Project Overview:

During this term you will write a book, a book of memories. It will consist of your memories and thoughts from your life. You will be entering High School next year and this memory book will be a project you can look back on to see where you came from and where you thought you were going. Your finished book will be due at the end of this 13 week unit, however you should begin now and work on it daily for the remainder of this term in order to complete it on time, without rushing.

Book Format:

The final product will be presented to me in book form. It must be bound, not stapled. You can choose your binding format, for example, weaving your pages together with string, a three ring binder, or a spiral binding. Your cover may have drawings or pictures pasted on the outside cover, inside cover, and the spine if you wish.

Content:

Your Book of Memories must include the following 10 Chapters, Table of Contents, Dedication Page My Book of Memories

Project Overview:

During this term you will write a book, a book of memories. It will consist of your memories and thoughts from your life. You will be entering High School next year and this memory book will be a project you can look back on to see where you came from and where you thought you were going. Your finished book will be due at the end of this 13 week unit, however you should begin now and work on it daily for the remainder of this term in order to complete it on time, without rushing.

Book Format:

The final product will be presented to me in book form. It must be bound, not stapled. You can choose your binding format, for example, weaving your pages together with string, a three ring binder, or a spiral binding. Your cover may have drawings or pictures pasted on the outside cover, inside cover, and the spine if you wish.

Content:

Your Book of Memories must include the following 10 Chapters, Table of Contents, Dedication Page and Epilouge:

Chapter 1: “Who Am I?” (Who are you? Where do you live? WEEK TWO

What are your life goals? How do you expect to reach DATE 3/4/05

those goals?) FIVE PARAGRAPH FORMAT

Chapter 2: “Before I Was, There Were . . .” (Your parents

grandparents, aunts, uncles, older cousins and

siblings and anybody who may not be a relative but WEEK THREE

who has helped to pave the way for you and your DATE 3/11/05

family.) LETTER FORMAT

Chapter 3: “Suddenly, I Became Me” (Earliest memories:

people, places, events, all those cute things that WEEK FOUR

you did when you were tiny, that your mother, DATE 3/25/05

father, grandparents or guardians tell you about.)

FIVE PARAGRAPH FORMAT

Chapter 4: “School Bells” (Your earliest years in school — K

through 3 — learning to read, special school WEEK FIVE

programs, special teachers and special friends, DATE 4/1/05

favorite subject) Poetry form – Narrative Poetry

Chapter 5: “I Grew Up Here” (Describe your town, WEEK SIX

neighborhood, rural community) DATE 4/8/05

FIVE PARAGRAPH FORMAT

Chapter 6: “My First Boyfriend/Girlfriend” (That first crush WEEK SEVEN

in elementary school) If you didn’t have one, you DATE 4/15/05

can substitute the following topic:

“Let’s Go to the Movies” (Favorite movies at

different times in your life: childhood, early

teen years, and now) FAVORITE ORIGINAL POEM FORMAT

Chapter 7: “I Wish I Could See _____ Again” (Tell about a WEEK EIGHT

childhood friend that you have no contact with any DATE 4/22/05

more but would like to see again.) ANY FORMAT

Chapter 8. “Middle School” (Fears, emotions, how you have changed, WEEK NINE

teachers, friends, activities, successes, heartbreaks) DATE 4/29/05

FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY FORMAT

Chapter 9: “Let’s Take a Vacation” (A memorable trip you took WEEK TEN

with family or friends or a trip you would like to DATE 5/6/05

take) NARRATIVE POEM – 4 STANZAS

Chapter 10: “High School Expectations” (What do you expect WEEK ELEVEN

High school to be like? What are your fears? What DATE 5/13/05

Are you looking forward to most? Where do you expect

to be in 10 years)

FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY FORMAT

FINAL TWO WEEKS

Epilogue: “If I could change one thing about my character, I would….”