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Active Learning Strategy - Six Word Stories

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Active Learning Strategy - Six Word Stories

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This blog post gives examples of an active learning strategy. Students reflected on their school year using just six words - nor more, no less. Students then created a Google Slide with their creations and an illustration to enhance their story.

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Can you sum up anything in 6 words? Coonley students were asked to do just that! Chicago Public Schools has a lonnnnnng end-of-year with students in classes through June 19th. As a challenge for the month of June grades 1-7 were asked to write 6 Word Memoirs based on the following prompts:

Tell something you like about Coonley

What activity did you really enjoy this school year?

Write about yourself

Give advice to others

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Can you sum up anything in 6 words? Coonley students were asked to do just that! Chicago Public Schools has a lonnnnnng end-of-year with s...

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What makes "Six Word Stories" an active learning strategy?

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What makes "Six Word Stories" an active learning strategy?

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It's collaborative - Students can obtain feedback from their peers on their stories.

Students have an opportunity to write about their favorite topic - themselves.

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Active Learning Strategies

Active learning engages students in learning, using activities such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving, which promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content.

Active in-class learning also provides students with informal opportunities for feedback on how well they understood the material.

Click on the image below to explore some specific active learning techniques for engaging students in the learning process. These activities are meant for use in class, especially in lecture settings, and can be adapted to any discipline. Most of them take only a few minutes to complete. Some activities are meant to be done individually while others should be done in pairs or small groups.

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Active learning engages students in learning, using activities such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving, which promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content. Active in-class learning also provides students with informal opportunities for feedback on how well they understood the material.

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Students can combine active learning strategies:

1. Students can find, or create an image that goes with their story. They can use a QR code to allow people to discover their image.

2. In creating their six word stories, students can use the "think-pair-share" learning strategy.

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Legend says that Ernest Hemingway created the six word story after writing "For sale: baby shoes, never worn". He followed this up with a number of sequels.

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Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway won a bet by writing the six-word story "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn." Hoping to cash in on that story's success, Hemingway wrote some six-word sequels.
For sale: baby shoes. Really big.

For hire: giant baby. Very amusing.

Rent baby for fun, scary evening.

Have you seen enormous baby? Escaped.

Please help. Huge baby at large.

Authorities warn: beware of monster baby.

Baby crushes pickup truck. Bare hands.

Gigantic baby terrorizes Greenville. Townspeople helpless.

Dick Prowdy reporting live: Baby Situation.

Cooing baby loves the ticklish tasers.

Oh, God. Oh, God. He's growing.

Hostage taken. Baby on the move.

Playful baby delighted by military helicopters.

America transfixed by Greenville Baby Terror.

Wait, what's happening? Baby slowing down.

Nap time. Reclining baby crushes Winnebago.

Sleepy baby trapped in net. Hooray!

National Guard drags snuggly baby home.

Now everything is back to normal.

Everything except for the house-sized baby.

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Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway won a bet by writing the six-word story "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn." Hoping to cash in on that story's success, Hemingway wrote some six-word sequels. For sale: baby shoes. Really big. For hire: giant baby. Very amusing. Rent baby for fun, scary evening.

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The New York Times has published a memoir series on the pandemic in six words

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"The world has never felt smaller."

Since 2006, I've been challenging people to describe their lives in six words, a form I call the six-word memoir - a personal twist on the legendary six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

I've found that some of the most memorable six-word stories arise in the extremes - during our toughest and most joyous moments. So over the past several months, I've asked adults and children around the country to use the form to make sense of this moment in history: one person, one story, and six words at a time.

Home ec: rationing butter, bourbon, sanity.
- Christine Triano

Can't smell the campfire on Zoom.
- Melanie Abrams

Messy hair, messy room, messy thoughts.
- Lily Herman

I regret saying, "I hate school."
- Riana Heffron

Read every book in the house.
- Francesca Gomez-Novy

Won scrabble; smile breaks through mask.
- Abby Ellin

Tuning out parents, under my headphones.
- Lukas Smith

This is what time looks like.
- Sylvia Sichel

Bad time for an open marriage.
- Rachel Lehmann-Haupt

Social distancing myself from the fridge.
- Maria Leopoldo

Hallway hike, bathtub swim, Pandora concert.
- Susan Evind

Numbers rise, but sun does too.
- Paloma Lenz

Afraid of: snakes, heights, opening schools.
- Michelle Wolff

The world has never felt smaller.
- Maggie Smith

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Opinion | The Pandemic in Six-Word Memoirs

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"The world has never felt smaller." Since 2006, I've been challenging people to describe their lives in six words, a form I call the six-word memoir - a personal twist on the legendary six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

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More examples of six word stories from the classroom.

