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“For sale: baby shoes, never worn,” by Ernest Hemingway, is the most famous six word story. The concept of telling a story in six words has intrigued me for some time. My brain has played and abandoned the challenge of creating a six word story.
Last year, I attended a session by Don Goble at a conference and he revived that spark. He had videos of six words, six shots done by students that could take your breath away. However, time passed and my spark fizzled out.
This year he did a full day on the six word, six shot concept. A friend attended and came away bubbling with enthusiasm. I knew I wanted to try, but I also knew I could not put it into a video (not that savvy in the tech department).
Finally, I had a story to share. I took six photos, I selected six words. I combined them to document my work in a school.
I celebrate the choice this school made to invest in their teachers. Changing practices takes time. The teachers were given that time and support.
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Very intriguing! I love this idea. Lots of work behind the image.
I’ve done six word stories lots of times, but never combined them with images. Wow! I wonder what my teachers would use if I asked them to try it. Hmmm, we might have to do this!
I, too, am intrigued by the six-word memoir. I have a book and a board game by the same title. I’ve played around with my own six-word memoirs, and I’ve used them as a reflective exercise with teachers in professional development sessions. So many possibilities! I love your six-word story, and the pictures really elevate it. 🙂
I love the idea of 6 shots in addition to 6 words! I also love the idea of your expertise being shared over the course of 3 years. You are changing the world one school at a time!
Words are so powerful. Combine with images…and wow.
Six word stories are so much fun to create. I tried it with a couple of dozen teachers as we explored different techniques to engage students. I provided my own and shared one that came from India when I sent mine out with a request for others to share their stories. I like the photos that accompany yours so that is a new idea for me to float out.
This idea intrigues and scares me. There’s my 6 words. Lol, I loved this today but I bet it was tricky! It’s making me think…I like a challenge! 🙂
Very interesting, sounds like a fun challenge. May just give it a whirl! Yours worked out beautifully.
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I love your six word story! I have been thinking a lot about this technique myself. Maybe I’ll give it a try one of these days.
Love this! I may ju have to give it a try.
How wonderful that you wrote “your” six-word story, Elsie. You’ve worked all this time helping those teachers learn how to improve their literacy teaching, and I guess now it’s time to celebrate that accomplishment and it’s also “the end”. Well done!
I love concept of a six word story. Using pictures to illuminate the arc is a wonderful twist on the video idea. Something to think about doing – for myself and with students. How cool would that be as a year end memoir!
You need to visit Erin Baker’s blog today.She spent the day and learned how to develop it into a video. https://stepsintheliteracyjourney.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/captive-2/
This made me think about a book I haven’t picked up in a long long time – “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure by Rachel Fershleiser. I think I’ll search the bookshelf and open it back up. I love how you used pictures and words. I might have to give this a try – Thanks for the inspiration!
You are constantly growing, Elsie!! Wonderful!
Great job with six words and six shots! I will have to try this… And how very encouraging to me to see great literacy practices at work!!! A new superintendent brought a halt to this in our district several years back. I am still in mourning for what our students are missing out on.
Amazing concept – love the pictures that describe your words so perfectly.
You are the second slicer to refer to the six word story. Love the twist with the images to match. I’m definitely going to give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love this format! You told so much with just 6 words!
I love the format of your post! A picture girl myself, I love a good pic story!
I always look forward to visiting your blog! Thank you for inspiring me to add pictures to six word stories!
Nw you have me thinking… visual literacy alongside precise words is powerful. Although I have always been curious about this, I never tried it. Thanks for the tip!
You keep learning and experimenting. Pure fun. I believe we will see more six word stories from you.
Perhaps . . . 🙂
Now, you have me thinking…my kids would love doing this, and so would I!
WOW! Look at you! I am impressed with your 6-word story! So many things here to celebrate. Maybe in April, I can show you how to make a movie with your images. 🙂 You chose powerful words and matched them with powerful images.
Yes, I need your expertise in creating the video. Now, when will we see one on your blog? 🙂
It is so amazing how much can be communicated with so few words! Your six words show and tell of a triumph journey! Well done!
I have not seen words and pictures combined before. I like this way of telling a story. I am a fan of the six word memoir.
I love the six word story concept, but have never given it a try…six words seems like so few to tell a whole story, but also like an exciting challenge. Your story is very triumphant, and I like how you’ve added photos to help tell it as well. Congratulations!
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