I just thought of the most demented assignment EVER.
After having students read something (by George Carlin or David Sedaris, in Eng110, or Chuck Klosterman, in Engl120), require them to create a list of things that one would say, "That's what she said," afterward. That would really make them have to critically read and think, right? I mean, it's crazy, but fun.
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Crazy but no different than my "what if" questions....What if the British had won the Battle of New Orleans? What if the south had won the Civil War? What if John Kenney had not been shot in Dallas? What if, What if, What if?.
I think you will be AMAZED how many the kids find.
Not what I would call a "good" idea - but definitely clever!
@traveler - Ooooh. Yeah. I guess I kind of do that with my students - they have to write like Chuck Klosterman for a small paper (since we read parts of his book, Sex, Drugs, & Cocoa Puffs)... "WHAT IF Chuck wanted to write about how much you hate your neighbors, how would he argue that they are scum?"
@WritingPassion - Well, it's not a "bad" idea... it's different. And I have college students; I figure many of them are already thinking about sex so why not use "it's powers" for something complex and critical?
I had a dream about using this assignment! How, oh how, can I adapt this to use in high school Spanish?
@Huerter0 - Good question... You could come up with a funny Spanish phrase (from one of those goofy Spanish soap operas) and then have the students figure out what would have to be said beforehand? I remember in Spanish classes saying that our pantalones (spelling) were too big or something...
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