Memoir Writing by Katherine Whitmore https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8 Charts, resources, videos to help you grow as a writer! en-us 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC 2025-09-24 02:13:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f420.png How does Writing Workshop go? kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838293 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838293 Writing Conference Video kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838296 This is how your writing conference might go. ]]> 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838296 Explain where you're at with you're writing! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838298 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838298 Choose what to discuss during your conference! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838299 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838299 Writers do this kind of work... kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838301 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838301 Learning from Mentor Texts kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838324 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838324 Listen to your draft! What is it telling you? kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838340 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838340 Revision Reflection kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838342 Consider where you are in order to see where you can still push your writing.]]> 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838342 Transitions kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838343 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838343 The Writing Process kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838345 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838345 Use commas correctly! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838347 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838347 Apostrophes and plurals kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838348 2021-08-26 16:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698838348 Hair kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698863233 by Elizabeth Acevedo]]> 2021-08-26 16:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698863233 Black Like Me kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698864461 By Renee Watson]]> 2021-08-26 16:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698864461 A Marvel-ous Reader by Jerry Kraft kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698868400 by Jerry Craft]]> 2021-08-26 16:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698868400 Hair kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698871256 The text of "Hair" by Elizabeth Acevedo]]> 2021-08-26 16:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698871256 kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698874704 2021-08-26 16:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698874704 Bad Haircut kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698876759 by Alfonso Lacayo]]> 2021-08-26 16:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1698876759 "Night" by Elie Wiesel (Preview) https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701357175 2021-08-27 19:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701357175 "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai (Preview) https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701357882 2021-08-27 19:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701357882 "Soul Surfer" by Bethany Hamilton (Preview) https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701358289 2021-08-27 19:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701358289 "Born A Crime" by Trevor Noah (Preview) https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701358803 2021-08-27 19:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701358803 "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jaqueline Woodson (Preview) https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701359376 2021-08-27 19:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1701359376 kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1752213464 2021-09-19 18:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1752213464 kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1752213730 2021-09-19 18:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1752213730 kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1774921962 2021-09-28 14:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/1774921962 "Dear America: The Story of An Undocumented Citizen" by Jose Antonio Vargas (Preview) kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032135345 2022-02-07 02:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032135345 Starting your memoir kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032139928 2022-02-07 02:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032139928 Sensory Imagery kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032142049 2022-02-07 02:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032142049 Getting to the Heart of the Story kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032145080 2022-02-07 02:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032145080 Ways to Plan Your Writing kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032146004 2022-02-07 02:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032146004 Elaborating with Twin Sentences kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032148909 2022-02-07 02:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032148909 Revising Beginnings and Endings kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032150337 2022-02-07 02:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2032150337 Interesting Memoir Structures kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2041221068 2022-02-10 21:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2041221068 Narrative Writing Techniques kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2041222962 2022-02-10 21:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2041222962 Add transitional phrases to guide your reader! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2046181882 2022-02-14 13:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2046181882 Moving Quickly (or Slowly) Through Time kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2049164571 2022-02-15 17:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2049164571 Take Dialogue Seriously! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2049196110 2022-02-15 18:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2049196110 Paragraphing kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2059149354 2022-02-21 17:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2059149354 "Ugly" by Robert Hoge (Preview) kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2284993439 2022-09-06 16:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2284993439 "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai (Preview) kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2284995181 2022-09-06 16:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2284995181 "The Distance Between Us" by Reyna Grande (Preview) kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2284996739 2022-09-06 16:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2284996739 Show, Don't Tell kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2296446761 Revise your writing to SHOW the reader what is going on, instead of just TELLing them. 

You can do this with characters or setting. ]]> 2022-09-14 14:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2296446761 Leads kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2303749085 2022-09-19 21:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2303749085 Use consistent verb tense! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2304014904 2022-09-20 01:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2304014904 Don't forget to edit and polish your work!! kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2308711154 2022-09-22 13:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2308711154 Punctuating Dialogue kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2308717271 2022-09-22 13:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2308717271 Bad Haircut (transcript) kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2680200113 2023-08-31 18:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/2680200113 Narrative Transitions kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/3187637303 2024-10-25 13:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/3187637303 MEMOIR RUBRIC kwhitmore2 https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/3191125459 2024-10-28 19:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kwhitmore2/7b35rh69nm83fmb8/wish/3191125459