I am Malala

How are students’ lives different in different parts of the world?

As we sit here thinking about what their lives are like, are they wondering what ours are like?

What if we could share our stories with each other in a personal and fun way?

Well, that is just what we are going to do in this project, by learning about a type of writing called memoir.

Memoirs are true life stories written by the people who lived them.

To start, we are going to read the memoir of a person whose story and efforts are so inspiring and heroic that she won the Nobel Peace Prize before she even finished high school!

While we read her incredible journey in the memoir, I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, we will learn more about her and identify her point of view and purpose, as well as the overall theme of the book.

To show what we learned, we will create a series of collages that include our analysis and images to support our ideas.

Then, we will take a stab at writing our own personal stories in our very own memoirs!

Lastly, we will share all of our efforts in a final presentation to learn more about ourselves and our classmates.

Checkpoints

• Book Journal/Literature Circles
• Collage Plan
• Memoir Outline
• Presentation Preparation
• Memoir Draft

Final Products

• Malala Collage
• Your own memoir of your life
• Your presentation of your memoir

Cognitive Skills

• Theme
• Point of View
• Narrative
• Selection of Evidence
• Multimedia in Oral Presentation
• Conventions

To begin, let's learn a little more about Malala!