Year 10 World Classics Memoir Writing Guide PDF

**Year 10 World Classics: Memoir Writing Guide** Polaroid Pictures outline ***How has confinement and the need to seek freedom manifested in the past and in the present?*** **[You may write:]** a. A memoir that fills in a gap or silence in the Longest Memory b. A memoir from someone at least...

**Year 10 World Classics: Memoir Writing Guide** Polaroid Pictures outline ***How has confinement and the need to seek freedom manifested in the past and in the present?*** **[You may write:]** a. A memoir that fills in a gap or silence in the Longest Memory b. A memoir from someone at least a generation older than you **[What do you need for the task:]** - **Annotated passages** from The Longest Memory that relate to: - A well-structured reflective memoir that has aspects that you wish to include in your writing - A passage that establishes a key event you want to explore from another perspective - A passage that establishes a character's perspective to support you in writing an additional memory of theirs - Annotated sample of a **different memoir** OR **Annotated** **interview notes** - Research about your selected person/event - Geography/History about their real country, town, city, rural or urban landscape - Important events relating to your specific person - The rules of how your world functions *Ensure that you bring these notes printed to be put into your writer folio* **[Writing the Task]** **[When writing a draft of the memoir you should think about the following:]** - Whose perspective are you writing from? - How does the writing convey their age, maturity, emotion, register (formality and vocabulary), style (personality, perspective, actions, reactions) tense - What key memories are you going to unpack? - Who is the audience of the memoir and what impact do you want to have on them? - What is the purpose of writing the memoir? - How will you structure the memoir? (Will it be chronological/linear or thematic?) - How will you reflect on the inner thoughts of someone in their key moments - How will you immerse the reader? (rich sensory description is needed) - How will you engage the reader? - How does it relate to the mentor text of The Longest Memory? - How will you explore the investigative theme: **[Time allowance in Week 6: ]** 1 lesson = planning and writing a 1-2 paragraph statement of intention (reference your content and form mentors explicitly) 1 lesson = writing your draft **[For the purpose of the draft, you need to write at least TWO body paragraphs. Have Fun!!]**