Writing our Memoirs

A writer named Gore Vidal said that, "a memoir is how one remembers one's own life, while an autobiography is history, requiring research, dates, facts double-checked."

Do you agree? What do you see as the difference between a biography or autobiography, and a memoir?

Powerful Ideas in Tiny Packages

For our Poetry Author Celebration, Portable 2 writers decided to publish in a brand new way! We knew that we wanted our poetry to reach as large an audience as possible, so there were a few steps to our publishing.

First, we created posters to highlight our favorite poems. We spent time making the posters bright and attractive to catch as many eyes as possible, while still spotlighting our important words!

Then, we created a movie of our poems. Please watch it below and leave your comments!

Finally, we put up our poetry posters all over Grand Ridge Elementary. Our intent was to fill our school with our strong words and feelings, to share our love of writing with everyone! Our posters will stay up until our final Author Celebration of the year, when we will take them home along with our writing portfolios.

Enjoy!

*Note: I apologize in advance for the audio. This was our first experiment with the Flip Camera, and upon reflection we probably should have borrowed a microphone from someone!