Memory-Making Sharing Your Life Story

Autobiography: Truths and Lies  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Getting Started  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Interview with Jack Gantos  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Finding a Focus  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Thinking About Form  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Crafting Your Story  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Interview with Jerry Spinelli  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

The “So What?” Question  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

A Matter of Time  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Dealing with the Hard Stuff  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Interview with Kathi Appelt  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Final Words  Add your thought here followed by a – and your name.

Ideas for Our Writing Inspired by Ralph’s Work  Add your idea here followed by a – and your name.  Funny things your family members have done.

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  In Marshfield Dreams Ralph really was honest. I say this because when I was reading it it felt like it was truthful and not made up. -Lou Sugo -Lou Sugo

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  What did you notice? Record the quote, your thoughts, and –your name.

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  “They say the Pledge every morning, so you’ve got to know it, and you’ve got to know it by heart,” I said, jabbing him lightly in the chest. “Better learn it now.” The following September, the big day came.  I learned that you don’t have to say everything you did the whole summer or break. You can “skip a century” Gabriella Noreen

Reading Like a Writer

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  What did you notice? Record the quote, your thoughts, and –your name.

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it I noticed that he wrote about his grandmother and something funny that she did when she thought that no one was watching her. Quote “Did she plant the teeth figuring that they would bring luck to our house? Did she think they’d fertilize the tomatoes? Was she just plain crazy? I think that for an idea for a memoir you could write about some really crazy things that someone in your family has done when they thought that no one was watching, or something that you or one of your friends did when you thought that no one was watching. -Brooke

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  I noticed that instead of using boring words he used words that kept you from thinking that this happened to long ago for me to care. And second he instead of saying that happened the next day over and over again he simply stated and that’s how it was for the rest of the year.  Quote “ I just thought to my self in that school he will always be a straight A student” my class and I then realized that even if you aren’t always school smart you can always still be a gifted as other kids and maybe even more gifted in out of school subjects. Like the outdoors or sports or maybe even architecture or cars. So if you are not good at school don’t sweat it.

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  I noticed that Ralph Fletcher in his book Marshfield Dreams he uses his time wisely. What I mean is that he explodes the moment but not to much that it goes on forever and ever. He explains it very short & sweet combined with really explaining what's happening and what he thought. ~Annie Gieser

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  What did you notice? Record the quote, your thoughts, and –your name.

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  What did you notice? Record the quote, your thoughts, and –your name.

Reading Like a Writer Ways to Say it  What did you notice? Record the quote, your thoughts, and –your name.