THE MEMOIR PROJECT INCLUDES You reading a memoir of your choosing independently, annotating for stylistic trends (reading like a writer); completing a flyer (pre-reading) that includes: title & author, image of cover, publication information, stylistic biography, and a published review of the book; submitting a selection from your text (at least 15 pages long) that works as a Short-Takes-esque reading) for our class reader; designing and leading a group discussion on that same reading. Choices are to be made by this Friday.

Monday

Journal #6: A recent legend. Discussing both "Night of Oranges" and "I Was a Member of the Kung-Fu Crew." Why are both these essays memoirs? After discussion, turning briefly to the memoir list you've been building. How do narrow that list?
HW: Read chapter six in Building Great Sentences.

Tuesday

Discussing coordinate, subordinate, and mixed cumulative patterns in sentences. The last 10 minutes in class, I will review the google sheet that you should post your top 10 memoir choices to.
HW: Post your top ten selections. For the top three, complete the short description of the content, and well as a brief description of style.

Wednesday

Today we are returning to both the food and the place essays. In class, you will revise both to include at least two examples of cumulative syntax. We will share these with the small groups, reading the new versions against the old.
HW: Read, "Have Fun" and complete the OTIS questions, due tomorrow.

Thursday

We will discuss "Have Fun" and then read, "Stop Ordering Me Around."
HW: Complete the OTIS questions for tomorrow ('Stop...")

Friday

Sentence diagramming Friday! We will also return to the Standard Deviants, and review the difference between clauses and phrases (participal, gerund, infinitive, prepositions)
HW: Once your memoir has been approved, you need to purchase it. Have the book by Monday.