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More examples of six word stories from the classroom.

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Six-Word Memoirs is a project founded by the U.S.-based online storytelling magazine Smith Magazine. Like that publication, Six-Word Memoirs seek to provide a platform for storytelling in all its forms.

Smith was founded January 6, 2006, by Larry Smith and Tim Barko. Taking a cue from novelist Ernest Hemingway, who, according to literary legend, was once challenged to write a short story in only six words, Smith Magazine set out to do the same. The six-word story attributed to the famous author read: " For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

In November 2006, Smith's editors Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser gave the six-word story a personal twist, asking Smith readers to tell their life story in just six words. Smith readers submitted their six-words via www.smithmag.net, and Smith's Twitter account. In early 2007, Smith signed with Harper Perennial to create the Six-Word Memoir book series.

The first in Smith's Six-Word Memoir book series, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs from Writers Famous & Obscure was released in early 2008.

It collected almost 1,000 Six-Word Memoirs, including additions from many celebrities like Richard Ford, Deepak Chopra, and Moby.

It was a New York Times bestseller, featured in many stories in " The New Yorker" , and highlighted on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation.

As a romantic follow-up to Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs from Writers Famous & Obscure, Smith released Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak in early 2009. It contains hundreds of personal stories about romance. The editors of Smith asked dozens of writers "famous and obscure" to compose six-word memoirs.

Released September 1, 2009, I Can't Keep My Own Secrets-Six-Word Memoirs by Teens: Famous & Obscure, was the first Six-Word Memoir book devoted entirely to teenagers. Smith launched Smith Teens in June 2008. The book features famous and everyday teens from The United States and abroad.

Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure was listed on Amazon's Best Books of 2008 list at number 69.

In April 2009, The Denver Post listed Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: By Writers Famous and Obscure as the 5th bestselling non-fiction paperback [1] in the Denver area according to sales at the Tattered Cover Book Store, Barnes & Noble in Greenwood Village, the Boulder Book Store [2], and Border's Books in Lone Tree.

Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure was listed as a New York Times bestseller [3] in 2008. It was grouped in the paperback section of the "advice, how to and miscellaneous section."

The Six-Word Memoir format has been used as a writing exercise for teachers, ranging from second-grade classrooms to graduate schools. HarperCollins created a teacher's guide to encourage the Six-Word Memoir form as a tool for teaching. Six-Word Memoirs have been employed as tools in hospital wards, appeared in a eulogy, and suggested as a form of prayer by a preacher in North Carolina. Six-Word Memoir videos from individuals ranging from teenager Micahsamaniac (a YouTube user) and bestselling author Daniel Handler have been posted to YouTube. 6 Words Minneapolis, a public art project, employed the form to build community and empathy among citizens living in the same large city.

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Six-Word Memoirs is a project founded by the U.S.-based online storytelling magazine Smith Magazine. Like that publication, Six-Word Memoirs seek to provide a platform for storytelling in all its forms. Smith was founded January 6, 2006, by Larry Smith and Tim Barko.

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Here is another six word story set from NPR

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subscribe to NPR's Book of the Day podcast

Once asked to write a full story in six words, legend has it that novelist Ernest Hemingway responded: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."

In this spirit, Smith Magazine invited writers "famous and obscure" to distill their own life stories into exactly six words. It All Changed in an Instant is the fourth collection of very, very brief life stories from Smith. The tiny memoirs are sometimes sad, often funny - and always concise.

It All Changed in an Instant is full of well-known names - from activist Gloria Steinem ("Life is one big editorial meeting"), to author Frank McCourt ("The miserable childhood leads to royalties"), to actress Molly Ringwald ("Acting is not all I am").

Larry Smith, founding editor of Smith, and Rachel Fershleiser, Smith's memoir editor, talk to NPR's Rebecca Roberts about the fun and the challenge of capturing real-life stories in six little words.

Smith's six-word memoir? "Now I obsessively count the words." And Fershleiser's: "Bookstore to book tour in seconds."

