Memoirs Teacher Resources

Students create a memoir or poem about their favorite person or pet. In this favorite person or pet lesson plan, students also scan in pictures to PowerPoint and create a presentation about this person or pet as well.

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Students define the characteristics of a personal narrative, explain the difference between a 'memoir' and an 'autobiography', and create a reading journal in which they will log their reading activities. In this personal narrative lesson plan, students listen to the beginning of a variety of memoirs and autobiographies and participate in class discussion to identify characteristics of these personal narratives.

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Students can then pinpoint problems the characters experience and interview their parents to see if they too may have once faced a similar problem. Interviews with family members can be recorded by students in their home language.

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Students identify the process of producing an oral history/documentary. Students analyze and synthesize information and memoirs as a valuable tool for exploring the past using primary resources. Students differentiate facts of historical times/events from personal "memory" as an individual's way of interpreting and narrating their experiences. Students conduct a good interview.

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Love this lesson! This activity takes writing a memoir to the next level. Pupils listen to a story from The New York Times, bring in a picture which is meaningful to them, and use it to create a project about their life. Within the lesson, there are questions and resources designed to make this activity a critical-thinking experience.

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Students use the Eastern North Carolina Digital Library to research and reflect upon human experiences contained in primary sources. They use these reflections as a foundation for writing a memoir.

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Students examine the process and effects of World War I on different segments of the population, beyond the political, diplomatic and military framework of the war. They analyze the memoirs of soldiers, read poetry of the time, and examine visual images such as cartoons, photographs and propaganda posters.

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Learners read excerpts from memoirs written by Gary Paulsen as examples of how to write a narrative piece. They identify figurative language used and then they write a memoir of their own that contains imagery and figurative language.

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Students write a family story with special meaning to them.  In this family memoir lesson, students listen to a perasonal memoir of the teacher and write a memoir of their own.  Students use worksheets to interview a family member about the memoir and also look at a sample writing.

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