1. Deconstructing Memoirs
Please copy into the Writing Assignments section of your notebook.

2. After reading Burroughs’ “Something Isn’t Right,” respond to the following questions…
Create a chart like the one that follows…

3. Memoir Title Substance Sensory Details Layout “Something isn’t Right”
-- What is the significance of the title?
-- Does it have a symbolic or metaphoric meaning?
Substance
-- What is the significant moment that the text focuses on?
-- Time frame?
-- Describe the memoir’s tone?
-- Setting?
Sensory Details
-- Which sensory details are included?
-- See, feel, hear, smell, taste
Layout
-- Important passages
-- Important lines of dialogue
“Something isn’t Right”
Choice read

4. Choose another memoir from the front table.
Read and respond to the same sets of questions in the chart.