Can you write your autobiography in one sentence? Share your six-word memoir.

More six-word memoirs from It All Changed in an Instant:

Found on Craigslist: table, apartment, fiance.
Becki Lee

Alzheimer's: meeting new people every day.
Phil Skversky

Met wife at her bachelorette party.
Eddie Matz

Family portrait: everyone smiles but me.
Ian Baaske

Hotel sex still rocks over fifty.
Marcella Oleksiuk

I picked passion. Now I'm poor.
Kathleen E. Whitlock

Normal person becomes psychotic on Twitter.
Robin Slick

Yale at 16, downhill from there.
Anita Kawatra

Overworked and underpaid,
Oversexed and underlaid.
Victoria Hansen

After cancer, I became a semicolon.
Anthony R. Cardno

At least I never voted Republican.
Tony Kushner

Full circle: morgue tech becomes obstetrician.
Andrea Skorenki

So would you believe me anyway?
James Frey
Excerpted from It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure from Smith magazine, edited by Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith. Copyright 2010. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, Harper Perennial.

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Can You Tell Your Life Story In Exactly Six Words?

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In six words, write an adventure story set in the metaverse. Honorable Mentions:
Disclaimer: All #WiredSixWord submissions become the property of WIRED. Submissions will not be acknowledged or returned. Submissions and any other materials, including your name or social media handle, may be published, illustrated, edited, or otherwise used in any medium. Submissions must be original and not violate the rights of any other person or entity.
A Story About a Robot Pop Star
THE UNPLUGGED SESSIONS DIDN'T GO WELL.

-Randy Cepuch, via email

Autotune is a factory option now. -Josh Alvies, via Facebook

Are they human? Are they dancer? -@ruste, via Instagram

All the flash, without the heart. -Craig Chatfield, via Facebook

I'm programmed to pop and lock. -@alissacarr, via Twitter
A Story About a Self-Aware Self-Driving Car Honorable Mentions:
HE THINKS I'M TAKING HIM HOME.

-Stephen Clamage, via email

I'm too sexy for my software. -@glengauthier, via Instagram

Doesn't even write its own stuff. -@andrewkm__, via Twitter

Crowd surfing wasn't the best idea. -@clarkstacey, via Twitter

Played backward it's "kill all humans." -Marc Rogers, via Facebook

I take lithium for range anxiety. -@jamesjoaquin, via Twitter

I dreamt of the Autobahn again. -James Wortz, via Facebook

Honest, officer-the human was driving. -Steve Magid, via email
A Story About a Casual Encounter With Aliens Honorable Mentions:
SO, ABOUT YOUR PLANET'S EXTENDED WARRANTY ....

-@phorne96, via Twitter

Don't make me pull me over. -@atlrun, via Twitter

The smart car drove itself crazy. -@frascafrasca, via Twitter

The grandma or the baby-shit. -@gaophilip, via Twitter

Have I chosen the right path? -Andrew Dawson, via email

It takes itself on long drives. -Wade Sheppard, via email

It's my way on the highway. -@manu.life, via Instagram

You look nothing like your photo. -@markgyles, via Twitter
A Story About an International Digital Heist Honorable Mentions:
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT, ONLY ZEROES.

-@jamesnsmith, via Twitter

Lights, camera ... where did it go? -thalia925, via email

They came, too late, for Elvis. -Bruce Lyon, via Facebook

Seeking vital fluids, they commandeered snacks. -Scott Medintz, via email

Do you have the correct spacetime? -Richard Krzemien, via email

I awoke with a probing thought. -@andynez, via Twitter

Take us to the Nigerian prince. -Juan Garcia, via Facebook

Quite unexpectedly, cocktail recipes were exchanged. -John Wagner, via email

You're an alien! No you are! -@simon_staffans, via Twitter

"Hand it over," the ATM said. -Lauren Dolan, via email

They never suspected Alexa was Alexei. -Liz Ransom, via email

Why wouldn't I help a prince? -Harleigh Marsh, via Facebook

They said nonfungible. They were wrong. -@eminay86, via Twitter

Use his eyeball while there's time. -Noreen Anastasia, via Facebook

"Update Later" was the incorrect choice. -@terryfphotos, via Instagram

Check Google Maps. Kiev is gone. -r0cket fr0g, via email

They got away on the blockchain. -JYRWG, via email

Every cat photo gone. Police baffled. -@john.cartan, via Instagram
A Story About a Freaky Discovery in Physics Honorable Mentions:
GRAVITY WAS A CONSENSUAL, SHARED ILLUSION.

