“Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.”
Additional Info:
Text: By Any Other Name by Santha Rama Rau (Memoir)
Difficulty Level: Medium to Difficult (CEFR B2 / CCSS Grade 10)
Skill Focus: Analyzing theme, author’s purpose, tone, and personal narrative in memoir
Standards / Strands:
CCSS: RL.9-10.1 – Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis; RL.9-10.2 – Determine a theme or central idea and analyze its development; RL.9-10.6 – Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature
CEFR: B2 – Understand extended texts, identify implicit meaning, attitude, and viewpoint
Cambridge English: Reading for detailed meaning, understanding writer’s attitude, and interpreting themes in personal and cultural texts

