1. Memoir

2. Reading Memoirs What are the defining traits of a memoir?
What must a memoir have?
What can it include?
What is the purpose of a memoir? Why did this person write about this specific event?

3. Critical traits of a memoir:
A description of an actual event written in first person and based on truth!
Depicts a change in the writer’s feelings or ideas and usually focus upon a specific life-changing event, instead of upon an entire life.

4. Let’s start brainstorming!
What is your earliest memory?
What is the most important thing that has ever happened to you?
What is the worst thing that ever happened to you?
What is something you will never forget?
What is the moment where you were 100% happy?
Think about a time you felt treated unfairly?
Think about a time you felt insecure, did not have control of the situation…how did you handle this situation?
What has been the most challenging thing for you?
Have you ever had to be brave about something? How did you display this trait?