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How to Write a
MemoirSlide2
Audio Setup Wizard
While you’re waiting, check your audio…Is your microphone working?Are your speakers on?Slide3
On October 18, we will begin reading Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren.
You can get a copy of the book at the library or your favorite bookstore!Slide4
Mic Check!
Next week,
you will read your memoir aloud in CC.
That means…
everyone needs a working microphone. Slide5
“I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.”
– Edgar Rice BurroughsSlide6
What is a memoir?Slide7
What is a memoir
?memorySlide8
You
are the only person who can write your memoir! (because you lived it)Slide9
Let’s listen to a short memoir written by Ralph Fletcher.Slide10Slide11
As you
listen
to
each week, does a
movie play in your mind?
Marshfield Dreams Slide12
Does
the
author paint a detailed picture of what is happening?Slide13
Were you there in Marshfield as the
doctor
“peered into his stethoscope to seven beating hearts?”Slide14
Ralph Fletcher does a good job of
showing
what’s happening and engaging
the reader. Slide15
engagingAn engaging story is
entertaining, amusing and interesting. You want to keep reading it!Slide16
“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside
.”What makes this narrative ENGAGING
?Slide17
Here are a few ways to engage your reader:
Hook the reader with the first sentence.
Add dialog between the characters.
Use descriptive language to help the reader become part of the story.
Give a detailed picture of what’s happening with strong verbs
.Include metaphors
and
similes
to add some “color” or “zest” to the story.Slide18
HOOK
Your memoir should start in a way that makes the reader want to keep reading. These gripping introductions are called “hooks” because they hook the
fish reader!Slide19
HOOKHere are 3 engaging ways you can start your memoir:
Vivid Sensory: Give the reader a mental image of a person, object, place or event using vivid sensory details. What should the reader see, hear, taste, feel or smell?Dialog
: Start with a dialog or conversation among the characters.Onomatopoeia is a word that makes sounds. Those can be animal sounds, car sounds, or any other sound. Bang! Woof! Crash! Meow!
Begin your story with aSlide20
How does this introduction hook the reader?Slide21
DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE
When you write a story, use vivid details to show what’s happening.Slide22
What do you want the reader to hear, see, smell, taste and feel?Slide23
What words in this passage create a vivid picture in your mind?Slide24
STRONG VERBS!
Verbs are action words! The verbs you use in your memoir should explain exactly what is happening. Slide25
STRONG VERBS!Slide26
What’s happening in this picture?Slide27
What’s happening in this picture?
splashing
grappling
slamming
brawling
lunginghurdling
bounding
springing
pursuing
pouncingSlide28
What’s happening in this picture?Slide29
What’s happening in this picture?
hurling
flinging
lobbing
propelling
passingdispensing
chucking
launchingSlide30
Cut out theStrong Verb Mini Book
staple the binding, and add it to your SLASH notebook. Slide31
SIMILES!
A simile uses the words “
like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
My mom was busy
as a bee this morning!Slide32
METAPHORS!
The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. The
lawn is a beautiful green blanket.Slide33
A simile would say you are like
something; a metaphor says you
are something.
My cat is a furry alien.A) metaphor B) simile
My brother and I fight like cats and dogs.A) metaphor B) simileSlide34
My great-grandma is slow.
OR My great-grandma is as slow
as molasses in January.Slide35
The alligator had sharp teeth.
OR The alligator’s teeth
were white daggers. Slide36
There was traffic on Main Street.
ORAt five o’clock,
Main Streetwas a parking lot.Slide37
An author’s job is to engage the reader so that he wants to keep reading!Slide38
You can strengthen your memoir rough draft by:
Hooking the reader in the first sentence.
Using descriptive language to help the reader become part of the story.
Giving a detailed picture of what’s happening with strong verbs
.Including metaphors
and similes to add some “color” or “zest” to the story.Slide39
Your Final Draft
is due onOctober
20
Use this notebook
page to help you create an engaging memoir. Slide40
Bring your memoir to Class Connect next week!
You will share your rough draft with a partner!Slide41
ANY QUESTIONS?Slide42
See you next week!
Thanks