Students will collaboratively explore their own life experiences and those of others, identifying key stories and insights by engaging with family members, community guests, and peers to gather diverse perspectives, laying the foundation for their narrative memoirs.

Students will pinpoint the core message of their personal memoirs and storyboard potential narrative arcs, setting a strong foundation for impactful storytelling by defining their key insights and emotional resonance.

Students will work in teams to brainstorm and map out creative storytelling ideas for their memoir projects, incorporating multimedia elements suggested by the community partner, and envisioning how these will meet the needs highlighted in their empathy phase.

Students will draft outlines for their memoirs, sketching key moments and narratives, and begin designing digital storytelling elements that will be integrated into their final pieces.

Students will present their digital memoir prototypes to classmates and community partners for constructive feedback and insights on engagement and impact, which will inform the refinement of their narratives for the storytelling showcase.

Students will participate in a structured critique session to offer and receive specific feedback on their narrative memoirs, revising their work based on peer and mentor insights to enhance story structure and emotional depth.

Students will engage in reflective journaling to analyze decisions and experiences from the storytelling project, considering how these insights impact their narrative and next steps for personal growth.