Posted by dgray21 | Posted in ELA | Posted on February 15, 2018
We’ve been working on writing memoirs in ELA for the past few weeks. Here is an update of what I’ve accomplished/learned at each stage of the writing process.
The part of the writing process that has been the most comfortable for me has always been…because…
The part of the writing process that I felt was the most comfortable was the drafting because once I had my idea I would just write and write and eventually come out with a amazing story!
The part of the writing process that has been the most challenging for me has always been….because…
The most challenging part of the writing process was editing because editing just felt so hard for me because I didn’t know where to put quotation marks sometimes I didn’t spell right and sometimes I didn’t use the correct punctuation.
Immersion
I’ve learned the characteristics of a memoir include:
I have learned that the characteristics of a memoir include stuff like memories and descriptive writing and amazing feeling or emotion.
I think the characteristic I really want to focus on in my writing is…because…
I think that I really want to work on being more specific and being more descriptive because for some reason I can never find the right descriptive words and it has always been a challenge for me.
My favorite memoir mentor text was….because the author…
My favorite memoir was Peppe the Lamplighter because the Author was really descriptive about where they were and what it looked like and what it felt like!
Generating Ideas/Selecting
Why do you want to share this idea/story with others?
I want to share this with others because I really believe this gave ma a lasting impression because of what my mom and brother said to get me up to the top and have fun!
What emotions do you want your reader to feel as they read your memoir?
I want my Readers to feel scared or feel like they are really there at the Wisconsin Dells.
Drafting
Here is my first draft:
One thing I think I did really well is….because…
One thing I did really well was be specific about how I felt because I want my reader to feel what I felt
As I head into editing and revising, one thing I want to focus on is…because…
One thing I want to focus on is being descriptive about how I felt and being descriptive about where I am because I want the reader to feel like he/she is there too.
Stay tuned for another post soon as I work on revising my first draft. If you have any SHE (specific, helpful, empathetic) feedback, please leave it as a comment!
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