AP Language and Composition Memoir Project

As part of a unit focused on the essential question, “How and why do we share our personal stories with society?” Ms. Hagge’s AP Language and Literature class recently completed audio projects about self-selected memoirs. Each student chose a memoir during a class visit to the library and then engaged with that book by taking notes on what the book is about, how the author uses rhetorical devices and choices to communicate their story, and why their story is impactful for a particular audience. Follow the links below to hear a sample of student projects in the form of audio book reviews and podcasts.

• Ella Stainton’s podcast review of My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

• Brooke Hecker’s podcast review of Blowing my Cover: My Life as a CIA Spy by Lindsay Moran

• Amelie Fabre’s podcast review of The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

• Delia Morgan’s podcast review of The Wind in My Hair by Masih Alinejad.

• Jacob Roth’s review of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

• Clara Shortle’s podcast review of The Year We Disappeared by John and Cylin Busby

• Farren Stainton’s podcast review of From Ashes to Life: My Memories of the Holocaust by Lucille Eichengreen with Harriet Hyman Chamberlain

• Remy Malik’s podcast review of Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion by Greg Boyle

• William Obbard’s review of This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing by Jacqueline Winspear

• Logan Knox’s podcast review of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers