Memoir: Journey to the African Safari

Memoir topic/major life event I am writing about:
Specific moment of action I will use to start telling the story:
Background information the reader will need before they can really understand the story:
The audience this story is intended for:
The key events or details that have to be in the memoir:
Other events that will make it a better story if I have the time/space to tell them:
Why this story is important to me:
The lesson that the audience should get from my memoir:
Any other details I feel are important to include:
The introduction to a memoir is different from most or all of the essays you are used to writing. You should generally begin your memoir with a moment of action to get the reader's attention. To practice this, pick either the event you wrote about last week for reflective writing or one of the moments you picked for this week's reflective writing and write a sample introduction as if it were going to be your major memoir essay.
Your introduction should be 3-5 sentences at least and begin with a moment of action. It should then draw back to explain to the reader what is going on and set up what you would actually write in the body of your memoir.