Featured Articles

Volume 4, Number 2:
Memoirs

These featured articles appeared in Volume 4, Number 2 issue of the Write Connections quarterly newsletter. View or download other archived newsletters, a topical organization of all newsletters, or sign-up to receive notification when the next newsletters are ready to download.

Quarterly newsletter featured articles in this edition included:

Memoir Study: A Little Closer to Home

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Biographies celebrate people, such as Lincoln, Rosa Parks, or Martin Luther King, Jr., who did extraordinary things during extraordinary times. Although biographies give us heroes, memoirs call attention to the beauty and greatness of everyday lives of ordinary people who do ordinary things… How do you go about the study of memoir in a classroom setting?

What Makes a Memoir?

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Time spent in the intentional study of memoirs may help you and your students to better define and understand the elements of memoirs listed on this page.

Creating Our Histories

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Writing our histories helps us reflect upon events, recognize patterns, and inform our futures. Teaching the art of memoir writing to junior high and high school students can also help them fine tune the life skills of personal reflection, analysis, and making predictions.

Teacher-Tested Lesson Plan: Personal Narrative

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Download this lesson plan for writing about epiphanies.

Select an archived edition:

Volume 4, Number 4

Diversified Instruction

Volume 4, Number 3

Going Green

Volume 4, Number 2

Memoirs

Volume 4, Number 1

Politics and Elections

Volume 3, Number 4

English Language Learner

Volume 3, Number 3

Project Based Learning

Volume 3, Number 2

Research

Volume 3, Number 1

Writing Across the Curriculum: The Arts

Volume 2, Number 4

Writing Across the Curriculum: Social Studies

Volume 2, Number 3

Writing Across the Curriculum: Science

Volume 2, Number 2

Writing Across the Curriculum: Mathematics

Volume 2, Number 1

Writing Across the Curriculum: Language Arts/Reading

Volume 1, Number 3

Poetry in the Classroom

Volume 1, Number 2

Writing Across the Curriculum: general theme

Volume 1, Number 1

Effective Writing Prompts: general theme