Writing a life : teaching memoir to sharpen insight, shape meaning-- and triumph over tests /
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| Author / Creator: | Bomer, Katherine. |
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| Imprint: | Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2005. |
| Description: | xiv, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6371482 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: The Call to Write Memoir
- 1. Why Teach Memoir? Reasons That Will Change Your Teaching and Your Life
- 2. Week-by-Week Plans: A Map to Guide You Through a Genre Study in Memoir
- 3. Reading to Write: Discussion Questions and Projects That Probe Published Memoirs for Craft Lessons
- 4. Rafting Down Rivers of Memory: Getting Ideas Going in the Memorist's Notebook
- 5. Making Meaning of Memories: Selecting, Collecting, and Layering
- 6. Shaping the Story: Possibilities for Structure
- 7. Recognized Lives: Secrets for Conferring Successfully with Children Writing Memoir
- 8. Revising a Text, Revising a Life: Five Sledgehammers and Nineteen Nails for Making a Memoir Even Better
- 9. Answering Test Prompts by Drawing on Best Memoir Writing
- Epilogue: Our Nation's Memoir; Why We Write
- Recommended Literature
- Works Cited