Six-Word Story by Teresa Skupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i en-us 2022-09-22 21:39:21 UTC 2022-09-22 22:56:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f469-1f3eb.png A Year Told in Six Words tbskupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309539384 Original Blog Post]]> 2022-09-22 22:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309539384 A Summary... tbskupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309542264 At Coonley Elementary School, students (grades 1-7) were given the task of completing a six-word memoir that described their school year.

Students were given four prompts to choose from when writing their end-of-the-year memoirs. 

A beautiful PowerPoint of 470 slides was composed with the students' work.]]> 2022-09-22 22:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309542264 How is This Active Learning? tbskupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309558195 When being asked to create the memoir, students needed to think back on all of the lessons, events, field trips, memories that they've encountered and gathered throughout the year.
Students were actively looking back on those memories and working to create a six-word story in a creative format.
By having students work in this way, the teachers applied active learning into their classrooms, which allowed students to actively think and work together.]]> 2022-09-22 22:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309558195 Academic Growth tbskupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309560699 While working on this activity students can:
-build their writing voice by working on tone and word choice/vocabulary
-provide an active voice in their writing
-be conscientious of their word selection and avoid repetition]]> 2022-09-22 22:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309560699 Suggestions: tbskupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309561558 Perhaps this activity could show growth and improvement in students' writing and vocabulary by having a student write a six-word memoir/story about how they feel at the beginning of the school year vs the memoir they write at the end of the year.]]> 2022-09-22 22:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309561558 Used in Various Ways tbskupien https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309563237 This short article describes an experience a teacher had using six-word stories by describing what is happening in a picture. This is a wonderful way of teaching descriptive words!]]> 2022-09-22 22:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tbskupien/pvpy1hobznrx8z3i/wish/2309563237