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Memoir Writing Activity Memoir Writing Activity

Memoir Writing Activity

Brainstorm a list of details (5-8) about something important, funny, or exciting that happened to you when you were younger.

 

Show, Don't Tell what the experience was like by using vivid descriptive words.

 

Use interjections such as Oh! and Wow! to add interest.

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Prewriting Sample:

1. I needed to hide their candy because they were coming down the hallway.

2. I put the buckets in the oven.

3. I forgot to get them out of the oven

4. I started to make pizza and turned on the oven.

5. The buckets of candy melted and caught fire.

6. It made a big mess in my oven.





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