Exemplary Standards for a Memoir

TRUE STORY

  • Memoir focuses on a single event or a sequence of smaller events that is true
LESSON/IMPORTANT MOMENT

  • Memoir expresses a clear, direct lesson/im or offers it using strong clues for inferencing
PLOT/STRUCTURE

  • Memoir arranges story details to solve a problem, which usually is the lesson and occurs at the climax
DETAILS

  • Memoir uses images, dialogue and other techniques to develop story
WRITING CONVENTIONS

  • Evidence of revision -- multiple drafts and participation in Peer Review/Workshop
  • Limted sentence-level and grammatical errors
  • Published

FINAL MEMOIR WILL BE DUE FRIDAY, NOV. 14

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