Memes and other Social Media as text responses

[camille napier bernstein]

Wanted the kids to update some historical speeches for 2014 and think about how the speakers might spread their messages today.

Here is my assignment sheet: http://bit.ly/textresponses

Here are the kids' responses, at which I howled with laughter:

Patrick Henry: http://bit.ly/PatrickHenrymeme

Thomas Paine: http://bit.ly/ThomasPainememe

Such a great bonding experience for all of us to laugh amidst the testing frenzy stress -- plus I learned lots of new things, like about subtweets and the Kermit meme.

Would love suggestions for others.

Camille