“Memoirs are in essence historical documents. They are timeless perennials that not only describe a period of history, but also address the universality of collective human experiences. History, after all, happens to real people. It isn't just cold facts, but a living, organic, changing thing. It is about life, human life, with all it triumphs and failures, its increases and decreases, its courage and weakness, its lights and darks.”
--Eleanor Ramrath Garner
Essential Questions:
How does personal writing help us to self-reflect?
How does personal writing help us to connect to other people? as authors? as readers? in the common human experience?
Writing Tasks:
Memoirs are the stories of significant moments in an author’s life that are told from a reflective standpoint. Your tasks will include:
- Creating a 6 word memoir
- Creating an excerpt for your own memoir book which must contain:
-a true memory or significant event
-descriptive language
-the elements of a memoir we will discuss in class - A canvas art piece with your 6 words and a visual