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 writing detal because I’m good at that because I know what I want to write.

The part of the writing process that has been the most challenging for me has always been thinking of a memory that fits every extra assignment we’re doing to think of ideas because I don’t have a lot of memorys that fit the things we need to do. 

 

Immersion

 

I’ve learned the characteristics of a memoir include:

being specific

chronological order

to make the reader feel something

more things

I think the characteristic I really want to focus on in my writing is making the reader feel like my story was chaotic and even maybe funny in a way because I want to. (there is no other answer)

 

My favorite memoir mentor text was “rotten red head older brother” because the author made it more of a story than just something that happened. (there is no other answer)

 

Generating Ideas/Selecting

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kCcBjWANq-2ATB2galGcOyN6eNAA57-t

 

Why do you want to share this idea/story with others? 

Because it’s kind of funny and its the only memory I want to write about. All my other ones are either too short, boring, or things I don’t remember well.

 

What emotions do you want your reader to feel as they read your memoir? 

I want them to feel like this was a chaotic memory or maybe even a little bit funny.

 

Drafting

 

Here is my first draft:

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ANPfdwxK04r3wUHCyAWdAOqX4-GPakGj

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RlKFY59umMYPFk5kRIbkNE-akxPG2gQk

 

One thing I think I did really well is deatal because I put deatal in my draft

As I head into editing and revising, one thing I want to focus on is having it sound like a story instead of something only I care about because I want the readers to like it.

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!