The document provides objectives and instructions for a two-day lesson on memoirs. Students will read the definition of a memoir and listen to examples. They will then read the memoir "Moonwalk with Marci" and write a summary of it in their notebooks. The lesson aims to have students explore personal challenges by reacting to and sharing experiences after engaging with the memoir content and definition.

1. Unit 6.4
Memoirs:ExploringPersonalChallenges
Day 1 & 2

2. Objective
After the students read the definition of a
memoir they will listen, respond, and
share experiences.
After reading the Moonwalk with Marci
the students will react and interact in a
socially appropriate manner, and share
personal experiences.

7. Focuses on a person, place, object,
or animal which has a particular
significance in the writer's life
Has a particular focus, an element
which receives the most emphasis

8. Recreates for the reader incidents
shared with the person, place, or
animal
Reveals writer's knowledge of and
feelings about the person, place, or
animal

9. Shares new insights gained in
recalling the significance of the
subject of the memoir
Makes the person, place, or
animal come alive for the reader

10. Autobiography
vs. Memoir

11. Task
Individually: Read the
Memoir ‘’Moonwalk with
Marci’’ and write on your
notebook a summary of the
reading.