Students will spend today starting their second novels. They will be given the day to read in class.
Tomorrow, we will be starting our lesson on memoirs. Since Nicholas Sparks incorporates a lot of his personal life and memories into his novels, we will be learning how to write a memoir. Each student will be required to write a 2-3 page memoir about an event in his or her life that deeply impacted him or her. This paper will be out of 75 pts and will be due a week from now on Thursday, June 12th. The rubric will be as follows:
1) Varied sentence structure and effective writing style _____/25 pts.
2) Follows the basic layout of a memoir ______/25 pts
3) Paper is handed in on time and clearly shows effort ____/25 pts.
Use the websites below to learn about memoirs and how to write them:
http://inkspell.homestead.com/memoir.html
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/archives/sp06/howtowriteamemior-zinsser.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Write-A-Memoir&id=764081
Friday we will continue working on our memoirs in class...and have a great weekend!
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3 comments:
I like how you have links for students to refer to.
Great lesson plan Melissa. Its funny how your focusing on love stories, when I do believe we are living out our own. For if I'm not mistaking we might be in love, this could be the start of something special.
You look great today,
matt marini.. 28
great job melissaaa! =]
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