Personal Memoir Writers Workshop Day 1

On your way in...Pick up the half sheet paper on characteristics of personal narrative and memoir Pick up the double-sided WS on our story Little by LittleWarm- UpIn lieu of (in place of) POTD, please grab a textbook from the cart in the back of the room and place your memoir graphic organizer HW on your desk.To prepare for todays reading, Id like you to silently read over and review the characteristics of personal narrative and memoir on the half sheet paper

Personal Memoir Writers Workshop Day 3Reading as WritersTodays GoalsTo use active reading strategies in order to comprehend the excerpt from the text Little by Little: A Writers Education by Jean Little.To compare the text to the characteristics of personal narratives and memoirs to determine if it is an appropriate mentor text for our classs memoir writing.To notice what choices the writer makes to engage her reader in order to model those choices in our own writing.

During ReadingBy the end of our reading today, you need to have 2-3 active reading strategy annotations on your notebook paperIf one of your active reading strategies is questioning the text, Id like to challenge you to embrace A: Ask for help, and ask the question when I open up the floor After ReadingOn your own or with the student next to you, answer questions 1-3 under Characteristics of a personal narrative on the back of the WS.

Mentor Figurative Language/ WOW wordsIdiomatic expression: Hugh, who always recovered with the speed of light...7th grade vocabulary words: Displayed, examined, gravely, glowered, anguished, etc.Find a place in your introductory paragraph to use one of these techniques if you havent alreadyMentor GrammarParallelism (Add these notes to your writing/literary terms section on pg. 10)Observe: I was gobbling toast and honey, gulping down milk, and hating my cheerful little sister who was the cause of all the trouble...In my free time I like to read, skate, and watch TV.X On Friday I went to the mall, bought a bag, and I was taking my puppy to the park. How would I fix this? Note: The repetition of similar grammatical structures in a sentenceImitate: Use parallelism to connect ideas into a series in one sentence. WW goal and checklistGoal: Draft a complete introduction of my personal memoirHookFirst person POVPast tense languageFigurative language/WOW wordsParallel sentenceElements of ExpositionClosureAnswer comprehension question #1 on the front of the sheet.Who did Jean blame for being late for school? How is this the inciting incident of the story?

Topic Consideration Questions Can I write descriptively about the topic? (your recollection of the sensory details does not have to be 100% accurate)Is there a place for dialogue?Is there something more to the story than just talking about an interesting or fun or exciting moment in my life? In addition to answering these questions, I mentally reviewed my Writing Territories, the places Ive traveled, Penn State stories, losing grandparents, and things that make me happy Choosing My Topic: What Should I Write?

Penn State memoriesIce skating classLearning how to shoot the duckFinal Performance (hard work, practice, pride, accomplishment, realizing childhood dream)Option A

Option B