Week+5

**Day 19 (September 26)-**
Quiz. Finish Packets. Packets due tomorrow (day 20)

**Day 20 (September 27)-**
No quiz. Catch up to page 217. Packets due.

Jeannette Walls was brave enough to publish her memoir to the world. Today we are going to write our own 6 word memoirs.


 * What is a memoir? --**

an official note or report **:** [|memorandum] narrative composed from personal experience an account of something noteworthy

**Here are some examples from past 11th grade students:**

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Your Memoir should represent YOU. It can be about your life as a whole, a small piece of information about yourself, personal, funny, serious, the options are endless. Please put a lot of thought into this assignment,

What you have to do:

1. Turn in a page of at least seven 6 word memoirs that you made. 2. POST to the discussion board ONE of these memoirs. This is due at the end of class.

Read to page 230.for tomorrow!

**Day 21 (September 28)-**
Quiz on 217-230

Parental rating scale independently, in small groups, and in a large group.



Read to page 241 for tomorrow!!

Day 22 (September 29)-
Quiz on 230-241

Go over parental rating scale in small groups and in a large group.

Day 23 (September 30)-
Mid-quarter grades turned in at the end of the day. Silent read/catch up on all missing work.

Finish the book over the weekend!

1  **:** an official note or report **:** [|memorandum]  2  //a// **:** a narrative composed from personal experience //b// **:** [|autobiography] —usually used in plural //c// **:** [|biography]  3  //a// **:** an account of something noteworthy **:** [|report]