-Mark Crane, via Facebook

Schrodinger's cat is actually a dog. -@tynanwrites, via Twitter

You're the observed. Not the observer. -@parkerstmailbox, via Instagram

Our last seconds appear the longest. -Paul Hagenaars, via email

It was simultaneously huge and microscopic. -@Cezary_Z, via Twitter

All lost socks found at Cern. -Felix Quarnström, via Facebook

Astonishingly, up was down all along! -Christopher Walton, via email

Actually, the tides pull the moon. -@the4lw, via Instagram
Honorable Mentions:
A seventh Infinity Stone is found. -@taayywells, via Instagram

Faster than light announcement scheduled yesterday. -David Cinabro, via email

So that's an AI self portrait? -Jason Cohen, via Facebook

I prefer Boston Dynamics' earlier work. -@sscarsdale, via Twitter

Uninspired. Lacking originality. Try again, Earth. -Amanda Bull Chafin, via email

NFT or not, it is great. -Peter Boersma, via Facebook

Not as good as Banksy's virus. -Simon O Wright, via Facebook

Brave to show an unfiltered canvas. -@Alcestronaut, via Twitter

Not what teleportation was invented for. -@Arturo_thrdez, via Twitter
A Story About a Tech-Centric Religion Honorable Mentions:
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE "WWW" ...

-Eduardo Bolívar, via Facebook

Shame mortals will not appreciate it. -@asylbek0205, via Instagram

Reminds me of the Before Times. -Jacqueline Jaeger Houtman, via Facebook

I swiped right and found salvation. -Conrad Dean, via Facebook

Praying to AI got better results. -@jgmclean0, via Twitter

The prophet revealed the source code. -@the4lw, via Instagram

Atop the hill, sayeth he, "reception"? -@dghutt, via Twitter

The app works in mysterious ways. -Tyler Hughs, via Facebook

Move fast. Break things. Repent. Repeat. -@iampinch, via Twitter

Always back up to be saved. -Tadeusz Walter Misztela, via Facebook

Chip implanted, the new priest rose. -@wlmoseley, via Twitter

"Worship the Apple." -iBook of Jobs -ThoreauRug, via email
A Story About a WFH Office Scandal Honorable Mentions:
THEY WERE IN THE SAME ROOM.

-@abhignak, via Instagram

He was never a real person? -Ian Schoen, via Facebook

Wife realized my job is easy. -@jchavizzle, via Twitter

Dress code updated after yesterday's "incident." @mistermistermistertibbs, via Instagram

He certainly shouldn't have stood up. -Małgorzata Kuś, via Facebook

"Joe's the father." "You're not muted." -Austin Craver, via email

Worker's comp? It is her dog! @thefitzroymclean, via Instagram

It looks real, but it's not. -Jonathan Goode, via Facebook
A Story About a Future American President Honorable Mentions:
AN ALIEN. WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

-Maayan Brodsky, via Facebook

The window behind her reflected images. -@chmslady, via Twitter

As everyone's computer froze, she laughed. -@mcgroup53, via Twitter

She won canine vote by landslide. -Janna Dethmers, via email

Future president born today, supercomputer predicts. -Ethan Noll, via email

"Welcome to Earth," said the President. -@michaelrowley, via Instagram

He died as he lived: online. -D.A. Smith, via email

"Introducing your next president: version 7!" -Ben N, via email
A Story About a Gargantuan Space Creature Honorable Mentions:
THE MOTH FLEW INTO THE SUN.

-@threepanelcrimes, via Instagram

But it won the electoral hackathon! -Zacharie Barrou Dumont, via email

"I still can't smell," she whispered. -Sean Fitzgerald, via email

"I hereby pardon all my clones." -@Morgan, via Twitter

She smiled: Mars is now Independent. -@sepohonpokok, via Twitter

The moon revealed its darkest secret. -@cfx1, via Twitter

"Enjoy," it said, and ate Mars. -@countgringo, via Instagram

Hand me my iPhone-picture time. -@fogcitynative, via Instagram

On its back, we traveled far. -@_annalysenko, via Instagram

We saw the horizon. It moved. -@mogon_ave, via Twitter

Entrelzidor sneezed. Earth was free again. -John Rees-Williams, via Facebook

And this black hole had teeth. -@devtomlinson, via Instagram

"A little earthy for my taste." -@brambedillo, via Instagram
A Story About the Next Big Security Leak Honorable Mentions:
YOUR GENES ARE MY GENES NOW.

