1. My Greatest Hits!

2. Task  Your task is to create a CD cover, front and back; the design should represent and reflect you.  You will need to select (or create) ten song titles that sum up important aspects of your life.  Your CD will form part of your autobiography coursework.

3. Step one:  Make a list of six important aspects of your life, such as:  friends/family;  interests/hobbies;  likes/dislikes;  music/food/cinema/books…;  major events/holidays/important memories…;  ambitions/future.

4. Step two:  Take the six points and convert them into short song titles which you think reflect that incident/event.  You can use song titles that already exist or make up your own.  THEN write a short passage to inform/explain or describe the song.

5. PLEASE NOTE  I want to see some variety. Please use each of the following types of writing:  Letter,  Newspaper report  A magazine article.  Please use all three, in any quantity that you wish. Aim for pieces of around 250 words in length.

6. Step three:  Design a CD cover which you think reflects your personality and life.  Think carefully about the colours, images, font and layout that you chose.  Any images you use should be a reflection of you and the aspects of your life you have chosen.  Your cover should be the same size as a real CD cover and your song titles should appear on the reverse.

7. CD Cover example A4 landscape – can be hand-drawn and coloured, a collage of cut-out images and pictures or printed on a computer. Images can be on both front and back or only the front. Back Cover Must contain your song titles (10) and can be decorated with images and your design. Front Cover Must contain the name of your CD and be decorated with images and your design.

8. Inside of CD Cover On a separate sheet of A4 you must create the inside sleeve to your CD cover. This will include your poem or prose – the introduction to your CD. Your poem or prose can be on one side or across the entire page (A4 landscape).

9. Step four:  Write an introductory passage for the inside sleeve.  This could take the form of:  a poem introducing your CD/your life;  an explanation of your design and song choices and a description of why the aspects of your life you have chosen are so important.

10. Poem - example  Success To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

11. Step five:  Name your CD! Think carefully about what you want your CD to suggest about you – all words carry connotations so chose wisely.