Across the world, teachers from grade school to grad school have found Six-Word Memoirs to be a great writing prompt for their students. But at the Augusta Elementary School in Arkansas, Jana Wilson, the literacy coach, took a slightly different approach to get everyone in her school writing. To break the ice, Jana first asked teachers to write their Six-Word Memoirs. Then she had the teachers help their students, grades K-7, compose their own memoirs and stories. Samplings of both teacher and student six-worders are collected in video form, featured on Jana’s blog for teachers, Thinking Out Loud, as well as below.

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Six-Words: Student Edition

Six-Words: Teacher Edition

Jana’s own Six-Word Memoir reflects the life and work she lives and loves: “Life is great: learning and connecting.”