Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Starting in 2006, SMITH Magazine asked its readers for their own six-word memoirs. The results have been published in two books which you can look inside on Amazon here and here. This video presents some memoirs from the latest book.
Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak from SMITHmag on Vimeo.
LESSON IDEAS
1. Get your students to expand a six-word memoir into a longer story.
2. Get students to write their own six-word memoirs.
3. Take a selection of memoirs and jumble up the words. Students have to put words in correct order.
