I'm currently working on Module 7 and I never practiced a song with 6/8 time. I've been trying to work on that by doing This Year Love since it is 6/8 and is one that Justin suggests.
I just rewatched this lesson since I wasn't every happy with my 6/8 strumming and just realized that Justin says to accent the 1 and 4 which seems to be a full strum of the strings especially for the chord you are playing. Then you do a small strum or only hit the first few thicker strings for the other strums. I've been doing a full strum on each down strum since I missed that part the first time through.
So I have said all that to get to my question which seems to be stupid to me. When doing the strumming pattern that includes up strums and missing beats 2 and 5 do you do small strums (hitting the first few thick strings) for beats 3 6 or do a full strum for these beats also?
scote, I think the key on accented strums is volume, not necessarily the strings you are strumming. You could do full strums throughout the pattern, just louder on 1 and 4.
You should also be guided by your ears, what sounds good. For example, you may hit the low strings on 1 and 4 hard, allowing them to ring, while playing the high strings a little softer on 2, 3, 5 & 6, while skipping downs and ups as you want.
And eventually you move the accents around to taste, no rules.