Lesson overview
Introduction
Story - Narrative
Middle years and up
memoir
personal narrative
reflective writing
first person reflection
- In this lesson we rewrite five different styles of openers from a variety of memoirs. In each snippet we look at how the author quickly converys, plot, themes, and writing style, and uses eye-catching details to entice the reader to continue reading the book. The lesson finishes with a checkpoint piece that combines these features.