Mar 4

Agenda:

  • 15 Minutes of Silent Reading Time with Memoirs/Individually Conferencing with Memoirs
  • Discuss Journal of the Plague Year
  • Introduce and Discuss Memoirs
  • Introduce Satire
  • Watch Episode of "Blackadder" and Debrief after

Homework:

  • Read memoirs and being working on Memoir Characteristics Guide
  • Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance; Bossypants by Tina Fay; Educated by Tara Westover, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah; A Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes; Born a Crime by Trevor Noah; Becoming by Michelle Obama; The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion; Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson; Yes Please by Amy Poehler; Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
Memoirs Intro
Indentifying Your Book as a Memoir
Satire