Junior High / Senior High School Memory Book

1. Chapter 1 - Who Am I?

You'll be writing a book of memories that will consist of your memories and thoughts from your life. Here's your assignment:

• Be thinking about your binding and your cover. Your book shouldn't be stapled together, you can weave your pages together with string, use a three ring binder, spiral binding or another creative method.
• Your cover may have drawings or pictures pasted on the outside cover, inside cover, and on the spine if you wish.
• You will make a Table of Contents, Dedication Page, 10 chapters, and an Epilogue.

The assignment for the 10 chapters follow…print the pages provided or design your own. Quick tip: Here's a master page with all the Chapter Assignments in one place.

Chapter 1: "Who Am I?"

Print the pdf: Who Am I? page. Write your final draft on this page or design your own page.

Write about yourself, answering the following questions. Use the 5 paragraph format.

Who are you? Where do you live? What are your life goals? How do you expect to reach those goals?

(Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - Before I was, There Were...

2. Chapter 2 - Before I was, There Were...

Print the pdf: Before I was, There Were... page.

Write about your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, older cousins and siblings and anybody who may not be a relative but who has helped to pave the way for you and your family. Write this in letter format. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - Suddenly I Became Me

3. Chapter 3: Suddenly I Became Me

Print the pdf: Suddenly I Became Me page.

Write about your earliest memories: people, places, events, all those cute things that you did when you were tiny, that your mother, father, grandparents or guardians tell you about. Write in the five paragraph format. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - School Bells

4. Chapter 4: School Bells

Print the pdf: School Bells page.

Write about your early years in school - K through 6 - learning to read, special school programs, special projects, special friends, and favorite subject. Write in Narrative Poetry form. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - I Grew Up Here

5. Chapter 5: I Grew Up Here

Print the pdf: I Grew Up Here page.

Describe your town, neighborhood, rural community. Write in the five paragraph format. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - Let's Go to the Movies

6. Chapter 6: Let's Go to the Movies

Print the pdf: Let's Go to the Movies page.

Write about your favorite movies at different times in your life: childhood, early teen years, and now. Write in your favorite poem format. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - I Wish I Could See _____ Again

7. Chapter 7: I Wish I Could See _____ Again

Print the pdf: I Wish I Could See _____ Again page.

Tell about a childhood friend that you have no contact with anymore but would like to see again. Write in any format. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - Middle School

8. Chapter 8: Middle School

Print the pdf: Middle School page.

Write about your fears, emotions, how you have changed, teachers, friends, activities, successes, heartbreaks. Use the five paragraph essay format. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - Let's Take a Vacation

9. Chapter 9: Let's Take a Vacation

Print the pdf: Let's Take a Vacation page.

Write about a memorable trip you took with your family or friends or a trip you would like to take. Write a narrative poem - 4 stanzas. (Use your back button to return to this page and choose your next printable sheet.)

Next Page - High School Expectations / High School

10. Chapter 10: High School Expectations / High School

Print the pdf: High School Expectations page.

Junior High Students: Write about what you expect high school to be like. What are your fears? What are you looking forward to most? Where do you expect to be in 10 years? Write in the five paragraph essay format.

High School Students: Print the pdf: High School page. Depending on where you are in High School write about:

• The Early Years" - Your freshman, sophomore, and junior years in high school: highlights, troubles, successes, heartbreaks, friends, teachers, coaches.
• If you're a senior, also include: At Last, I'm a Senior" - Your senior year: highlights, troubles, etc.

Write your Epilogue: "If I could change one thing about my character, I would...”

Now you can assemble your memory book, design your cover and the special binding. Keep your book in a safe place and you'll have a memory book that you'll treasure for years to come.

(Adapted from lesson by Patricia Kohut)