6-word memoirs advanced curricular topics (a.c.t.) – 7 th grade push-in mrs. leslie
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6-WORD MEMOIRS
Advanced Curricular Topics (A.C.T.) – 7th Grade Push-In
Mrs. Leslie
Memoir
from French word for “memory”
genre of literaturesubclass of autobiography
However…
Memoir
A memoir is NOT about an entire life like an autobiography.
Memoir
It should be about a moment in time, an event, an experience – especially one during your 7th grade year.
Jordan Murphy age 13
Wishing for home.
It’s NOT here.
Laughterwith friends is my therapy. - Hope Green,12
Memoir
OR you can decide to look at your life right now through a “lens”.
Examples: lucky, lonely, silly, disorganized, hectic
I’m
sti
ll fi
guri
ng o
ut
7th g
rade.
-Michael Hebert, age 13
Dante: lost in space without paper
Dante Castañeda,12
Memoir
“METAPHOR” EXAMPLES Make it a metaphor comparing your life
to something else.
Use pictures and words to show more than one meaning.
Never give up just keep
climbing
Alex Woodruff
12
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