Memoir Basics 2: Using memory to tell a story
About
Standards
Introduction
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
memoir
describing memories
memory as a narrative device
narrative focus
- Purpose
- To introduce the concept of using memory as a narrative device in memoirs.
- Description
- In this lesson we rewrite simple snippets from a range of memoirs specifically focusing on memories. We examine how they can be used as a way to focus the narrative, to highlight story themes, and as a plot device. Students produce eight assisted rewrites and one checkpoint piece.