60 POINTS FOR THIS ENGLISH MEMOIR

MEMOIR BRAINSTORMING

Directions:
STEP ONE: Choose whether you would like to write a memoir story or a memoir poem.

STEP TWO: Create a list of at least 8 meaningful moments in your life thus far.

STEP THREE: Choose 3 of these eight moments that connect. How do these moments connect?

(The answer to this question will be your story’s theme)

Tips for Writing Memoirs

For a Memoir Story, you might organize it:
Sequentially, (telling the events in the order that they happened and weaving reflection about lessons learned or significance throughout or at the end of the memoir)
Non-sequentially (EVENTS NOT IN ORDER; begin in the present and use flashbacks to tell the story – weave reflection throughout)
Bookended (beginning with reflection on understanding at the time—telling the event(s) in the order they happened—ending with reflection on current understanding of the events).

For a Memoir Poem, you might organize it like the examples you read and/or write a free verse poem.

Which of the following is a secondary source? o a biography of a playwright ob. historic photograph o c. antique weapon od. census data and statistics

Review rachel’s planned video presentation outline and answer the question

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.