Writing a diary is not always an interesting activity for those students who are not used to jotting down their daily activities. However, this activity may become more alluring if students write a diary limited only to a week, students are given a chance to invent their own actions and do not need to stick to the truth, and students are encouraged to illustrate the diary with newspaper clippings or their own pictures. Students write a little book for children about their own childhood and try to select some of the funniest things they remember about this period of their life. They think up an interesting title and illustrate the book with simple pictures they draw themselves. Writing a poem about one's life, family, friends, feelings, problems, interests, etc., should not be difficult.
Teachers provide an example before telling students to write their own poems.
Students may also tape their poem or read it aloud with some music. Students write about their own lives. They can divide the content into periods that will vary according to each student's experience. They illustrate this autobiography with pictures they draw or with real photographs. They include descriptions of people and places, biographies of family members and friends, dialogues, and the like.