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How to Write a
MemoirSlide2
“If you're 11 years old you have already been alive for at least 4,017 days. Those days contain thousands of experiences, a jumble of friends and enemies, victories and defeats, praise and punishment, silly pranks and good deeds.” - Ralph FletcherSlide3
What is a memoir?Slide4
What is a memoir?
memorySlide5
What is a memoir?A memoir is an account of your personal life and experiences. Slide6
What is a memoir?A memoir tells the story of anevent that took place in your life.Slide7
You
are the only person who can write your memoir!
(because you lived it)Fishing at Murphy’s Lake with Pawpaw.Slide8
Let’s listen to a short memoir written by Ralph Fletcher.Slide9Slide10
Before writing his book of memoirs,Ralph Fletcher drew a map
ofhis childhood neighborhood. Slide11
He noted…“I discovered something surprising. The more I sketched, the more details I added, the more things I began to remember. As I made that neighborhood map, certain memories that I’d forgotten came back to me.”Slide12
Before deciding on a memoir topic, draw a picture of your neighborhood.
Make your map as
detailed as possible.
Label
your map:Important places.Where something happened.
Where kids gather.A danger spot you avoid.
A favorite place.
A secret place.
Friend’s and neighbor’s houses.
Choose 3 memories
you might want to write about.Slide13
Your memoir should contain all of the elements of a story…
plot: What happened?
characters: Who was involved?setting: Where did it take place?
theme
: What lesson did you learn?Slide14
MemoirAssignment
Sketch a map of your neighborhood (past or present).
Make it as detailed
as possible.
Label your map:Important places.
Where something happened.Where kids gather.
A danger spot you avoid.
A favorite place.
A secret place.
Friend’s and neighbor’s houses.
Choose 3 memories
you might want to write about.Slide15
plot
: What happened?characters: Who was involved?
setting: Where did it take place?theme
: What lesson did you learn?
Think about your top 3 memoir topics.Which story do you know the most about?Which story contains all 4 of these story elements?Slide16
plot
: What happened?characters: Who was involved?
setting: Where did it take place?theme
: What lesson did you learn? That’s your topic!
Think about your top 3 memoir topics.Which story do you know the most about?
Which story contains all 4 of these story elements?Slide17
Log into Google and record your memoir topic before our next class.
MY MEMOIR TOPICS:
1. Fishing at Murphy’s Lake with Pawpaw.
2. Passing the swim test at camp.
3. Losing my tooth during my soccer game!Slide18
Log into Google and record your memoir topic before our next class.
Extra! Extra!
Send me a picture or scanned copy of your neighborhood map for up to +15 extra credit points in the gradebook!Slide19
Then, get to work!Begin jotting down notes in your SLASH Notebook.
Interview people who were involved in the event.Complete the Memoir lessons listed on your OLS this week.
What happened?Who was involved?Where
did it take place?What lesson did you
learn from the event?Slide20
ANY QUESTIONS?Slide21
See you next week!
Thanks