1. Who writes them? What are they? Why are they written?
Memoir
Who writes them?
What are they?
Why are they written?

2. Aim: What is a memoir? Whats next:
Talk it out: 1. What word is similar to the word “memoir?”
Whats next:
Mini lesson
Guided Reading
Activity
Whole Class Share

3. Copy this into your notes:
Genre- In this class, genre refers to the different types of books we read.
Examples: Folktales, Poetry, Fiction, Non-fiction, Historical fiction, Animals.
Memoir is a type of genre. Characteristics of memoir include:
Written in 1st Person (so that means…..)
Focuses and reflects on the relationship between the writer and a particular person, place, animal, or object.
The writer writes about his relationships with others and places that had an impact on him.

4. Characteristics Continued
It is focuses on a brief period of time in the writer’s life that he/she wishes to write about.
The writer discusses their feelings and thoughts
The writer includes their emotions: happy, mad or sad about what had happened.
It makes the subject of the memoir come alive.
INCLUDES REFLECTION!!!!

5. Memoir characteristics continued…
The memoir engages the reader in a conversational way. So the reader feels like the writer is speaking to them.
Memoirs are written in such a way that the reader can learn something from it—we call this life lesson a theme.
The writer uses descriptive language to appeal to the readers senses. This is called, sensory imagery: Smell, touch, hear, see, taste.

6. Misconceptions! Autobiography Your WHOLE LIFE! BIRTH DATE Memoir To
DEATH DATE
(or current)
Memoir
Relation to a person, place, animal, or object, told through a certain number of memories.
ALWAYS HAS A REFLECTION!
Personal
Narrative
One moment in your life
Seed Moment

7. YOUTUBE ROCKS! What is a memoir?
Memoir vs. Personal Narrative

8. Guided Reading:
Today we will be reading One Step at a Time While I pass out…. 1. Infer what you think the story is about based on the title. 2. Why do you think there is a separate box on the right side of the story? What is it? As I read to you, I want you to think about the characteristics in the book that make it a memoir. Please take notes on these characteristics to help you with the following activity.

9. Activity:
With the person sitting next to you, please create a list of all the characteristics you see in the story that you think make it a memoir. I’d like you all to have a MINIMUM of five examples. *Use your notes from when I read aloud to the class that are found on the memoir itself.

10. Characteristics of a memoir in One Step at a Time.
List Example:
Characteristics of a memoir in One Step at a Time.
The writer is writing about herself.
The writer writes about the city she grew up in. (place)

11. Whole Class Share:
Which group would like to share some of the examples from their list?