Memoirs are a form of personal recollection that has grown enormously in popularity in recent times. Memoirs often focus on more subjective recollections such as memories, feelings, and emotions and are generally written from the first-person viewpoint. The memoir is often focused on capturing certain meaningful highlights or moments.
Memoirs usually focus on a brief period of time or a series of connected events (an autobiography covers a longer time period). In a memoir, the writer is usually retrospective, and contemplating past events. Lastly, writing one's memoir often has a therapeutic effect for the writer.
TASK:
1. Focus on quickly writing down your feelings about the topic
2. Write about your life events in at least 300 words
3. Ask two other students to write down two questions based on what you wrote in comments
4. During the course of this exercise, take notes on common mistakes that occur in your writings.
Some hints to help you recall some of the most important events in your life:
The best thing that happened to me today
The worst thing that happened to me
Something funny that happened to me
What I really hated!
What I really liked!
A surprise I had
A memory from childhood
My best friend
A problem I have
My son
My daughter
My favorite grandparent
