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Memoir and Biography

Students read a memoir excerpt and a biography of the same inventor; they tag where each introduces her, which anecdotes it uses and what each author wants readers to think, then compare how the two connect the same events.

Play style: Explorer
Module: How Authors Present People and Ideas: How a person or idea is introduced and developed; memoir against biography; the author's point of view
Grade: Grades 6-8 · English Language Arts
Standards: RI.6.3 RI.6.6 RI.6.9 RI.7.3 RI.8.3 RI.8.6

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