Memoirs by Erica Whitley

Mrs. Brito

2015-02-26 12:58:07 UTC

A memoir is a story of experiences one has encountered. A memory.

“For who will testify, who will accurately describe our lives if we do not do it ourselves?”
Faye Moskowitz

No one can write your story for you. You are the only one who can express what you feel or how you think about what you experienced. If you do not tell your story it will be lost.

Tyler Furlong

tyler_furlong — 2015-02-26 12:45:03 UTC

1. a memoir is a life story that you have experienced

2. "memoir is about handing over your life experience to someone and telling them about what you have experienced"

3. it means that people can right memoirs and tell other people about your own life experiences

Luis:would you ever tell a memoir if so what would be about

Mrs. whitley: would you ever tell a memoir if so what would it be about

Sarah Andrews

sarah_andrews — 2015-02-26 12:55:04 UTC

1. A record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.

2. Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
3. This quote means that you should when you love someone you never know what is going to happen. Love is also the most beautiful thing in the world and you get a lot of memories from it.

Questions?

Ms.Brito: Do you think it is hard to write a 6 word memoir?

Luis: Have you ever had to write a memoir before

Sasha Uttley

sasha_uttley — 2015-02-26 12:47:37 UTC

1. a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

2. “Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.”
― Stephanie Klein

3. it means if you aren't telling the truth and someone else knows the story you better tell before that person tells before you.

questions

Gabby- do you have any memoirs you like to say or use?

Sarah - Do you like writing memoirs?

Luis Perez

2015-02-26 12:46:06 UTC

1. A memoir is kind of like a biography or an auto biography. It's like a story of your life.

2. " memoir is about handing over your life to someone and saying this is what I went through this is who I am and maybe you can learn something from it.

3. It means memoirs tell about yourself. They let people know who you are. Also what you like.

Mrs. Whitley- What's a memoir that best describes your life

Gabby Sanchez

gabriella_pomal — 2015-02-26 12:52:51 UTC

1. A memoir is a french word for memory , and it is a literary non fiction genre . More specifically it is a collection of memories that an individual writes about.

2."Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."-unknown

3.This quote means that we don't really appreciate moments until we look back on them as a memory.

4. Mrs.Whitley: What do you think is healing about writing memoirs?

Sasha: What words would you use to describe yourself in a six word memoir?

Sarah Andrews

sarah_andrews — 2015-02-26 12:50:23 UTC

1. I think a memoir is a 6 word story.

2. Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/memories.html#tq0be6zbOd8jjo0p.99

Mrs. Whitley

erica_whitley — 2015-02-25 19:51:37 UTC

1. a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.

2. Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.
Jane Fonda

3. I think that writing memoirs can be a very healing experience. Through the hardest part of my life, when my husband was unfaithful and I was going through a terribly hard divorce, I found that writing memoirs was extremely healing. I wrote them as letters to God and filled six huge journals full!

Questions:

TBD