Senior Memory Book
Believe it or not, you will have life after high school. This is one way to remember your life
from the beginning.
During the remainder of this year, as a senior project, you will write a book, a Senior Memory
Book. It will consist of your memories and thoughts from your entire life. It will be due on
____________________, but you must begin now and work on it for the rest of this term and
through the spring semester in order to complete it on time without rushing. DO NOT lose this
handout as all the guidelines that have been outlined here will be followed. The hand-out will
also be on my web-site.
Individual Chapters:
Each chapter will be due on the given due date! Each chapter should be a minimum of two typed
pages with the chapter number and title centered in 12-point font. The text should be 12-point
Times New Roman, double-spaced, one inch margins, and ½ inch indentions for paragraphs.
Formal conventions apply!
Final Product:
The final product will be presented in a book-form designed by you which reflects who you are.
This may be a photo album or scrapbook setup, a loose-leaf notebook or anything else you
design within the appropriateness of school. The chapters will be enhanced with items that help
to illustrate your chapters such as pictures, mementos, invitations, keepsakes, drawings,
newspaper/magazine clippings, brochures, etc. Each chapter will have been corrected from
the weekly chapters and will be redone on chosen papers, with chosen fonts and colors to
reflect each chapter and the author.
The final order will be as follows:
Cover
Title Page Dedication Page
“There Was a Child Went Forth” poem
Chapters 1 - 10 (in order)
PAPS
Grading:
Each chapter will count as a quiz grade, and each is to be turned in on due date. The final
Memory Book will be graded using a rubric and will count as a major grade in the fourth nine
weeks.
Chapters, Due Dates and Descriptions:
Chapter 1
Due Date:_________________________
“Who Am I?” (Who are you? Where do you live? What are your life goals? How do you
expect to reach those goals?) You may also include your “Picture Me” poem and/or your boast
in this chapter. It may not replace the essay!
Chapter 2
Due Date: _________________________
“Before I Was, There Were…” (Your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, older cousins and
siblings and anyone who may not be a relative but who has helped to pave the way for you and
your family.)
Chapter 3
Due Date: _________________________
“Suddenly, I Became Me” (Earliest memories: people, places, events, all those cute things that
you did when you were tiny, that your mother reminds you of to embarrass you.)
Chapter 4
Due Date: _________________________
“School Bells” (Write a summary of high (and low) points of your grade school and junior high
school education.)
Chapter 5
Due Date: _________________________
“High School” (Write a “memoir” of your high school years, including your senior year.)
Chapter 6
Due Date: _________________________
“I Wish I Could See _______ Again” (Tell about a person that you have no contact with any
more but would like to see again.)
Chapter 7
Due Date: _________________________
“I Am Really in Love This Time, Mom” (Your first “serious romance”, could also be a car,
sport, hobby, book, etc.)
OR
“Let Us Take a Vacation” (A memorable trip you took with family or friends or a trip you would
like to take.)
Chapter 8
Due Date: _________________________
“My Changing World” (What has happened in the world that has affected or changed your life?
How have/will you put your mark on the world? Hopes/dreams/plans for the future?)
Chapter 9
Due Date: _________________________
“I Would Like to Thank…” (Thank the people who have gotten you where you are today. Be
specific with names and reasons.)
Chapter 10 ________________________________Due Date: _________________________
“Epilogue: Living and Learning” (Complete your memory book by describing what you have
learned about life in the relatively short amount of time you have lived. This will be the closing
chapter of your book.)
Extras:
Due Date: _________________________
Dedication Page: One paragraph minimum – To whom or what would you like to dedicate your
memory book and why.
“There Was a Child Went Forth” poem
Due Date: _________________________
Final Senior Memory Book
Due Date: _________________________
 You may be able to plug-in a college essay or two as long as it fits the criteria.
PAPS: You may earn points above the possible for two of the following (cite sources).
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Quotations that are meaningful to you (10 minimum)
Passages from literature that are meaningful to you (5 minimum)
An annotated list of favorite books or movies or music or copies of favorite art pieces (10
minimum)
 A gallery of photographs of you at every grade labeled (K – 12)
 A family tree of at least four generations
 You may be able to plug-in a college essay or two as long as it fits the criteria.
Remember:
Twenty years from now, it will not matter the shoes you wore, how your hair looked, or the jeans
you bought.
What will matter is what you learned and how you used it.