Discuss with groups of 3-4:
1. How far have you read in the book? (hint: you should be somewhere around page 70ish. If you haven't read this far, please make sure you use your time in lab and outside of school to reach around pg. 100 by Thursday.
2. How has researching the author helped you create expectations about the story of the author's life?
3. What drew you in to the author's story? Can you identify where this happened for you as a reader? Each group member should share. Compare what you have learned. Why does it take some people longer to enter into the world of a book?
4. Choose a particularly nice passage from the book and share it with your group. Together read the passage (usually a paragraph or two). What is effective in the writing?
When called to order, please begin the following writing assignment:
Creative Essay (memoir) Project
Directions: Like Richard Wright and Maya Angelou, you are going to write a short memoir of your life in the form of 3-5 creative essays.
Essays may be about any of the writing prompts below for each book, but usually memoir focuses on five separate topics:
A person
An event
A realization
A belief about the world, event, person, etc.
A conflict
Essays should be 3-7 pages (double spaced, 12 point font)
Each essay should have a beginning, middle, end.
Each essay should be 99% true (you may make up dialogue and details you don’t remember, but it should be the gist of what occurred or was said.)
Writing Suggestions:
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Chp. 1-10
1. Write about an embarrassing moment
2. Write about visiting a relative
3. Write about someone you know who is disabled
4. Write about the moment you realized you were of a certain culture/race
5. Write a story about attending church (or a preacher)
6. Write about a family ritual (perhaps a Sunday outing or dinner with relatives)
7. Write about a favorite or disappointing gift
8. Write about a parent standing up for him/herself
9. Write about a drive or vacation moment with your father
10. Write about your own self image (how do you see yourself) or about a time that you improved or ruined your own self-image.
Black Boy Chp. 1-2
1. Write a story about your experience with fire
2. Write a story about a pet
3. Write a story about your first fight
4. Write a story about your early experiences in school
5. Write about Vandalism
6. Write about a preacher or about attending church
7. Write about a parent
8. Write about a relative
9. Write about a family ritual (perhaps a Sunday outing or dinner with relatives)
10. Write about your own self image (how do you see yourself) or about a time that you improved or ruined your own self-image.
11. Write about the moment you realized you were of a certain culture/race
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