Monday and Tuesday 9/30 and 10/1

And then what happened?

• “Um, I’m really sorry about your house,” she said, trying to put it back together. “I didn’t know you lived there. I was just trying to find . . .”

• Purple and black smoke curled up into the air. The witches looked like three tall, crooked, dancing trees. “You are too good, little girl,” they sneered. “You are afraid of us. But, truly, you are afraid of yourself. You are one of us.” She started to run, when suddenly . . .

• He looked back and saw his footprints, shiny and clear on the dark floor. What is that? he thought, reaching down to touch the bottom of his shoe. Blood. “Oh my god.”

• She woke up suddenly, sure she had just heard someone screaming. As she opened her eyes, she saw Earth, like a small blue marble outside the window. Then she heard someone—no, something—trying to come into her room.

• “Whoa!” he shouted. “Did you just see that?!”“Yeah,” she said. “Have you always been able to do that?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “I think it started when . . .”

• “You are not going without me.”

• It came in the mail.

Wed/Thurs 9/25,9/26

9/23 and 9/24

SMiley Face Trick # 3

9/17 and 9/18

Smiley face trick--Magic 3

9/13 and 9/16

Today we will work with sensory details.

9/11 and 9/12

Today we will draw a scar map and tell one scar story then we will write independently.

9/9 and 9/10

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” In November 2006, Larry Smith,founder of SMITH Magazine, gave the six-word novel a personal twist by asking his community to describe their lives in exactly six words.

They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“From migrant worker to NASA astronaut”). and hilarious (“Married by Elvis, divorced by Friday”). And the Six-Word Memoir project was born.

Take a look at these for examples:
https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/teens/

Let's work with your list from the other day. Circle any themes you see.
Now work on a minimum of 3 possibilities for your memoir
Share out.

9/5 and 9/6

Six Word Memoir:


Mother of three, teacher of many.


Daughter of alcoholic, became a reader.


Determined and impatient, doer of all.


What is a memoir?

Now take a look and try to craft 3 memoirs based on some of your ideas.