8/24 Elements of Memoir

 Essential question: What are the elements of memoir?

Agenda

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Elements of Memoir

Looking for the E.o.M. in "Us and Them"

1. Finish RACE Responses/MLA Check. We're in our MLA expert era. Today, we are making sure that your texts are embedded properly according to MLA format.

Example R A C E response

 (answering a different question than yours)

 

The reader learns that David Sedaris, the story’s author and narrator, passes judgement on others because it helps him forget about his own problems. He states at the opening of the story that he adopted his mother’s stand-offish attitude, and that “not making friends was a conscious choice” (1). This is the first of many instances in the text where his condescension is a shield for his own outcast status. 

2. Elements of Memoir. Copy and paste the two questions below into your EJ. Including the chart. Answer the questions and complete the chart with examples (text evidence/quotations) from the text. 

1. Which Elements of Memoir did you notice in "Us and Them"? Provide examples from the text. Use this chart for organization:  

Element of Memoir	Example
Voice is in the first person
Author is the main character
Author shares thoughts, feelings, reflection
Vivid details and descriptions
Authentic dialogue

2. Choose a "golden line" (your favorite line from the story). Describe what you like about it.

Reminder

EJ check this Friday. See Monday's post for directions for making sure you shared your EJ with me. 

Sources for today's/yesterday's lesson:

• Leheman, Christopher & Roberts, Kate. Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts--and Life. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2014. 
• Mueller, Jennifer, and WikiHow. “How to Properly to Cite Dialogue in MLA.” WikiHow, WikiHow, 21 Nov. 2020, https://www.wikihow.com/Cite-Dialogue-in-MLA#References.