Memoir Writing

       

Memoir Writing

      Our students started off the school year learning how to write memoirs.  Some of the skills we worked on were narrowing down the topic, choosing an effective opening and closing, and including "showing" details for emotions.  Otis demonstrates all of these skills in his memoir about one of his cycling races.

Mountain Bike Race

By:Otis

The starter said go! Everyone was off the line as quick as a cheetah. I had a great start. The only person that looked like they could challenge me was a boy about my age and with the same bike as me. I rushed across a stone bridge onto a long, steep-ish hill. We made a left onto a dirt trail with lots of roots and annoying stones. I made a sharp right and a gradual left onto a hill. At the top we made a long left in a field and raced across a thin, short bridge. There was a rooty section and another left. We went down a hill, crossed the road that the start/finish line was on and went down a rooty trail. I powered up a hill and made a left into a right with deep gravel. We made a right with a small ditch into a hill. We made a left, a right, another right which took us onto the final stretch. I zoomed as fast as I could and finished about ten seconds before everyone. I finished first! At the podium my dad was so proud of me. At the awards ceremony I got a helmet light. I had a drive home with big smiles and lots of compliments.