ELA-Encounter 1
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
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Topic: Memoir: from Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
Goal:
Students will understand how memoirs use personal memories, dialogue, and description to reveal real experiences, emotions, and relationships.
Analyze Maya Angelou’s experiences to explore how family bonds and forgiveness shape identity.
Essential questions:
What can one generation learn from another?
How do dialogue and description help us understand the author’s feelings and experiences?
Standards:
RL.7.1 – Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferences.
RL.7.2 – Determine a theme and analyze its development.
W.7.1 – Write arguments to support claims with reasons and evidence.
L.7.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases.
SL.7.4 – Present claims and findings with relevant evidence.
Accessing Prior Knowledge /(Review)
Memoir
Memoir
What is Memoir?
New information:
New information:
Application:
Application:
Draw a picture and write a sentence for each of the vocabulary words.
Technology integration:
Technology integration:
Google Docs
Google Docs
Biblical integration
Biblical integration
- Reflect on how God calls us to honor family relationships and practice forgiveness, even when relationships are difficult.
GENERALIZATION:
GENERALIZATION:
People can grow, change, and heal through family relationships. How does sharing personal stories, like memoirs, helps us understand one another better?
Homework:
Homework:
Complete vocabulary worksheet for next class Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.
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