<p> Six-Word Memoir Speech and Slide</p><p>Focus Word: ______</p><p>Brainstorm a list of words around the focus word as they relate or impact your life.</p><p>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).</p><p>Examples:</p><p> No future, no past I’m lost.</p><p> Write about you, learn about me.</p><p> Watching quietly but I’m not invisible.</p><p>6 Word Memoir:</p><p>______</p><p>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</p><p>Ideas/Content: Your memoir is deep and powerful; instead of being just a sentence.</p><p>5 4 3 2 1 </p><p>Word Choice: You have chosen powerful, vivid, specific verbs and nouns. </p><p>5 4 3 2 1 </p><p>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.</p><p>5 4 3 2 1 </p><p>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. </p><p>5 4 3 2 1 </p>