Target & Reflection

Day 3: Memoir (Mentor texts)

Unit CLO (writing and reading memoir): By investigating other people’s memoirs, I can write my own using the structures and “tools” of
published writers.

Unit CLO: Through studying the events of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, I can make connections of how history influences our society today.

What do I know (or can infer) about the Target (s) How I met the target (s) and self-grade
target? &
& Content expectation (s) &
What is my goal for the day?
(Be specific) What else do I need to do/know to get
better?
I can notice the elements of memoir and the
way personal stories express “this is who I
am” using three memoirs as my guide.

By the end of class:

- Three stories will be read and

memoir elements documented in a
three-column chart

Noticings of Memoir

Purpose: Seeing how others have expressed “Big ideas” through specific stories that only they can tell.

Directions:
1. Read each of the three memoirs.
2. While reading, fill out the three-column chart.
3. Synthesize your learning at the end (see sentence starter under the chart for help in crafting this response.
 Noticings of Memoir

Memoir Title Big Idea or Theory Specific Example Introspection/Insight

“What’s the important idea the
writer wants to convey (show
the reader)?”
“Quietly Struggling”
Kelly Boland Hohne
“What is the small moment (or “What did the author learn about
moments) that explain(s) the Big themselves?”
Idea or Theory?”

“Eleven”
Sandra Cisneros

“A Very Short Date”

Simon Rich

Synthesis: After reading these memoirs, I think memoir writing…