Last week I got to be a part of helping about 160 teenage girls in our church (and 40 youth leaders) get started on writing their life story. This took place at Girls Camp, which is an annual Summer tradition for the girls in our church, ages 12-18.
They decorated a cute & quick cover, including a current picture of themselves.
The rest of the time was spent starting to fill in the blanks in their life story. I encouraged them to finish most of the writing at home, on their own … when they weren’t around other people. I think minimal distractions = better writing.
I wanted to share this with you too, in case you want to do this with the youth in your area, or with your kids, or whoever you want. Remember: This is very specific to teenagers. And it can work for boys too. You can always just take the concept and create your own version.
And I know some of you still need to write your own life story. This condensed version of an autobiography is quite simple. A fully-detailed life story, complete with pictures would certainly be ideal. But let’s get real. Most of us haven’t made that a priority. So this is better than nothing. In fact, it’s great. If you were gone tomorrow, this would be absolutely treasured by those around you. I encourage you to print it & put it in a little binder & fill it out sometime soon. No one can tell your story better than you can.
That said, here’s the version for adults. In other words, those whose teenage years are behind them. : )
By the way, the binders are “half pint” binders, or in other words, they hold papers that are 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (which is half the standard size). If you can’t find them at your local office supply shop, look online. Just do a search for “5.5 x 8.5 binder”.
What a GREAT idea! Can you please email me the teen attachment, the link is not working.
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Thank you so much!!
I just printed these off to use in my YW lesson tomorrow on journal writing – thank you thank you thank you!!
This is great. Im having a PP pizza night with all the YW and planning on giving it to them. thanks so much
i’m going to use this for my yw lesson on journaling, thamks!
I’m also using this for my lesson tomorrow. Thanks so much!
THANK YOU!! I am sooo excited to use this for my YW lesson today. It is such a great place to start and get the ideas flowing for both the girls and the leaders!!
Me & my fellow classmates use your blogs as our reference materials. We look out for more interesting articles from your end about the this kind of topic . Even the future updates about this topic would be of great help.
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What a great idea! Our Young Women will love this! I am teaching the lesson on journals next week. I cannot wait to prepare these for them and the other leaders. Instead of using binders, I am going to spiral bind them with chipboard using my Zutter binder but this is such a great idea I just had to say thanks!
Can you email me the .pdf file for the Teen Life Story?
The link is not working.
Janna
Glad that you re-tweeted the post so other people could read
i am going to print this out and use it to interview my grandma
What talent you have! I am the Girls Camp Director in our stake and am interested in the activity you did for your girls… the journal with their life story in it. I can’t get the PDF to open. Could you email me these links. Thank you so much!
dougericaander@cox.net
I am doing a journal activity with the Activity Day girls in our ward at the end of the month and would love to adapt the teen life story for them. Would you please send me a non-pdf version to edit? I don’t have the cute font, but would sacrifice that for the great content.
Thank you!!
Krista
Becky, I just found these sized binders in all different colors at our local Staples (Idaho Falls, ID). I’m going to make them with the Laurels in our ward. I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for all you share – sure appreciate it!
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I just wanted to say thank you for these printouts. I have used the adult life story to share with the women in my ward for a RS Activity. I have even filled the entire thing out about myself!
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