A Look Ahead

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A Look Ahead

Congratulations! You should be SO proud of yourself. You’ve reached the end of this unit.

In our next unit, we’ll change the pace a bit by participating in a study of literary non-fiction, especially memoirs. You will choose your own non-fiction memoir.

Here are your requirements:

Must be a true story about a person’s life or experiences
Must be at least 200 pages long and not a graphic novel
Must be something you have not read before
Must be at your reading level (preferably 8^th grade reading level and up). You can look up a book’s reading level by searching the title and “reading level.” The Scholastic website is a good source for reading level information: http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
Must be school appropriate and parent-approved

There’s a list of best memoirs on the GoodReads website that has excellent suggestions (click on this link).

Here are a few that are recommended and would meet the requirements:

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer