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Lesson

Question

Structure and Narrative: Rosa Parks¡¯s

Memoir, My Story

How does a text¡¯s structure affect the way you

understand events?

Lesson Goals

Read from My Story, a memoir by Rosa Parks,

and ¡°Rosa,¡± a poem by Rita Dove.

Identify causes and effects and

chronological

Compare a

order.

Analyze the

memoir

and a poem.

effect

of

a story¡¯s narration.

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Structure and Narrative: Rosa Parks¡¯s

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Words to Know

Write the letter of the definition next to the matching word as you work through the

lesson. You may use the glossary to help you.

E structure

____

D chronological

____

A. a nonfiction text, usually told in first-person

point of view, about a period in the author¡¯s

life

B. the writer¡¯s attitude about a topic

____

A memoir

C point of view

____

C. who is telling the story and how it is told

D. starting with the earliest event and following

the events in the order in which they occurred

____

B tone

E. the arrangement of and relationship between

the parts of something

Writing Your Life Story

How would you begin the story of your life? At birth? With the present?

Would your friends and family take on a starring role? Or would you focus on

your individual experiences?

There are different ways that information can be

organized

.

This organization and the presentation of the information can affect how readers

understand your story.

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Memoir, My Story

Instruction

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Memoir

A memoir is a nonfiction text written by the author about a period of time in his or

her life.

A memoir is:

perspective

? written from the author¡¯s

? written in

? a

first

personal

-person

.

point of view

.

account or interpretation of a significant event

(or events).

? a

nonfiction

text that reveals emotions, opinions, and facts.

Analyzing Memoirs

When analyzing a memoir, consider:

? the author¡¯s perspective.

? the

historical

? the

descriptions

context.

of events and people.

? the use of both facts and opinions.

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Analyzing Memoirs and Perspective

Underline two phrases that show the historical context.

Circle a description of events and people.

I don¡¯t think any segregation law angered black people in Montgomery more than bus

segregation. And that had been so since the laws about segregation on public

transportation had been passed. That was back in 1900, and black people had boycotted

Montgomery streetcars until the City Council changed its ordinance so that nobody

would be forced to give up a seat unless there was another seat to move to. But over the

years practices had changed, although the law had not.

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Rosa Parks (1913¨C2005)

? Joined the Montgomery chapter of the

NAACP

? Served as the NAACP chapter¡¯s youth

leader

in 1943

and secretary

? Was a civil rights activist who was well known for refusing to surrender her

bus

seat to a white man

? Received the Spingarn Medal, the Martin Luther King Jr. Award, and the

Presidential Medal of

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Memoir, My Story

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Explaining Historical Context

? The Montgomery city code required that all public transportation be

segregated

.

? African Americans had to get on at the front to pay their fare, and then get off

and reboard the bus at the

back

? When the bus was crowded, the ¡°line¡±

door.

separating

the passengers

would be moved back, and sometimes African American passengers were

asked to give up their seats.

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Identifying Text Structures

Cause-and-effect structure

Chronological structure

Complete the graphic organizer.

First

Cause

event

Effect

Second event

Third Event

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