VISUAL SELF BIOGRAPHY
PROJECT: YOUR LIFE COUNTS, TELL YOUR STORY
BASED ON THE WORK BY JAMES GULLIVER "PORTRAIT OF 50 FAMOUS FOLKS AND ALL THEIR WEIRD STUFF"
1. Illustrate the story of your life (visual autobiography) with photos and drawings.
2. Create a cover page with the title of your work and your details.
3. Make a table of contents (even though it appears before the chapters, it is the last thing you do).
4. Who would you dedicate your book to? Write your personalised dedication.
5. The work must have 5 chapters.
6. The chapter titles are:
Chapter 1: Who am I?
Chapter 2: My people
Chapter 3: The past
Chapter 4: Deep inside me
Chapter 5: The future
7. To develop the content of each chapter, you can choose from the following guidelines and add any others you can think of.
Chapter 1: Who am I?
Important successes in my life.
My qualities. Ten qualities that I do well.
My flaws. What bothers me about myself.
Important mistakes in my life.
What I am like, what I do, who I love.
My leisure and free time, how I spend it.
Give yourself a title, if you were a novel, a film, a meal, a piece of furniture...
Describe the place where you take refuge and how you feel there.
Chapter 2: My people.
People who influence my life and why.
People or characters I admire most and why.
My family. Description, photo... I say something about each one.
What is it like to live with me?
My friends. What they mean to me in my life.
People whose company I find positive.
Chapter 3: The past.
What did people say about me when I was little?
I have made mistakes. How have I corrected them?
My contribution to this world.
People who taught me to grow up.
Experiences that have made me happy.
I write down the feelings that my childhood memories awaken (games, parties...)
Chapter 4: Deep inside me.
The fears in my life.
My loneliness. How do I feel when I am alone?
What gives meaning to my life. I believe in...
I talk to my body and write it a letter.
What does studying mean to me? How do I feel?
What I would like people to say about me.
What do I understand by happiness? What gives me happiness?
I talk to my doubts, my struggles...
Who do I help? Who do I ask for help?
Chapter 5: The future
I imagine my life in 20 years.
How do I see myself? Where will I be? What will I be? What will I do?
What will remain of the present?
What goals will I have achieved? Which ones will I still have to
achieve?
What dreams will I have fulfilled?
How will I experience interpersonal relationships?
9. At the end of the book, include a page with the following title: ‘Dedications from the people who share my life at this moment.’ On this page, you can write a dedication and have anyone you want sign it.
10. Make a book and present it to your teacher.
