Centering Voices Through Memoirs: Sophomore English
…memoir was able to really comprehend the complex journey and payoff that comes with using voice. Memoir Vignettes: This unit is ending with students writing their own memoir vignettes. We…
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Build Your Stack: Memoir and Reading Choice
…Dugard’s A Stolen Life: A Memoir An instant #1 New York Times bestseller, this is Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and…
Taking Student Memoir to Cultural, Creative, and Courageous Heights
…reading of memoirs, such as Elie Wiesel’s Night, happens year after year (#nevershallweforget). Reading and analytically responding to literature, whether memoir or otherwise, has been easy enough for me over…
The Power of Memoir: Unleashing Students’ Experiences
This post was written by NCTE member Deborah Dean. It was my second year teaching, and I thought writing a memoir in our eighth-grade class might help us learn…
Oral Storytelling as Memoir
This post was written by NCTE members Amy Miller and Meghan Jones. Teaching memoir in the high school classroom has traditionally been a words-on-paper task. While written personal narratives…
Writing Personal Memoirs: An Opportunity for Differentiation in the Classroom
…writers use to engage readers and a rich collection of personal stories to further develop and revise. Our memoir writing begins with a brainstorming activity in which students map out…
Build Your Stack: A Glimpse into the Literature of Iran
…discovered in the works of Azar Nafisi. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a fascinating personal memoir of a teacher exploring forbidden literature with a small group of students. Nafisi is…
A Community of Writers
…At the beginning of our memoir unit, to study the structure of a memoir, we read an excerpt of Sy Montgomery’s memoir, How to Be a Good Creature. The seventh…
Reading List for Summer in Participatory Citizenship
…by Malala Yousafzai, with Patricia McCormick, Grades 6 and up The young readers edition of Malala Yousafzai’s memoir is a must-read for all kids Grade 6 and up. Yousafzai was…
Build Your Stack: Graphic Novel Nonfiction
…Almost American Girl by Robin Ha In this honest memoir, Robin shares her experience growing up in Korea and then unexpectedly moving to Alabama with a new stepfamily. In her…
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