1. Word Memoir
Create a 6 word memoir about It can be a significant memory from the year or a summary of the year as a whole.
Once you decide on the final words you will use, write it on the notecard provided and decorate the memoir.
Put your full name on the back of the notecard.

2. Start with a list
List as many words, topics, memories, or details as you can about 2016 – activities you did, world events, important memories, feelings about the year, etc. Don’t edit, cross out, change, or rewrite words. Don’t worry about spelling – just write. You are going for quantity, so write as much as you can in about three minutes. You should fill at least one full page.

3. Brainstorming
Now, circle the two or three words that stand out for you, the ones that you could say more about.
Pick one item and freewrite about the thought. That means you just start writing about that idea, object, role, or event. The only rule is don’t stop writing for at least two or three minutes. Whatever comes to mind is fair game.

4. Drafting
As a result of the freewrite, you have a sense of your topic. Synthesize, combine the individual elements into an understandable whole, your writing into a phrase that captures the essence of what your topic means to you.
Play with the words and create at least four drafts of 6 word memoirs. Ask for help from your peers and teacher. From your drafts, select your preferred one.

5. 6-Word Memoir Examples

6. For sale: baby shoes, never worn. E. Hemingway

7. Changing the world through my classroom.

8. Simple girl in a complex world
I am here.

9. On the pursuit of happiness.
Still.

10. Lost in thought…
Be Back Later

11. Girl loved boy,
Boy never knew

12. Watching sunrises means waiting through nights.:
Watching sunrises means waiting through nights.

13. . My efforts are SIGNIFICANT, outcomes, average.

14. f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e . . .
f e e l i n g
A l i v e

15. Heart’s big, but it beats quiet.

16. Then I just turned the page.

17. Eat
Eat, sleep,
breath,
basketball.
Then repeat.

18. Play Hard, Play Strong, WIN BIG!!

19. You can always recover from tragedy?

20. Promises are said,
but RARELY kept.

21. WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY?!?!?!?!?!??!

22. The World is Spinning too fast

23. Looking For Answers. Finding New Questions.