Six-Word+Memoirs

=Standards & Objectives= 10.5.1. **Writing Processes and Features:** Write biographical or **autobiographical narratives** or short stories that: describe a sequence of events and **communicate the significance of the events to the audience**; locate scenes and incidents in specific places 10.4.1. **-Organization and Focus**: Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers and develop drafts alone and collaboratively. 11-12.SL.5. -**Make strategic use of digital media:** (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add intererest || ====**OBJECTIVES **====
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 * ==**Examine the six-word genre **==
 * ==**Discuss applications for concise language in ‘real life.’ ex. Ebay, Twitter, Comments **==
 * ==**Apply 6-word memoir process to own lives **==
 * ==**Contribute to whole-class project through Google Docs (each student creating one slide) **==
 * ==**Reflection (Exit Ticket) **== ||

=**Six-Word Memoir Resources**=

Turn on Your __Cell Phones__! Log in to Socrative by going to m.socrative.com: enter 2767 to join Space Race: Name That Slogan!

Link to Mrs. Shay's English Classes...explore this link for video samples of other student __work__ in this genre.

Memoirs of the Week - just what it says:)

Oprah's site: Your Life Story in Six Words

Collaborative Google Doc - Click on this link to create your slide and comment on the slide of each member of your group. Feel __free__ to comment on other slides if there is time.

Exit Ticket Link - Reflections on the lesson.


 * Extension Opportunity**: Call for Submissions - A New Book of Six-Word Illustrations by Students

How exciting it would be to have a student from MHS to be selected for an entry in this new venture!