Memoir Basics 1: What's in a memoir?

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Introduction
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
memoir
first person reflection
reflective writing
story themes
personal narrative
first person point of view
grammatical features
pronouns
memories
clarity
vagueness
judging
subjectivity
explanation
describing feelings
story structure
openings
developing a situation
character reactions
first person pov
Purpose
To indroduce key features of memoirs.
Description
In this lesson we rewrite snippets from a range of memoirs. We look at the key features of a memoir, such as first person reflective writing and recognising story themes in personal narratives. Students produce four assisted rewrites and one checkpoint piece.
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