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ACTIVITY: Memoir Prewriting

Project: Who Am I? Book Project

SUMMARY

Goals

 

Details

Duration: 30 minutes

Assessments: Student writing

Materials: Writing prompts

 

Description

These are prewriting activities to help students tap into some moments that might eventually become their memoirs. It helps give students ideas to have students read their unpolished writing out loud or do pair shares where they can share their writing with each other.

ACTIVITY RESOURCES

(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)


Guided Writing
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Memory Moment Goodbye
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Spono Mono
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REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS

Author Reflections

It helps students if the teacher provides varied examples of writing. Students enjoy both professional writing as well as student writing.