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The Memoir Multigenre ProjectSarah Andersen
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Fenton High School / Fenton, MI
Keep it?...and focus more on reading?
or
Replace it?...and focus more on writing?
The Internal Debate
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
So. Much. Argumentative. Writing.
● Students wrote a 3-5 page minimum memoir based on an event in their life
● Prompts to direct their thinking○ “The Road Not Taken”○ Forgive My Guilt○ Watermark events
The Memoir Anchors the Project
● Poetry● Lyrics● Journal entries● Photos● Top 10 List● Scrapbook● Videos● Letters● And more
Our Multigenre Menu
Creativity, Depth, and Layers
● Tom Romano○ From Heinemann’s website for Fearless Writing by Tom Romano:
“Tom Romano illustrates the power of multigenre papers to push students beyond the ‘safety zone’ of narrative and exposition into a place where fact meets imagination, and research meets creativity. A place to try the untried.”
● Different genres inserted into the memoir● Pushed students out of comfort zones
Conferring is Everything!
● Narrowing their focus○ Proposals and Drafts
● More mentor texts● Getting to know my students
Memoir Multigenre Project Presentations
● Presenting a genre or piece of the memoir● Revealing private, vulnerable moments● Many tears and hugs