A Word Cloud of Key Words from this Post MultiGenre Memoir--My Daily Reflections and Lessons (Click on the title for a link to PART of my multigenre memoir at ASU) Time--2 weeks 90 minutes a day Level--9th grade English 1 (easily adaptable) I started this memoir project two weeks ago. We began work on our projects after students read Tears of a Tiger , by Sharon Draper. They loved the book, by the way. Throughout the reading, we had meaningful and authentic discussions about the author's use of genre, why for instance she opened the book with a news article that objectively discusses the tragic car accident before she flashed back to conversation in the locker room beforehand. The following notes are from my observations in and after class as we worked on the project. This particular project was completed with two year-long English 9/Reading classes. The highest reading level is 6th grade, and many of the students are EC, ELL, or 504. I adapted this project from http:/
A thinking woman's blog