For your Book Club you are expected to choose one book from a selection of Memoirs and read it independently in 5 sections, one to be completed each week. Each week you are expected to complete a task to be shared with you book club group and your work for that task will be recorded in class after a weekly group discussion on a Placemat or Template document provided to be handed in for marks.
The tasks for the book club unit are:
Grammar + Book Club Reading
Book Club group meeting, Discussion and Placemat - Share your findings with your group and discuss the book through the lens of the task you have been assigned to complete each week. Write up your completed task after discussion and self check on the placemat to be handed in.
Memoir Writing - Write your own Memoir choosing from a list of optional topics each week and use practical planning and
editing methods to "publish" it.
Annotation Quiz - Annotate a selection from the pages you have read each week using the Annotation skills taught earlier in the semester.
* All tasks are due by the end of the Publication
The book club tasks are outlined on the Memoir_Activity_Sheet document below.
The tasks for the book club unit are:
Grammar + Book Club Reading
Book Club group meeting, Discussion and Placemat - Share your findings with your group and discuss the book through the lens of the task you have been assigned to complete each week. Write up your completed task after discussion and self check on the placemat to be handed in.
Memoir Writing - Write your own Memoir choosing from a list of optional topics each week and use practical planning and
editing methods to "publish" it.
Annotation Quiz - Annotate a selection from the pages you have read each week using the Annotation skills taught earlier in the semester.
* All tasks are due by the end of the Publication
The book club tasks are outlined on the Memoir_Activity_Sheet document below.
memoir_activity_sheet.docx | |
File Size: | 18 kb |
File Type: | docx |
The following documents have been inspired by created or co-created by Ms Ibsen and may also be found on her website.
my_personal_memoir_theme_and_para.docx | |
File Size: | 20 kb |
File Type: | docx |
If you aren't sure what or how to write your About the Author section of your Memoir check out the link for suggestions. But the main thing to keep in mind is it is brief biographical information often related in some way to what you are writing about. For example if you have written a story about cooking and a chef your About the Author section might say something like She / He likes to experiment in her / his spare time with Southern Home Cooking recipes and test them out on her / his family and the neighbor's dog. Short and engaging is good when it comes to an "About the Author" section.