Mentor text: "Room"
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CHart Memoir TraitsAs you read, note any memoir traits that you see in the text. How do they affect the text? Do they make it better? More confusing?
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MEMOIR MAPCreate a map of your most visited places (home, school, etc.). Then, think of 3-5 small memories from those places.
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Think SmallTurn big, overwhelming events into smaller, more detailed memories with this practice.
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Show, Don't TellUse this activity to add
description to SHOW, rather than tell about emotions. |
Mentor Text:
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Mentor Text: "Eleven"
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Cornell notes for
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"The First Moment of the sixties"
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"All about memoir"
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Plot notesUse the presentation to fill these out these notes & keep track of PLOT.
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Plot Notes PresentationPlot, characters, conflict, and more!
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"The Glass Castle" Mentor TextShared reading and annotation of our mentor text.
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Drafting your memoirWhat does Walls do successfully? What can we emulate?
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Mrs. Weathers' ModelWhat can my teacher do with our mentor text?
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Memoir Grading RubricHow will your writing be assessed? See here.
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