-@_inflexion_ via Instagram

We updated our terms and conditions. -@nisioti_eleni, via Twitter

All of the tokens were useless. -William Nicholl, via Facebook

Four-year-old deletes planet data. -@jutajurajustice, via Twitter

Now your mom knows everything, Phil. -@mvyenielo, via Twitter
A Story Set in a World Without Paper Honorable Mentions:
I KEEP LOSING AT ROCK SCISSORS.

-Anna Jaruga, via Facebook

Grandma's secret recipe just went viral. -Kevin Jerome Hinders, via Facebook

So bots were reporting other bots? -Ed Gubbins, via Facebook

The dog ate my memory cards. -Irfan Darian, via Facebook

Honey, pass me the news tile. -@rainreider, via Twitter

These leaves would have to do. -@eliporteraltic, via Twitter

Christmas morning was never a surprise. -@tony32938627, via Twitter
A Story About the Upside of Failure Honorable Mentions:
THE RADIOACTIVE COCKROACH HICCUPED, AND GRINNED.

-@rosiestonies, via Instagram

I wrote it on the fridge. -@apocryphal_x, via Twitter

Museum reports theft of toilet paper. -@joostdouma, via Twitter

The pen is no longer mightier. -@mdeziel, via Twitter

Police say no note was uploaded. -@cwyant, via Instagram

Still, the droid's skin was healing. -David Gerster, via Facebook

"Upload failed." Phew, that was close. -Assa Naveh, via Facebook

It exploded, but he looked hot. -Anna Rose McHugh, via Facebook

She could see who had stayed. -@pameleen, via Instagram

Humans. Not my best work. Still ... -@gg3_scorpio, via Instagram

The worst happened. Now I'm free.-@atpolinko, via Instagram

At least there is no leader. -@guabo, via Instagram

My mom still thinks I'm cool. -@pashutinski, via Instagram
A Story About an Apocalypse With a Happy Ending Honorable Mentions:
THE ALIENS WERE ALLERGIC TO CATS.

-@romer6, via Twitter

The dogs are the masters now. -@azzour, via Instagram

Deadly virus mutates into X-Men gene. -@redeyedsan, via Twitter

At once, my Amazon dependency disappeared.-@maxacarr, via Instagram

Baby's voice rose from the cave. -Chakib Mataoui Souleyman, via Facebook

The colony on the moon flourished. -@emoco, via Twitter

In silence, he slept well. Finally. -@patchoo314, via Instagram

So salt water, huh? Who knew. -@andreslohizo, via Instagram
A Story About Love in the Time of Coronavirus Honorable Mentions:
SO I MARRIED THE DELIVERY MAN.

-Hamish Hamish, via Facebook

Dinosaurs return-this time as pets. -@deb_shalini, via Twitter

Sun sets. No one posts it. -@jesikahmorgana, via Instagram

Love is sacrificing the last ply. -Kristos Samaras, via Facebook

There is an "us" in "virus." -Zachy Allec, via Facebook

Feverish desire raged beneath the N95. -@seekingfelicity, via Instagram

You can sneeze in my elbow. -@ralfchardon, via Instagram

Our eyes locked in Zoom yoga. -@jabberwockies, via Instagram
A Story About Digital-Age Autocrats Honorable Mentions:
BIG BROTHER, TEAR DOWN THIS FIREWALL!

-@needsomuchvalidation, via Instagram

Slowly, window and I became friends. -@jo.onthe.go, via Instagram

"Don't kiss me," he whispered gently. -@anna_rchist, via Instagram

The clothes came off; masks remained. -@_v.sh, via Instagram

Casual gets serious way too fast. -@kristinafmiller, via Instagram

Break up the digital data thieves. -Frank D. Monaco, via Facebook

Digital Guy Fawkes to the rescue! -Kevin Jerome Hinders, via Facebook

Encryption is poison to a dictator. -Marko Berg, via Facebook

Plug exhaust pipe with a potato. -@blume_lee, via Twitter

New feature announcement: "Like" to impeach. -@mina_sonbol, via Instagram

Use ad blockers. Pay for news. -@dechendolker, via Instagram

Print Marshall McLuhan quotes on T-shirts. -@antigraviter, via Instagram

Turn social media into socialism media. -@benzilla_360, via Instagram

Get behind me, technocrats. Game over. -Anastasia Hunter, via Facebook
A Story About Saving the Planet Honorable Mentions:
MELTING ICE CAP REVEALS RESET BUTTON.

