Using a class-made chart, students do a quick write about a messy space in their world! Generating memoir topics at the beginning of the unitĪ funny look at what can happen if we don’t clean up our spaces.Īfter reading this delightful book, we ask our students to gather examples of wonderful word choices used by the author of this book. In this lesson, Nancy’s book is used as a mentor text to model the narrow writing focus we want our students to have. Well written memoirs are based on ideas that have a very tight focus. Readers are lead on a mini mystery as the truck is used in an unconventional way on a hot summer day. Number 21 recalls an event in author Nancy Hundal’s life in which her Dad brings home a new truck. This story creates a perfect fit between the personal identity element of the core competencies and establishing an authentic purpose for doing some research and writing the story behind your name.Ĭreating Details: Alma and How She Got Her Name As her Dad tells the stories of how her name came to be, Thank you to the students in Brooke Young and Debra Fullerton’s class for their amazing class book to serve as an example of this writing activity:Īlma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela thinks her name is too long. Thank You Earth Lesson and Black Line Masters Sensory details make all the difference in adding to a quality piece of thoughtful writing. Students brainstorm a specific place in their local community for which they are grateful. This beautiful book features an opportunity to notice the details in our world and local community for which we are thankful. When students see their progress on a highlighted rubric, they are motivated to continue. As you explicitly teach each mini-lessons like those below, assess again, providing students with descriptive feedback regarding their progress. Use this assessment to inform your instruction.
Īt the beginning of your memoir unit, have students write a memoir and assess using a personal narrative or impromptu quick scale (see assessment tab above for student-friendly rubrics).
Writing Memoirs … Journals … Diaries… Personal Narratives.
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