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Lesson 1 (from Prologue)

Objective

Prologue.

This book is a memoir. A memoir is different from an autobiography in several ways.

The objective for this lesson is for the student to know the differences between a memoir and autobiography.

Lesson

Activity.

1.Share with the students that the selected book is a story about the author's life. Tell students there are two types of books in which authors tell their own stories: memoirs and autobiographies. Have students draw a line down the middle of a paper. Ask students to make a list of words that describe a memoir on the left side and an autobiography on the right side. Engage the students in a discussion of what they put on their lists and why. Make a list on the board and have students keep their list for use later in this book.

2. After discussing the differences in memoirs and autobiographies, ask students...

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