Memoir
Reading · C2 · 7 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 20 minMemoir: the child and the adult selfRead a memoir passage about a grandmother who could 'stop the rain' and explore the gap between child and adult views.Free
- Sheet 2 · 20 minMemoir: moving between then and nowFollow a memoir that moves between a childhood swimming lesson and the present, and trace how the writer's view changes.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 20 minMemoir: sensory detail and memoryExplore how a writer rebuilds a lost place, her mother's tailoring shop, through sound, smell, sight and touch.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 20 minMemoir: memory, truth and honestyRead how a writer discovers that her favorite childhood story may belong to her brother, and what that means for memoir.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minMemoir: the language of reflectionPractice the phrases, inverted structures and precise vocabulary that memoir writers use to look back on the past.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minMemoir: planning your own pieceA challenge: study a short memoir piece about a treasured fountain pen, name its techniques, then plan your own piece.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 45 minMemoir: learning to swim at forty-oneA wry memoir extract about becoming a beginner in middle age, with questions on attitude, tone and implied meaning.Premium