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Six-Word Memoirs of Summer

Welcome to your classroom blog spot!   This is a site where you will be writing and responding to questions, readings and videos . For our first post, I would love to hear what you have been doing this summer!  But can you write it in only 6 words?     Legend has it that Earnest Hemingway once was asked to write his life story in just 6 words.  This is what he said:  "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." What do you think happened in his life? Here are some examples that other people have done. https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/#six-word-memoirs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCJyUMHaL_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1vWxQuckiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCksy-VExeA Write a Six-Word Memoirs about your adventures, trips, and activities you did this summer. Follow these guidelines: 1. Be specific. 2. Don't use simple adjectives like "sad." Instead use words like "melancholy." 3. Pick moments worthy of memoir (birth of anoth