1. Selecting: Will this be the One? & Deciding on Form
Multi-Genre Memoir
8th Grade ELA

2. Rationale
Now that we have generated ideas for our writing, its time to see which ideas are worthy of being crafted into a memoir! Your Job: You will select and idea and form that will best reflect the important elements of memoir writing; Reflection, Relationships, Emotion, Passage of Time, strong significance, and/or meaningful event

3. Selecting: Will this be the One? & Deciding on Form
You have worked so hard generating ideas for your memoir it is now time to start selecting from those ideas to see what is worthy of being crafted into a memoir.
We are going to think of purpose, genre/form, and audience
We will determine is “THIS THE ONE”
You will then decide on a form for your memoir.

4. What is Memoir? Qualities include…
Form Matches Purpose