All About Me! Level 19-20

In All About Me!, eight-year-old Lesley E. Thompson shares a humorous and heartfelt school project that chronicles personal experiences, family memories, holidays, and school life. Written in a first-person narrative with a mix of photographs and anecdotes, the story models autobiographical writing in an engaging and relatable format. Featuring questions addressed to the reader and familiar childhood themes, this fictionalised memoir provides rich material for writing, comprehension, and connection to students' own lives. This book is ideal for teaching the structure of autobiographical texts, understanding narrative voice, and encouraging personal expression through writing.

Educational Benefits

• Demonstrates key features of autobiographical and narrative text
• Encourages personal reflection and connection to text
• Builds understanding of book structure and layout
• Inspires writing through relatable real-life events

Classroom Ideas

• Have students create their own œAll About Me projects
• Identify narrative voice and tone in different parts of the text
• Use the text to model paragraph structure and descriptive writing
• Create a class display of mini-biographies using photos and writing

Safety & Information

• Suitable for ages 7+
• Book dimensions: standard guided reading size; 16+ pages
• Activities involve use of personal photos-privacy considerations apply
• All classroom art materials should be child-safe and non-toxic