12.16.14+and+12.17.14

Wrap-up Multicultural Unit: Where do we go now? Some thoughts about collective action: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UyY0bNhbGxIFLXP9cojhusm7zdWN7-0ow9f-3OJ7eU4/edit?usp=sharing Social Justice Research: This is DUE in class next time I see you. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xA0YhrnSdP6_9ont3Gt07EPd2F06y45VAzCY9MPgT0Q/edit?usp=sharing

Being Personal Narrative/Memoir Unit:

Six Word Memoirs--distilling a story into six words

Famously, Hemingway was challenged with writing a story using just six words. This is what he, apparently, came up with:
 * WU: Six Word Memoir **

"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."--Hemingway

Discussion: What is the story behind this story? Is it a tragedy? A comedy? How does he create a full story in just six words?

Six Word Memoirs--distilling a story into six words


 * Discussion: What is the story behind this story? Is it a tragedy? A comedy? **

Six Word Memoir Samples:


 * Couldn't cope, so I wrote songs. **


 * Thank you, lasagna, for the memories. **


 * I've not yet begun to procrastinate. **


 * One tooth, one cavity, life's cruel. **


 * Life behind a microphone gets lonely. **


 * Was father. Boys died. Still sad. **


 * Going crazy is a long journey. **


 * Dear Aliens, **


 * Please abduct me soon. **


 * Raising my mother's kids at 17. **


 * Boyfriends 1, 3. Same dinner. Awkward. **


 * I want to be six again. **


 * Gray sneakers turned black with rain. **

Your turn. When you create your six-word memoir, think about how you can distill a story from your life into six words. Give enough information to suggest the story that is behind your words.


 * Copy your six-word memoir onto a sheet of blank paper and feel free to add decorations to increase it's meaning. **

HW: Six Word Memoir--due next time I see you. Please copy your Six Word Memoir onto unlined paper. Feel free to add images, but this is not necessary. Social Justice reasearch