Generating Memoir Ideas

And that's when I became the middle child. 

Goal: Generating ideas for memoir writing.

Agenda:
Read
4 Quadrants
Writing
Sharing
More Writing

Four Quadrants: (That's redundant isn't it?)

1. Open your English Journal
2. Add today's date at the TOP. (not under your other work.)
3. Go to Table/Insert Table and choose 2x2. Two squares high and two squares wide. 
4. Add numbers and make your table look like the one pictured below. 
5. In EACH box write 3-4 events, big or small, that happened in your life during those years. 

English Journal Writing: 

• Write for ten minutes about one of the events you listed in your chart, or an event you listed while you were relating to the memoirs we read this week. 
• Include details about who, where, when, why. 
• Include information about emotions, (yours and others), events, and your reflection. 
• Do you still feel the same way about this event now as you did then? 
• What did this event teach you about life?
• Tell the story, use what you remember, guess about the details you can't quite recall.

My teacher wants me to write for ten minutes? Seriously? 

Quick Memoir Form: 
Fill out THIS FORM before you leave today.
It just asks what you think you might write your memoir about.