"I asked. They answered. I wrote." Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway, a famous and celebrated author, was once challenged to write a story using only six words. This fun ice breaker activity passes on the challenge to students, with creative brainstorming prompts ("If you were a type of salsa, what would you be?"), directions, and examples, for writing their own "6 Word Memoir." It's a fun way to engage the students at the beginning of the year and briefly share out their personality to you an