ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Family Memoir: Getting Acquainted With Generations Before Us
This very detailed lesson plan includes readings, discussion questions, handouts, interactives and a rubric, all aimed at helping students construct a themed memoir while documenting the artistic process they used to create it.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing a Memoir: Memoirs About Moving Away
The book Leaving Home with a Pickle Jar by Barbara Dugan relives the story of moving from one state to another through the life of Ernest P. and his sister, Ella Jean. They take with them their most prized possessions; Ernest's being his...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memoirs With Strong Word Choices
Editor Amy Ehrlich compelled ten well-known children's authors to write narratives, and she compiled these memoirs in her book, When I Was Your Age. The collection of narratives varies, but an underlying theme is the way in which...
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Education Oasis: Memoir: The Stuff of Our Lives Unit
A six to eight week unit about the genre of memoir. Students will see that writers write about the ordinary happenings of their lives and will be encouraged to reflect upon the significance of remembered events. Students will keep a...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Memoirs About Photographs
This review discusses Looking Back, a memoir written by Lois Lowry. The song "Photograph", performed by Nickelback, and "In Color" by Jamey Johnson, are suggested as sources to assist with extending the students' understanding of memoir....
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley
This site from the University of North Carolina provides the full text of Phillis Wheatley's poetry, and her memoirs.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Visiting Relatives Prompt
This review discusses Ralph Fletcher's book entitled Marshfield Dreams and Cynthia Rylant's book called The Relatives Came. The author suggests that these books be used as mentor texts. In the suggested activity, learners will engage in...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Narrative Writing: The Autobiographical Incident
After organizing their thoughts using a graphic organizer, students write a narrative essay which relates an autobiographical incident. Students present their essays in a slideshow which allows their classmates to practice predicting an...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Introducing Each Other: Interviews, Memoirs, Photos, Internet
This lesson plan is designed to teach various methods students can use when researching background information on one another in order to introduce each other in written and oral form.
EL Education
El Education: Refugee Profiles
Students learn more about African history and culture through research, interviews, movies, books, and work with historians, college professors, and religious leaders. Then student write biographical stories of local refugees in first...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Sherwood Anderson
This site, compiled by a public library in Finland, contains a brief biography of Anderson and a discussion of his major works. It also has a chronological list of his works.
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