8/26 Memoir Jigsaws, Day 2

 Essential question: How do the elements of memoir show up in different author's texts?

Agenda

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Memoir Jigsaws, Day II

English Journal Check #1

1. One last meeting with your memoir groups

• Talk to your group about the memoir you read yesterday.
• Make sure everyone in your group can explain it.
• Is it a memoir? Why or why not?
• What is it really about?

English Journal: 

• Open your English Journal. 
• Make a new entry at the top, titled "Jigsaw Day 2, 8/26"

New Groups: 

• I'll be moving you to a new group.
• Add a new entry at the TOP of your EJ with the date. (Stay below the top line). Title it "Jigsaw Day 2, 8/26"
• Make a table in your EJ.  Insert/Table/(5 down and 3 across.) It should look like the one below.

• As you hear about each memoir, make a note about the author's experience.

Once you get back to your seats: 

• Then note the closest similar experience you have had. Try to relate to a time when you had the same feeling even if the situation was different. 

2. Journal Self Scoring/Journal Submissions

Follow the directions on Google Classroom assignment post. 

Here is the journal scoring guide