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
Today I will read different memoirs and I personal stories express “this is who I am” using I was able to find different elements that
will identify different elements that must three memoirs as my guide. make up memoir writing in the memoirs
be in a memoir. that we read.
By the end of class:
My goal for the day is to identify the I want to know more so that I can tell
different aspects of a memoir.  Three stories will be read and memoir my own story.
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 “What is the small moment (or moments) that “What did the author learn about
idea the writer wants to explain(s) the Big Idea or Theory?” themselves?”
convey (show
the reader)?”
“Quietly They turned to me. What to do? We were only That it doesn't matter how much you speak
there for one day. We wouldn’t be able to do everything.
Struggling” she's shy and others tell
What was best to do first? “Whatever you guys think,” I
up but, when you speak up, what you are
Kelly Boland her she shouldn't be said. speaking up about
Hohne

“Eleven” -Putting the sweater on That as you get older you learn what to say
Sandra growing up and speaking -Mrs. Price asking who the sweater belongs to in different situation and what to do.
Cisneros up

“A Very he learned that you need to accept yourself

Short Date” self acceptance the date before you can go anywhere in your life.
Simon Rich the school dance

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

Is a way for people to tell the stories that made them who they are.