessons with these. My students were so engaged!
Lezlie J.
Grades taught: 5th
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June 12, 2024
This resource was just what I needed to quickly assess my students' understanding of poetry standards and help them begin analyzing poems in a more manageable way.
Karen O.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
May 27, 2024My students enjoyed creating the interactive notes. It helped them better remember the different hooks and apply them to their writing. We created examples to go with each hook for the interactive notes related to their individual narratives. This was a great supplement to my other activities.
Maria B.
Grades taught: 6th, 5th
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For Trace an Argument Middle School
May 9, 2024This was a great resource for my students! It was especially helpful when I was out one day and needed to pull together activities quickly.
Miss C.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Informational Writing Prompts
May 5, 2024Thank you this is a great resource and I love using it in my classroom.
Marjorie H.
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For Opinion Argument Writing Prompts
May 5, 2024Thank you this is a great resource and I love using it in my classroom.
Marjorie H.
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
April 16, 2024My students were able to complete this activity for great practice. Thank you!
Kelsie W.
Grades taught: 5th, 6th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
April 12, 2024This is a great resource and my students liked the way it was formatted.
Emily E.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th
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For Poetry Analysis Stations | Figurative Language, Theme, & Tone for Grades 6–8
April 12, 2024I love this resource! I can actually see connections being made in my students.
Lezlie J.
Grades taught: 5th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
April 6, 2024Most of the students really liked the format for this one. We used it for learning how to identify hooks in books around the classroom and then writing their own.
Hollis E.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
March 24, 2024So many different templates to use! This was amazing for finding new ways to review vocabulary and context clues with my students. They were excited to try different formats and chose what worked best for their groups as well.
LitCrafters E.
Grades taught: 7th, 8th
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For Quotation Marks Punctuating Dialogue Activity and Notes
March 11, 2024This was a great resource to help my students learn to use punctation when writing dialogue.
Melissa C.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Templates for Word Work
March 6, 2024I teach all forms of language arts, predominantly writing. My students enjoy a variety of activities plus I need for all of the learning styles .
Michelle P.
Grades taught: 4th, 1st, 2nd, Adult, 7th
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For Writing Prompts Bundle | Narrative, Informational, Argument
February 29, 2024Great writing topics! Good for bellwork! Thank you!
Ashley R.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
February 6, 2024This resource made it easier for my students to understand how an argumentative essay works.
Sharon D.
Grades taught: 7th
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For Opinion Argument Writing Prompts
February 5, 2024My students enjoyed using this resource. Thank you!
Modern A.
Grades taught: 10th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
February 5, 2024My students enjoyed using this resource. Thank you!
Modern A.
Grades taught: 10th
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For Writing Strong Hooks | Narrative Writing Mini-Lesson & Practice
January 29, 2024This resource was just what I needed! Students loved it!
Lindsey V.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
January 7, 2024This is an incredibly thorough resource that hits every part of narrative writing.
Maggie D.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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For Plot Diagram for Narrative Writing
January 7, 2024This is an engaging hands-on activity to help students understand plot elements.
Tiffany C.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
January 7, 2024This was a great resource to help my students when writing their argumentative papers.
Reply from Annotated ELA
Tiffany, Yay! I am so happy to hear it was helpful. Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback!
Tiffany C.
Grades taught: 7th, 6th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
December 31, 2023Loved it! It had everything that I needed for my 8th grade writing unit!
Stephanie B.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
November 28, 2023These materials are always stellar! My students loved this activity! Thanks for the awesome resource! :)
Reply from Annotated ELA
Jana, Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback! I am so happy to hear it was a success. -Melissa
Jana H.
Grades taught: 9th
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For Writing Strong Sentences: Using Verbs
November 25, 2023Thank You. This is a wonderful resource and will be very useful in my classroom.
Marjorie H.
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For Point of View in Narrative
November 13, 2023I loved how this created a visual representation to help my students differentiate between different viewpoints.
mary M.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Point of View in Narrative
November 1, 2023Great resource, students were engaged and found it easy to follow.
Rosa C.
Grades taught: 7th, 8th
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
September 16, 2023This resource is great for breaking things into smaller pieces for lower level students, and even for higher students who have difficulty feeling overwhelmed with writing tasks. Thank you!
Reply from Annotated ELA
Jennifer, Your feedback makes my heart happy! Thank you!
Jennifer P.
Grades taught: 6th, 7th, 8th
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September 15, 2023
I've been introducing and practicing note-taking with my sixth graders and this gave them a frame of reference to help them focus on the lesson and pull out the most important ideas.
Abbie W.
Grades taught: 6th
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For Narrative Writing Bundle: Middle School
September 15, 2023This is a great resource to help with planning. I used different stories than the ones attached.
Reply from Annotated ELA
Amy, Thank you for your feedback! Glad it helped with planning!
Amy M.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Back to School Illustrated Autobiography Activity
August 5, 2023I look forward to using this at the beginning of the year.
Reply from Annotated ELA
Jodi, I hope this lesson went well for you at the beginning of the year! Thank you for leaving feedback!
Jodi H.
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For Argument Writing Lesson & Activity | Essay Writing for Grades 6-8
August 2, 2023I'm looking forward to using this resource with my students this year!
Reply from Annotated ELA
Hi, I hope it went well and the resources were helpful!
Modern A.
Grades taught: 10th
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For Writing Strong Sentences: Using Verbs
August 2, 2023I'm looking forward to using this resource with my students this fall!
Modern A.
Grades taught: 8th
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For Plot Diagram for Narrative Writing
August 2, 2023I'm looking forward to using this resource with my students this fall!
Reply from Annotated ELA
Hello, How did the lesson go? I hope it was a success!
Modern A.
Grades taught: 8th
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August 1, 2023
I'm looking forward to using this resource with my ESL students this autumn!
Reply from Annotated ELA
Hello, I hope the resource was a success!
Modern A.
Grades taught: 10th
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