Memoir Elements and Meat

Goals: Noticing the elements of memoir and reading another short one

Read, because we always read.

Open your English Journal: Copy and paste the two questions below into your EJ. Including the chart. Answer the questions and complete the chart with examples (text evidence/quotations) from the text. 

1. Which Elements of Memoir did you notice in "Us and Them"? Provide examples from the text. Use this chart for organization:  

Element of Memoir	Example
Voice is in the first person
Author is the main character
Author shares thoughts, feelings, reflection
Vivid details and descriptions
Authentic dialogue

2. Choose a "golden line" (your favorite line from the story). Describe what you like about it.

Read Another Short Memoir: 

• Return to goformative.com
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• Read "Steak" and answer the questions as you go. 
• (Apologies to my vegetarian friends.)