Tuesday, November 11, 2014

ELA Fails

I popped into Camille Springer's 6th grade classroom one day and she was teaching a lesson about grammar to her students.  It wasn't your typical pick out the misspelled word, missing punctuation, or poor grammar in the sentence type of lesson.  She was using something near and dear to a pre-teen's heart.  Social media.  She was showing them examples of errors found on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter and reminding them that the posts they make go out to all of their friends, family, and followers.  Errors like these could potentially make them look....well, check out some real life ELA fails and decide for yourself.  
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Not sure I want this job!


 Beam Me UP, possibly?


But is spelling too easy for the news?


Now I have Divo's "Whip It Good" stuck in my head.  Thanks.


Also, if you could do that before you begin pumping your gas, it would be helpful.


 To eat, or not to eat?


Gross.


 I agree.  It does make them look a little stupid.


 I'm not sure why that keeps you two from enjoying a bowl of ice cream.


I wonder when pedestrian season opens?


I'll pass on that breakfast choice.

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