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“My Favorite Mistake”
lesson
A creative nonfiction model
And the name of a song by Sheryl Crow
Chorus:
Did you know when you go
It's the perfect ending
To the bad day I was just beginning
When you go all I know is
You're my favorite mistake
Model text
“A Mistake That Should Last a Lifetime”
by Jessanne Collins
Let’s read it.
Questions/Comments
What is the writer’s mistake?
What details does she recall leading up to the mistake?
Looking back at the event, what are the writer’s
thoughts today?
What lasting impressions does the writer take from the
experience?
Color-code with highlighters
Yellow: indicate where the author recalls (expresses)
the incident
Pink: indicate where the author reflects on what the
incident means to her today.
AW #4: My Favorite Mistake
Start a new page and label it.
Create a graphic organizer like this:
What was my mistake?
Expression
What details do I recall
surrounding that mistake?
(before/during/after)
Reflection
Looking back at the event,
have I learned from the
experience? What do I take
from the mistake?
(Reflective ideas go here)
(Bullet a list of details
here)