I wanted the students to sum up the important points of the characters. Thanks to Twitter (aka best PD ever), I discovered 6-word memoirs, another ELA activity that easily works for us, especially as a reading comprehension or creative writing task.
I searched #6words on Twitter to show them some English examples.
Each student drew a character’s name out of the bucket. I should’ve written the names on butterflies. They could trade with someone if they wanted. Then they wrote a 6-word memoir in Spanish as if they were that character. I encouraged them to use the first person “I”.
On the PicCollage app, they picked a background that represented the character, put their 6-word memoir in Spanish, and added the characters name.
They turned them in on Edmodo to save ink, share with the class and give me access to them if I wanted to copy them.
Here are my favorites. Please forgive their errors.
Today on Twitter I found this video that a teacher compiled of the students’ memoirs from a famous person. I will try this next time!
“Enlightened” 6 Word Memoirs Video
Thanks Kara! Tomorrow I’m showing a movie in class because it’s “Jr./St. Layout Day” and my room will look like a wasteland. I wanted some sort of follow up so it’s more than watching a movie in TL that’s also fun…and now I have it 🙂
What a cool idea! Thank you. Short and simple but effective and it makes them think about what they want to say.
I just went on PicCollage, and I found that it’s only for smartphone types. What if the student does not have a smart phone, is there anything else that is similar?
Damn! Your classes are so much more fun than mine! 🙁
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Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. A.A. Milne, author of the Winnie the Pooh books ________________________________
I love this. I used it all over the place and for my 1’s it was a stretch. (They thought it was ALOT to come up with!!!) My advanced kids really went to town. Do any of you remember the Hemingway challenge of writing a novel in 6 words? His was: For sale: baby shoes. Never worn. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that.
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what a great idea to use with any middle or upper class that knows how to use a language dictionary or even as part of a lesson learning how to use one. has lots of potential. love the matching idea too by the comprehensible classroom. great revision.
I did this with my Spanish 4 college prep and honors classes while we were studying the Mexican Revolution. I loved it! It challenged the kids to really consider their assigned character’s perspective and role within the revolution (not to mention fitting it into 6 words). Great idea!!
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