On Memoir - paraphrasing Mary Karr’s ideas

Mary Karr's Chapter 1 from On Memoir
Aimed at ENG106 students (access the reading separately through BlackBoard).

Topics covered:

What is paraphrase?
Why is it important?
Look at the first sentence of her chapter... What does she mean? ("At unexpected points in life, everyone gets waylaid by the colossal force of recollection")
I present an example from my own experience to illustrate Mary Karr's point
What is critical thinking, and how is paraphrasing a first step in developing your own ideas?
Why are we reading things that are "not literary"
How is memoir literary?