-@johnjohnjungle, via Instagram

Then a ship from Krypton landed. -@marcelo_paixao_almeida, via Instagram

Everyone gets five free international trips. -@clawd2deth, via Twitter

Move all heavy industry off-world. -Stevie Turnbull, via Facebook

Love everyone, and wash your hands. -@brohemian_rapshowdy, via Instagram

Come back, ancient aliens! Reboot Earth. -@sarahk0csis, via Twitter
A Story About the Next Great Crowdsourced Project Honorable Mentions:
EVERYONE ALIVE GIVES ME A PENNY.

-@milked_, via Twitter

Genetically engineer cows to fart hydrogen. -Hamish Hamish, via Facebook

Hiring: Sensible planetary dictator. Apply within. -@matt_owczarz, via Twitter

Smelt decommissioned weapons into musical instruments. -@casinclair, via Twitter

Climate app tracks local CO₂ levels. -@big_big_love, via Instagram

Global oral history keeps memories alive. -@johnkellybabb, via Instagram

Save the world by planting trees. -Lílá Tückér, via Facebook
Honorable Mentions:
Redistribute medical supplies to the underinsured. -@jesmakes, via Instagram

Community-based renewable energy power grids. -@uniquetoybox, via Twitter

Digital democracy with backing in blockchain. -@jackranado, via Twitter

Life after death-donate your DNA. -@beyond_mike, via Instagram

Twitter analytics determines 2040 presidential winner. Alan Grover Daniel, via Facebook

Randomly selected leader is Citizen 42034. @abhshkshtty, via Instagram

For the people. By the droids. Steve Fabian, via Facebook

Mathematics draws districts; cryptography verifies votes. @boomerdell, via Instagram
A Story About a Rosy Future for Facial Recognition Honorable Mentions:
YOU LOOK DRUNK-LET ME DRIVE.

-@henriquegeirinhas, via Instagram

Turn off the internet for good. Colin Kiernan, via Facebook

Humans vote artificial intelligence to power. @atin.roy, via Instagram

Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. @mistermush1991, via Instagram

Person with the most Instagram comments wins. @jmscml, via Instagram

Of course I remember you ... Kim! @kanaafa, via Instagram

My twin pays all my bills. @keegan1942, via Instagram

Among myriads, her son was found. @ichbinsubatomic, via Instagram

Vitality low-personalized prescription dispatched today. @leniway, via Instagram

Technological mirrors provide value-neutral feedback. @philosophy_at_work, via Instagram

Your face will become your passport. @sayzey, via Instagram

'80s makeup has a huge revival. @jamesw1981, via Twitter

Smile registered, thanks for your purchase. @mhicheal_l, via Instagram

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Here is a real-life example of a classroom using six-word stories.

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One of my favorite go-to lessons is Six-Word Stories. The premise is so simple: just write a six-word story (or memoir or summary). Student love it because it's so attainable. Any of them can write a six-word story.

Last Friday, we used six-word stories with a focus on creating emotion and imagery. We started with using the six word story "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" (allegedly by Ernest Hemingway). Then I provided students a series of photographs to use as inspiration for their six-word stories. I chose photographs that were filled with emotion and could perhaps have different interpretations.

Students then wrote 3-13 rough drafts of six-word stories, chose their favorite one, and submitted it to their peers for feedback. Finally, we posted final drafts on the hallway walls and other students voted on their favorites for couch competition.

It's a deceptive task, easy at first look but more difficult as students get started. They have to distill the topic down to its very essence, and then choose the very best words-and only six of them-that will convey their message.

I also love that it's so easy to use this concept in any content area. Use it to summarize a day's learning, make students write from a historical leader's point of view, or explain a math concept.

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One of my favorite go-to lessons is Six-Word Stories. The premise is so simple: just write a six-word story (or memoir or summary). Student love it because it's so attainable. Any of them can write a six-word story. Last Friday, we used six-word stories with a focus on creating emotion and imagery.