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ACTIVITY: Supporting the Memoir Writing Process
Project: Who Am I? Book Project
SUMMARY
Goals
Support students with the step-by-step process of writing the elements of their book.
Details
Duration: N/A
Assessments: Student writing
Materials: examples photocopied from books, computer with InDesign
Description
Attached are handouts that assisted students in writing their memoirs. These are examples and instructions that helped scaffold the creation of the book. The handouts were reviewed in the following order.
1. Memoir Description
2. Memoir Topics
3. Memoir Writing Prompts
4. Preface
5. Acknowledgments
6. About my Chapter
7. About the Author
Please note that with some of the handouts I photocopied examples from books and therefore do not have digital copies. The teacher will have to add those examples as he or she sees fit.
ACTIVITY RESOURCES
(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)
About My Chapter
Download (26K)
About the Author
Download (52K)
Acknowledgements
Download (23K)
Memoir Description
Download (25K)
Memoir Topics
Download (45K)
Memoir Writing Prompts
Download (50K)
REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS
Author Reflections
The students enjoyed this part of the process and it helped break up some of the more tedious elements of writing and revising the memoir. Let students be creative and have fun with the "book" elements this is where their individuality can shine.