PPT-What is a memoir? Mrs. Harrell’s 6

th Grade Memoir Unit information compiled by Ms Gilmore Intern Getting Started My dear childrenyou must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory especially a memory of childhood of home People talk to you a great deal about your education but some good sacred memory preserved from childhood is perhaps the best education If one carries many such memories into life one is safe to the end of ones days and if one has only one good memory left in ones heart even that may be the means of saving us. The Corked A Memoir we think have quite excellent writing style that make it easy to comprehend Corked A Memoir Fear and Loathing in Bordeaux A Daughter Corked A Memoir Fear and Loathing in Bordeaux A Daughter and Her Dad Hit the Bottle and Hit the Catches the reader’s attention right away. First sentence of your introduction. Types of Hooks. Dialogue – . starts your paper with a conversation between two or more of the characters. “And where do you think you’re going?” my mother asked, glaring at me.. Terry Locke. © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Revisiting the concept of genre. Genres are social processes. Texts are patterned in reasonably predictable ways according to patterns of social interaction in a particular culture. Social patterning and textual patterning meet as genres. Genres are textual interventions in society; and society itself would be nothing without language in all its patterned predictability. It follows that genres are not simply created by individuals in the moment of their utterance; to have meaning, they must be social. Individual speakers and writers act within a cultural context and with a knowledge of the different social effects of different types of oral and written text (. JAWS. September 2011. Michele Weldon JAWS September 2011. Women, War and Memoir: . The Civil War to Iraq and Beyond the Arab Spring . http://vodpod.com/watch/557669-women-war-journalists. “Her boyfriend left her.”. What is a Memoir?. According to Google’s Dictionary, a memoir is a . historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources. .. What is a Six-Word Memoir?. It is a story or the way someone would identify themselves, written in only 6 words. It is a six worded autobiography. . Memoir. Audio Setup Wizard. While you’re waiting, check your audio…. Is your microphone working?. Are your speakers on?. Mic Check!. Next week, you will read your memoir aloud in CC. . That means…. Name Period Date . (Write this all on the bottom tab) . Memoir. 1. Written in 1. st. person point of view in a story form.. 2. Explores how a particular event or time period with a common theme influenced and affected the author. . Day 13. Emotion & Identity UNIT 1: DAY 13. Instructions: . Correct the following sentence in the Bell Ringer section of your notebook. Draw a line separating the subject part of the sentence from the predicate. Hint: The predicate contains the verb! . Renaissance . Definition . Reword definition in your own words . Sentence with the word . Illustration or clue words / phrases . Renaissance Vocabulary. Create a flap for each of the following words. Step #1. Look around the room until you see an object or something else that reminds you of something that happened in the past. Jot down that memory. If you don’t see anything in the room that reminds you of your past, think of your most vivid memory from your childhood and write that down.. What is a memoir? . Memoir . tells a compelling story using truth, theme, 1st person POV narration, voice, and a fifth element—the M&Ms of writing, Memory and Musing.. 1. TRUTH. It . really happened. We know the trouble writers can get into by not remembering this. But the bigger dilemma is how not telling the truth leaves the reader; it not only weakens the relationship with the author, it destroys it. No longer trust them. This can be tricky because not everything in a memoir is word for word true. Who can remember exactly what their dad said at breakfast fifty years ago? Dialogue serves to further the theme.. Micro-fiction. Journals. .. Snapshots. .. Pictures. .. Memories.. Daily Objective. Today we’re going to identify features of a memoir and analyze authors’ style and technique to. create alternative forms of literature!. 6 th Grade Memoir Unit Ms. Gilmore, Intern What is a memoir? “ My dear children…you must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood, of home. People talk to you a great deal about your education, but some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education. If one carries many such memories into life, one is safe to the end of one’s days, and if one has only one good memory left in one’s heart, even that may be the means of saving us Ms. Bowling – thank you. Name:. Key questions:. Memoir writing. What is a memoir? . How . does a memoir differ from an autobiography? . What . is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?.