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Learning Target: Readers understand the genre of memoir. Memoir genre: agree or disagree. Choose a memoir author that you recognize:. Gary Soto Jerry Spinelli Roald Dahl Eric Carle Beverly Cleary . Memoirs are written in the first person. Agree Disagree.
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Learning Target: Readers understand the genre of memoir. Memoir genre: agree or disagree
Choose a memoir author that you recognize: • Gary Soto • Jerry Spinelli • Roald Dahl • Eric Carle • Beverly Cleary
Memoirs are written in the first person. • Agree • Disagree
The main character in a memoir should not change in any way. • Agree • Disagree 0 of 20
It’s okay to include background information that is not related to the memoir if it will amuse the reader. • Agree • Disagree 0 of 20
Memoirs help the author, and the reader, make sense of the author’s life. 20 • Agree • Disagree 0
The author refers to him or herself as “I” not “he,” “she,” or “one.” • Agree • Disagree 0 of 20
The memoir should include enough background information for the reader to understand the events of the memoir. • Agree • Disagree 20 0 0
The author must include all the details of what happened even if they do not add to the overall effect of the story. • Agree • Disagree 0 of 20
Detail should advance the action or the meaning of the story. • Agree • Disagree 0 of 20
Memoirs are true. 20 • Agree • Disagree 0
It’s good to have a lot of detail, even about unimportant things. • Agree • Disagree 0 of 20
Memoirs are _________________. • Plays • Speeches • Fiction • Non-Fiction 0 of 20
A memoir is about _____________________. • The author's entire life. • A single memory that takes place in a limited time period. • An experience that will happen to the author in the future. • The experiences of a family member of the author. 0 of 20