Teaching Memoir Writing : 20 Easy Mini-Lessons and Thought-Provoking Activities That Inspire Kids to Reflect on and Write about Their Lives

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ISBN: 9780439043908 | 0439043905
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/1/1999

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A writing teacher shares her expertise in encouraging students to create thoughtful, artistic, and interesting writing about themselves. Lesson topics include generating thoughtful questions, making connections, developing metaphors, and searching for themes in life events.

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Introduction	p. 4
Memoir in the Classroom	p. 7
The Workshop Classroom--Routines and Rituals	p. 11
Collecting Material	p. 14
Who am I? What has made me who I am?	p. 17
Timelines and Stepping-Stones	p. 21
Emotions versus Details--Writing about What Happened	p. 22
Snapshots	p. 23
Chaining	p. 24
Show and Tell	p. 25
Triggers--the Reading/Writing Connection	p. 26
Inventing the Truth	p. 27
Natural Histories	p. 29
Family Stories	p. 30
Shaping the Piece	p. 33
Magnets	p. 38
Wondering	p. 39
Panoramas	p. 40
Close-ups	p. 41
Metaphors and Symbols	p. 43
Fast-Forward	p. 45
Slow Motion	p. 47
One Last Look	p. 48
Frames	p. 49
Sequences	p. 50
Sharing Our Writing with an Audience	p. 52
Sample Memoirs	p. 57
"My Name"	p. 58
"War" from Knots in My Yo-Yo String	p. 59
Bibliography	p. 62
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Teaching Memoir Writing : 20 Easy Mini-Lessons and Thought-Provoking Activities That Inspire Kids to Reflect on and Write about Their Lives

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