6 Word Memoir Rubric

Six-Word Memoir Speech and Slide

Focus Word: ______

Brainstorm a list of words around the focus word as they relate or impact your life.

Next, choose six words from your list to summarize some aspect of who you are or what you are like. I encourage you to use mainly nouns and verbs (strong words).

Examples:

 No future, no past I’m lost.

 Write about you, learn about me.

 Watching quietly but I’m not invisible.

6 Word Memoir:

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Slide: Choose an appropriate picture and font for your memoir. The text is readable. The picture compliments the memoir without distracting from the text. 6 Word Memoir Rubric

Ideas/Content: Your memoir is deep and powerful; instead of being just a sentence.

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Word Choice: You have chosen powerful, vivid, specific verbs and nouns.

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Voice: Your memoir accurately depicts the life of your subject. The reader should be able to connect the subject with the ‘story’ that is being told about him/her.

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Powerpoint Slide: You have chosen an appropriate picture and font for your memoir. The text is readable. The picture compliments the memoir without distracting from the text.

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