Essay 1: Memoir – Assignment Guidelines
For Essay 1 you will write a memoir by choosing an event that has shaped your life (for the better or worse).
Over the course of this essay, your readers should be able to understand why this event has had such an impact on you.
Choose an event that covers a short span of time for this short essay (example: your first day of high school instead of your entire freshman year).
It can be an ordinary day that became extraordinary (example: a visit with your grandpa that became a wonderful memory).
Write a memoir by choosing an event that has shaped your life explain why this event has had such an impact on you.
