6 Word Memoir Digital What do you want to tell people about yourself? Objective: …use language of discipline /detail/Big Idea to create a 6-word memoir …incorporate E.O.C. with illustration …use digital technology to be a part of an EXPO mural to display DUE: Monday Nov. 17, 2014 during your class period

Very short stories with lots of punch STUDENTS TYPICALLY COMPLETE THE DREAM SCENES PROJECT AT DIFFERENT TIMES OVER A FEW CLASS PERIODS, SO I ALWAYS HAVE ONE OR TWO EXTENSION ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR COMIC SITE READY FOR THEM. THIS YEAR, I INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF THE SIX WORD MEMOIR, SHARING OUT A FEW EXAMPLES AND DISCUSSING THE VIRTUES OF EDITING AND CONCISE WRITING. USING SIX WORDS NARROWS YOUR FRAME OF VISION. MAKE EVERY WORD COUNT. I ASSUMED MY STUDENTS WOULD ENJOY THE ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE COMIC SITE. WHAT I DIDN’T EXPECT WAS THE LEVEL OF ENERGY THAT EMERGED AS THE KIDS DOVE INTO THE CONCEPT, CREATING A WIDE RANGE OF SIX WORD MEMOIRS THAT NICELY COMPLEMENTED THE DREAM SCENE PROJECT. THEIR SIX WORDS PROVIDED AS MUCH INSIGHT INTO THE SELF-PERCEPTIONS AND IDENTITIES OF MY STUDENTS AS ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE DONE. AND STUDENTS WERE EAGERLY INVESTED IN THE SIX WORD MEMOIRS, WHICH PACK A LOT OF PUNCH IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF WRITING. I SUSPECT, TOO, THAT THE ENTRY POINT IS LOW FOR ALL OF MY YOUNG WRITERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF STRUGGLE. THIS WAS A WRITING PIECE THEY COULD TAKE ON, AND THEY DID, WITH GUSTO.

Directions You will be a part of a memoir mural. You will create a comic 6-word memoir You will draw it on a white piece of paper 8 ½ x 11 landscape You will need to include: 6 word memoir Color Must have correct spelling