1. mem·oir * m ɛ m-wahr (war) –noun 1. a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation. 2. Usually, memoirs. a. an account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography. b. the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society.the 3. a biography or biographical sketch.biography

2. Top Follett Memoirs 1.Three Little Words 362.73 2.Bad Boy 813 3.Red Scarf Girl 951.05 4.The Year We Disappeared 363.2 5.Stitches 818 6.The Glass Castles 362.82 7.I Will Plant You A Lilac Tree: a memoir of a Schindlers list survivor 940.53 8.To dance 741.5 9.A Girl From Ham Hill 813 10. Rocket Boys 629.109

3. Top 10 Follett 362-362.99 Social Problems and services to young people According to Dewey- Memoirs are 920   Three Little Words   She Touched the World   The Glass Castles   Small Steps: the year I got Polio   Phienas Gage   Orphan Train Rider   The Burn Journals   Sadako   Helen Keller   My Thirteenth Winter; a memoir # 35 A Child Called “IT”

4. Lesson idea: I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets Six- Word memoirs  Note to all boys: I quit.  I’m deaf, but she can’t hear.  Round peg, back at square one.

5. Memoirs can be appropriate for all reading levels Elementary: Elementary: Memoirs of a goldfish (k-3) Boy in motion Sadako Middle: (like The Child called IT) Middle: (like The Child called IT) Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey Petey The Boy from the Basement Forged by a Fire The Rules of Survival Tears of a tiger Silent to the Bone The Compound High: High: Lock and Key Hate You. Black-Eyed Suzie Sold Don’t Hurt Laurie Glass Castles Living Dead Girl Bruises

6. Why kids like them  May be experiencing a similar experience  Makes their life seem okay  Titles are intriguing  The stories are real  High interest topics: child abuse, war, foster care, being different

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