Monday – www.goodreads.com
and book selections. Students should
bring personal reading books to class beginning today.
Tuesday – Memoir defined. What is Truth? Class writing and
discussion. SMITH magazine 6 word memoirs at http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/ . Homework: your own 6 word memoir (plan to
share tomorrow!)
For
sale: Baby shoes never worn (Hemingway)
Wednesday – Share out 6 word memoir.
Memoir excerpt: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/)
chapter: Sharks and Bullets. What does a memoirist do? Class writing and
discussion.
Thursday – News article from www.newsla.com . Students create a T chart of
Images and Actions and Words from news article. Homework: Describe 1 bad habit you have. Why is it bad? Why do you do
it? (50 word minimum)
Friday – Pair and share bad habit.
Return to news article, class writing and discussion on the setting and people.
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