![]() ![]() What would we call that? Or if you always help people who are sad or hurt, what is that gift that you give? Like if you go to summer camp and you help people meet each other and make new friends, you are giving a gift. In our discussion, the children realized that for it to be a gift you have to give it to people that it’s what people love about you. ![]() Like Melissa, we knew it had to be something you do, but what else makes it a gift? We talked as a community about this idea of an internal gift. The final act of kindness described in the book is Melissa donating her hair to a charity that will turn it into wigs for children who need them. She wanted people to notice her for something she did, not something that just grew out of her head.” Eventually, as Melissa tries out new activities, she realizes that the gift she gives other people is the gift of kindness. One day Melissa realizes that when she “was younger, hearing those things made her feel special. Melissa is a girl who is known for her beautiful hair, and everyone she met would tell her how beautiful it was. ![]() We read a book called Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair by Pat Brisson. We were wondering if the oldest students in the school might consider this idea of an internal gift differently. It is a long standing Opal School tradition for our students to discover, document and share the gift that each of them brings to their school community. How can Opal 3 students revisit and rethink the idea of an internal gift? This inspired her to create the “Treasure Windows” on which our final six word memoirs are mounted.Īnd since these Treasure Windows give the reader a glimpse into each of us, the students created self portraits for their centers – a visual image of who they are. She said that these memoirs were a window into each of us –a glimpse into memories that make us who we are. Your internal gift that you share with your communityĬarole, our arts specialist, told us that as listened to the students and I construct our ideas of what a six word memoir is and what an author would do to craft a compelling six word memoir, the image of a window was very powerful for her.A place where meaningful events took place.A person who inspires significant memories for you.An artifact, an object that holds personal memories.Writers were inspired by four different prompts through the study: The students spent a few weeks immersed in six word memoirs – reading them, writing them, and playing with them. He came back with “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Legend has it that this great American writer was once challenged to write a whole novel in just six words. The idea of telling an entire story in half a dozen words dates back to Ernest Hemingway. The idea of a six word memoir is that an author tells the reader about a significant memory from his or her own life in exactly six words.Īccording to I Can’t Keep my own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure edited by Smith Magazine: Just before winter break, Opal 3 did a genre study in Literacy Studio on Six Word Memoirs. ![]()
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